Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday: Exeepted. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pounsyivania Avenue, cor. Lith St aY The Hraning fter Newspaper Company, az. UFFm. , Pree’t. ——f served carries to subeetbers ar Tae Ora rite Grataron Fests ZOWR Costs PER MONTH. Copies af the Cownier Fixe Cunts xace.” By vat! postace prepass—6O momth: mz months. $3.00; ona ysar, FOC THE WEEKLY STAR—puditsted om Prisay— BB 60 « year, postace premaid. SP All rudrcripticns tararts*'y tm advance mes a paper seni onto ‘ham paid for. ates af adwertisens furmttned om avelvanon 8, PICN ICS, 449, IGHT *XCUF gow by Nitros of th ba id stant 23a 20 bas besa engnged 4@ steamer wil! Ie La até $2 Ticket ati be Afar * w= Depot ae ec h st. and Pa. ave, Thos Med wens € ® BAGZ ihe ECOND GRAND Ss = CA Ox SATURDAY Te an opportunity st, and then pro- At S o'clock Dace cut by UE. Cap LOW taking seer EXCURSIONS TO POINT LOOKOUT ON EVERY SATURDAY INT sot MARSH Te PLEASURE SEEKERS, SUMMEE ARRANGEMENT Bing: leaving on Sn: ¥ ‘The scenery on tio re early «ame ning for Washington ome by Gnd the Pilot Boy the only steam theentire ronte by daylich: pleasant and healthful try f singl* trip. 82; round trip tickets f ¢and Leonardtown, to e FITZHOGH, Agent, th-atreet Wharf, Fes EXCURSIONS, THE MARY ASHINGTON arties than any other VEKY jays and Fri Apriy ou 19 455 street. P.H TROTH, Presiten’. IMPORTANT VOTICE: OWING TO THE ADVANCED SEASON, AND HAVING 4 MI LARGER STOCK OF Men's, Youths’, cud Boys’ Cicthing THAN USUAL, 12 IMMENS All Wool Cas ste £4 te aT h nq Wt 12 to 10 14to 12 ~16 to 13 15 to 12 -1S to 13 % 26 to 16 In YOUTHS and BOYS’ CLOTH Went very fil, aod will be o® oly low prices in close AS IMMEDIATEUALL SOLICITED AT ach PESNSYLVANIA AVENUE ..1011 Brrweern OTe av Lire Stem A. STRAUS. & FOR co., anglt se Banke EAT SEMI-ANNUAL SALE SUMMER Ends, &c., will 5 regular price. The bal ck will be sold st Uvst for thirty days W W. BURDETTE a co., Bos, 9a 4706 K streets BEAT INDUCEMENTS OF FERED TO OA Miswe School Shoes, 4 up. Boys Schoct Shome 10, a4 np. Children's Shoes, sc. Se Te god Up: Olt Ladies Haif Polish, @f o> ors £i, pare. uly oe Kia Sigpers, Fee gt ; ; Lnion” Newporty aha Sarees: fu SLB. Ge soe © badicn” 1 Sheen tent the city; Men Congress, Hiberal reduction allowed to ‘all benevo- bent iastitations, asylums, &c. Straw Hate way eallat 1914 aod 1916 Peanasyly, = fween Ith aad Ath streets. pees C 225, $10, ai $125. a1 x. Below cust. it will pay you to spend car fare 2. W SELBY. NEw No 439 71a Sz. Tr Be. 439 Th arent, aig te -Esrests, evans a Soler eee. SS Picsse remember Name an Bamber. syi-ly PERA AND FIELD GLASS “Cases. meal CESS stars Lage sant MO . i. HEMPLER, 493 Pentayivanio ae, . 46—N2. 6,989. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. THE RECEIPTS TO-DAY were, from Internal revenue, $316,54.H; from customs, $441,490.19. THE AMOUNT of national bank note cur- reney received at the Treasury to-day for redemption aggrezatod $582,077 THE New Postar Carp3 Now Reapy.— Th+ Post Office department ts prepared to issue the postal eards of the new design. Postmasters are probibited from exchanging the new for the ol style carts that may bave teen misilirected or spoiled in printing, } if will also be useless to apply to the partment for such ex ha \georrelemption. SENATOR MoRiusS ON THE PROSPECTS IN heavy vote will sure the eritan and Slo Wyoming vers and by Sheridan, y his wife and Colonel and n, went west en route for A PLACE.—Treasurer ame after him a, ily, however, there were seve- the reom when sbe called. She 1 up to Mr. New and sait she would call 3 of several of her own » speaking as forcibly t visit. PRESIDENT clam-bake at oe 3) Two b # of the state the Presideat a eatier U. 8. Gra ragansett hay, | ¥ At Block f Long B: ch. THE USTON Paci¥Ic RAILRoan OA The Ce ‘aims having decided iffe r st the ANT was entertained at a neral Burnside’s resider and. yesterday aft ts from various ted State g one-lialf 0 ned by th est of the bou the sum of $5 freight € to pay the in pany guarant government appeal from pf the court filed on the i the qnestion ‘cart is Whether t of Claims war- N to be bro! will be the ht forward by 300,000,000 of the S. authorized t nding the six per he new five per cents. attain Tr premium than at prese: nogreat « aity tm mar! nking and for savings and home, espect: where the wenties are tied iu from redemption DEATH OF A PATENT OFFICE EXAMI- NER.—Mr. George A. Nolen, one of the ex five these q iarters fe street borthwest at 10 0’ and bis foveral will take be leaves « Conn we, Of the clas Office in 1566 as sec stexaminer, and was promoted t in ebtef in April last. me, Web graduaze of Yale Coli He entered the Patent ord as ist. ru that yrs. Is aise n€ double f neral will ta t 2 o'eloc’ day, the ,andat3e The Pa that da SUITS TO hE ENTERED.— The Department Justice will enter suits at an earlyday against the boudsmenof C. Barnum & Bro., ot New York, and Capt. Wm. A. T. Maidox, to recover the amount of mone y fraudulent received irom the United States by Bar. +m & Bro., for clothing alleged to have been factured for the Marine orps, ba n point of fact never was, Captain x, 1t wiil be remembered, ag stated in STAR 4 day or two ago, certified to th . Rpon whieh Maj ils. It is ne ty meant to cer- jon, but that a the papers upon the representatio: © of bis clerks, Who set forth that the germents charged had actually been mann ctured. This, howev him from responsth: Lfy to the fraudu he's WANT TO DO THE WoRK FoR NoTHING.— The opening terday of the bids for print- a : ng thet work is willing to pay two thousand dollars er month for the privilege. Several other victders offered to do the work for noth ng. ‘The comtractors will of course be reimburs i to some extent by the small amounts re- ceived for the boo imilar to check books. in which the stamps are arranged, but jerts say this would be insufficient to ¢ the expense, and th principal ¢ te rs must he the ac Vertisernent the contractors’ flin obta.ns by ng its own address upon each star ard for the printing of the stamps >t be made for several days, aud for : that two legal points are { 2 Will hav ofthe Attorne u government receive mo eward of its own Work: and, se i nich offers todo work for nou ed 2 bia. D. Banks, of Missis ++ Postmaster Gene to Newport, where b Alvaro F. Gib- rleston |W. Va wr few days. He is nt House. : Saratoga, PER sipyi NAL.—Hon. A is at Wilk d, to Mrs. Hieks, tl e widow, are ou agat ived, amd those who profess to be Well informed aert that the wedding will tke place In etober. General Ripicy, formerly of the United States army, has been eiiployed by the Chinese governinent to complete @ system of coast and river de- | fence for that country. ---* Mr. J. M. Tha- cher. Commissioner of Patents, is ternpora- rily absent from this city, during which time bis desk will be filled by G stant commissioner. Ss. 8. Mitchell, D.D., will sail on the Ist of tember for this country from Liv 1, and resume his labors at the New ‘ave- are Getober Ist. ---- Mrs. Lou. E. s and children have returned from Rawley Springs with improved health. -*-- Secretary Bristow will return to Wash- ington to-morrow. ---:Gov. A. Si ip Thomas Hume, Col. R. J. Stevens, Nat. B- Fogitt, Jobn Boteler, and fiftec: others, leave to-night for Boston, from wience they will to various points, going as iar as the coast of Newfoundland. will stop at Ni rt for & few days,and will be &bsent until the middie of September. -:+- Mr. Joby W. Thompson. the president of the Natioval Metropolitan Bank, the M hi- tan railway company, and the Inland and Seaboard Coasting company. will leave the city’ to-morrow evening for New York, whence he will take Europe, where he a been the | an, with his | arted in | is Spear, | WA THE NEW ELDORADO. A Reliable Description of the Biatk MiNs—Extent of Gold Deposits. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs to-day recelycud the following: CAMP ON SPRING CREEK, } BLACK HILis or Dakora, Jaly 51, ts75 § Hon. Edvard P. Smith, on 7 of Intitn AG irs: SrR: In my tel-grapnie dispatch dated July 17th, I briefly informe yoa of the re- sults of my explorations in that portion of the Black Hills to the uorth and nortueast of Harney’s Peak. In orler to more rapitly explore the hills Ihave divided my party, Mr. Newton, geotozist, going south from French Creek, with the astronomer ana topograpber to map and explore i ern portion of Cheyente river my miners, hi ve prospectel the hills to the north, a re uitaerto unexplored ant un- known. T found gold T deposits oa both Spring and Rapid Creeks from their head waters to tl } from the poiut where they emerge > more e Is, and ing and exp | the vali bars—expectal!y and clevated at streams—conta’ | to yield a fair r Loluteally and sk by proper tools an ai least a mod equivalent, and such <teaded pros n loeall- ns the gravel formation, evel of the ufticien* abor eco- »plied, asssist-d cal appliances, nt of capital or its tem of working as | the experience of twebty-five years has tanght the miners of th pe to em-= | ploy. Fortunately there is an abundance of water in both these streams, with @ gooi fal. and in mosi cases a rapid current. Spring creek will yield from miners nehe if . according to season; and Rapid creek at least twice? that amount. And While the valuabie placer de- posits, as far as discovered, are by no means rich or very extensive compared with those of California, still is enongh of th precious metal to develop the country, and | stock-raising and agriculture will do the | rest. Out among the foot hil slope of the Black H in some 5 iekness often ¢ hard conglom | hills of jurassic s decompositic along the eastern Is are la - < thirty-five feet in mented by lime into 4 apping the high madstone ni red bets. this conglomerate has, T s in places, ‘vie e gold whieh it con- | tained which has been wasted by oe: | low vy rain u ‘Anght and lower second: ieiag” yet found in the Hilis, aul m wo.ked during the spring months, wien ater towing out of the Hills ta stream on to the plains; but in scarcely a single stream carries unbroken errrent to th ey ali except perhaps Rapid , sink in their beds on reaching the ot hills. Should these congtoa ind to contain gold In p aq Will require the employment of capital to work them suecessfuliy eral enormous ledges a mixture of slate quartz and quartzite cross the ys of Sprin i Rapid creeks, extending for miles int a nortliwesterly direetion. Tne oxides of ire rt the ledge have resulted fre sition of iron pyrites, and speemens of the quartz show occasionally visible particles of zold, and gi erush- ing and panning, a trace or of the much sought for metal It is remarkable that so few valuable min- erais have beea fownd in the hills, althongh the country is overrun by miners, and every: thing in the shape of a rock inany way pecu- L appearance is brought to me for jon, but I have not as yet seen any copper or silver, Tesuiting from tts tnisprickel, graphite, black rose qnirtz, garnets and stanro- jeralogical curiosities. In testing the deposits on Spring Creek I worked out a articulariy rich spot, Where an old channei @. been ct across by Lhe present bed of the creek, and in ten hours’ work, with @ smatl sInice obtained five-sixths of an ounce of gold, or about $15.50. The soldiers had pre- viously panned out of the same place not less than two ounces of ¢ arse gold, and on meas- uring the amount of gravel washed I found that the total yiell was at the rate of St per cunic yard, or about3 cents t) he; a, as an average for the whole thickness of the de- posit. It was truly said of this regioa that there was gold in the very roots of the grass, but it )s not the gol! of the gravel bars or quartz ledges, not whe gold of the miner or g ologist, but the future solid wealth of the color’ Black Hills that isto be sought in the luxu- riant growth of fine gras: spre s that everywhere ds over this beantiful country. ae Climate of the Black Hills, ty of the wiuter, th ing ipjured by frosts,and the agriculturs nets best sulted to the sot!,I can only Jucge by examining the flora of the region. Along the eastern slope, where the elevation is f.0r 5,500 teet to 4.500 feet above the sea, the valleys are filled witha fair growth of horr oak, clin, hornbeam, wax elder, waite bireh, aspen and hazel.’ The conspleuous nis are Lhe tiger lily, the potson ivy and Virginia creeper, grape vines, wild flac and oats, while raspberries, black currants berries, plums, st rawber- nd service berries arc{in places quite ries 4 &@bundant, trom which I assume that the eli- mate isnot more severe than that of Maine or New Hampshire, where many of the same plants grow and ripen thelr fruits,and that while tue season is not long, or hot enough for corn, yet wheat, oats, bar ley, flax, nops and potatoes would grow here luxuriaptly. Free rainfall is quite remark- able, scarcely a day passes without a shower of rain, though perhaps lasting only # few minutes. Heavy rains, of long duration, only occasionally occur, but thander storms are very prevalent, and numerous trees may be seed all over the hill, showing the aarks of lightning. The elevation above the se: and frequent showe ountry carpeted with alu growth ofgrass, always fresh aud Very respectfully your obedier WALTER P. JANNE Ney Geodiogist Explorations Black Hills. THe New Hon. D. M. Ke: NATOR FROM TENNESSEE.— Senate caused nitrew Johoson Tux ETERNAL Fitz JoHN PORTER Cas™. It ts stated that Fitz John Porter has not applied for a bew court-martial! in bis ease, | bot for the appointment of a board of ofticers i mine the record of his trial, with the ¢ and proof of all the facts, with n,upon Which the President might iber or not, on the geound of mant- unjust conviction, he ought to receive the Executive interposition by a fll ardon, annulling the seutence passed by Ue court-martial of I82and 1863. It is sald in | ofheial quarters that the appeal will be denied. NAVAL ORDERS.— Commander Thomas 0. Selfridge, U. 8. N., is ordered to hold himself in readiness | or the command of the Marion; Lieutenant Commander James A. Graham ordered to the recei ving ship New Hampshire; Commander Heury Erben detached from the command of the “Tusearora Ist September next. and ordered to bome and wait orders; Commander Joseph N. Miller from duty in the #. phic Office and ordered to command Tuscarora, at the navy yard, Mare Island, California, ist Se; ber next, Ligutenant Commander B. F. Day from the receiving ship New Hampshire and granted tbree months’ leave; ef Engineer E. J. Whittaker has reported his return home, baving been detached from the Kearsarge, Asiatic station, on the 9th ultimo, and hag been placed on wailing orders. REUNION OF VEEMONT VETERANS—Speech of Viee President Wilson.—The Vermont vet- erans heid gto ge gi at Brattle- boro yesterday, under unfavorable eus- jose of a Taka: day, which deranged the rogramme drowned out the parade. Epecches under cover were made, however, and among them was one by Vice President ‘Wilson, who referred to the work performed by the soldiers in the war, and gave them upbounded | | Telegrams to The Star. THE SARATOGA RACES. DAMAGE BY THE FLOODS. INTERESTING CEREMOAY IN INDIAN TERRITORY ———_e—___ AMERICAN SILK AT THE CENTENNIAL. <= LEQTER FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS. —— a LETTER FROM JEFF. DAVIS. Why he Dectines to Deliver that Ag- ricultural Address. MEMPHIS, Angust i9.—The following let- ter ts published in the morning papers: MrMPHis, TENN., August 15, 185.—Henry P. Kimbeil, Secre'ory of the Winnebago County Agriculiural Socieiy, Rockford, Ji.:—Dear Sir: I yesterday sent to yon a telegram an- nouncing Iny revocation of my conditional o of the invitation to address your at their annual meeting in Sep- Tr next period which has elapsed ceipt of your first letter, and the te courtesy whieh has marked your correspondence, make it m duty to myself that <utlicient explanatioi should be given of this change of purpose. Three objects mainly induced me to acsept the inv.tation: Firs!.—The hope that personal intercourse might remove some of the prejadices waich bad been generated by partisan factions and nurtured by individual and sectional bate, anxious, a8 in former years, to promote the Interest of our great valley of the Missis- sippi, and believing that with mutual confi dence and co-inielligence much could be done for their advancement, I only delayed my acceptance of your invitation until it be- ame reasonablyprobable that itcould be met. The productive capacity of the northwest te for its development cheaper and safer transportation to markets of the southwest, 1 aiso to those foreign countries in Eng- nd especially st attention has been ected for several years past to more direct “a Leconomical trate with the Mississippi valley. In this connection there was a desire to conter with the Patrons of Husbandry in your rich and prosperous section, to diseuss With them questions involved in securi better means of transporting roduce to the most fay kets, and for providing age should insure | T returns to freemen, and such conferenee to learn the views of one member of the family of tie Mississippi val- ley, a faraily the eater interest of fll mem- bers of which is agriculture, but euitivators of Such various crops as to make trade ¢ themseives extensive and luc CW slumps upon cach and all the same inte and the site policy as to their foreign t To render such conference effectual there must needs be a disposition to attend to the subject under consideration, surely not a purpose to smother it by the interposition of tiers having no just relation to it. S<ond—An eftort was made to recognize » courtesy of yonr board, and I was en- th conraged to believe that your reception of me would be beneficial rather than injurious to your association. This was the more Supposable because several other agrieultu- ral societies of Illinois hed in like manner ir vited me to address theirannual meetings. Yesterday I received a priuted paper, it be- jog a protestof a number of your fellow- countrymen against the ‘action of your “board in their invitation to me to make the annual address at the county meeting. Thereupon I sent you a telegram withdrawing my acceptance of the invitition, under the conviction that it would not be useful or agreeable to partici- pate in the meeting, and I hope that neither your association uor the directors will suffer harm by the delay in procuring an orator or by the correspondence which cansed It. Third.—The object was to gratify the wish Jilong ‘entertained to see in its cultivated aress the country known to me asa traciless wilderne: s, but that being merely a personal gratification it may be indulged at con- Venience or postponed indefinitely. can well believe that the cause which has changed my p™rpose was as unforeseen by you as by me, and you may be assured tat I feel no dissatisfaction towards the directors or yourself, and have suifered no personal embarrassment from the event, as the invitation was unexpected and onty acceptable as an expression of gene.al goo: wall. Somy only regret is the loss of the opportunity to promote the public interest, with which the welfare of your community is identified. Again expressing the hope that neither the directors nor Ra may suffer injury or annoyance, and thanking you for the Kindness and consideration you haye manifested, I am respectfully yours, JEFFERSON DAVIS. ——~———— THE Es ASSOCIA- American Prog ress in Silk Mannfac- ture to be Represented at the Gen- tenntal. NkEW YORK, August 19.—A_ commission appointed by’ the Silk Association of America to inquire as to the best manner in which the Association shall aet in reference to the Centennial exhibition ut Philadelphia, has reported in substance as foliows: “That the secretary of the Association has sent a circular to silk manufactarers and others connected with the trade in the United States urging upon them the necessity of availing themselves of this opportudity of im- pressing upon the public mind the evidenc of developement of this gro that the services of the assoc! dially rendered to perfect the plans of the exhibition in the silk department; and that the principal question then presented for decision was how the desired result of a complete exposition of the processes and proiuets of American silk manufacture could be best secured. After due considera- lion and much consultation with silk manu- facturers, the commission has decided to re- rt that it is best to leave the matter to ndividnal enterprise and effort in the sev- eral states and to the centennial state boards. ‘The association therefore reecom- mend each intending exbibitor to make ap- plication for space as early as possible to the Urector general of the exhibition at Phila- delphia, and to forward a listof such pro- ducts or manufactures as they desire to have on exhibition. ————- THE INDIAN TERRITORY. Laying of a Coruer Stone with Impos- ing Ceremontes. Meskocre, I. T., August 19.—The cere- monies of javing the corner stone of the Union Agency bailding for the five largest palions of the Indian territory: the Chero- kee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Semi- nole tribes, took place yesterday at Prospect Hill, near this place, and in e Creek na- tion under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the territory. Delegations were present from Mtssouri, Kansas, and Texas; also from different parts of the territory. The bist of feeling prevailed. Speeches were mede by Col. Ross, the Cherokee chief, and E.C. Roudinot in English, and by Samuel L. Cheote, chief of Creeks, in bis native tongue, which were interpreted. The re- marks ‘were eloquent, ing good will on the of the Indians, and adesire to fulfil all their treaty stipulations, and tocul- tivate closer relations with the people of the United States. —— Fire at Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, VT., August 19.—A fire broke out in the extensive planing mill of Shepard, Davis & Co., of this city, at eight o'clock this morning, bnt was got under contro! in leas than thirty minutes. The origin of the fre and amount of damage is pes yet ascertained. The property 1s fully insured. tion were cor- Che Loening Star, HINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1875. | & Hedern THE PROPIGIOUS FEATS OF A st. ron RIVER NEW RRUNSWICKER. The New Brovewick ys pd Thomas, or Tom Ganiver, as he was famue tly called, was born on the River St. John, | «ne molle above the mouth of the M stream, in the year ITs Viewed casually, Gardner gave no evidence of unusual power, hut when strt; tony wall on either aide, and there * paration whatever. He stood five end @ half inches, erect and full Dever exceeded 199 pounds tn it. The rate Charles Lone Ini us that one time be saw Gardner lift from a tow ® purcheon of corn containing at least twelve bushels, and swinging around, im on the sand. In so doing be tore the sole off his. beot. On another occasion a number of men chested TWO CENTS. THE SARATOGA RACES. Exciting Contests To-d »: SaratoGa, N.Y, August 19.—lae track to-day was somewbat heavy. For the first race, @ swcepstakes for three year olds. mile and abalf. The starters were Lewis « Co.'s Vinaigrette, Puryear & Co.'s Warwick, and Clabaugh’s ’ Viator—latter_ being favorite. Ninalgrette lod at start, Viator getting off jast. In passing the stand at theendofahalf mile Viator went to from increasing bis lead to three lengths at quarter pole, and four lengths in the back stretea, Warwick going io second place, with Vinaigrette close u md running neck and neck as they pas ci the half mile pole on the lower turn, Via*or ning vnder the pull allowed the other two to close the cep, but on being let out won easily by three lengths, Warwick second and Vinaigrette third. Time 2.455. The second race was 2 free handicap for two yeer olds, one mile. The starters were Bel ‘s Patience, Donohue’s Leatherstock- ing, Lawrence, and G. Warlock, String- field’s Blue Coat, Lorillard’s Durango. At the start Warlock got the lead by a length, Blue Coat second, and Favorite iast. War- lock held bis lead by two lengths at first quarter, and increasing it all the way round, ard finishing about a dozen lengths ahead of all; Blue Coat cecond, Durango third, Leath- ¢-ftocking fourth, and Patience fifth, Time 47% ——$——— FOREIGN NEWS. The Steamer Neyada. Loxpon, August 19.—The steamer Nevata bas arrived at Liverpool. She broke her pis ton when one hundred miles from Fastnet light. Otherwise she is uninjured. Gen. Meigs Invited to Berlin. BERLIN, August 19.—The German War of- fice has invited General Meigs, of the U. army, to witness the military inancuy: Silesia next autumn. —— eo More Damages by Water. POTTSVILLE, PA., August Particulars have been received from Tamaqua of a heavy rain storm there last evening. The rain poured down in torrents for two hours, aud cellars were submerge, billiard tables tloat- ed, and a number of saloons have been com- Hed. to suspend business temporarily. rains were delayed by land-slides on the outskirts of the town. “In the lower portion of the borough, where scales are located for weighing coal, coal dirt covered the tracks a long distance, five feet deep. The Central railroad of New Jersey is the heaviest sut ferer by the flood; their road was washed out, and culverts and bridges were destroyed, It will require four days to clear the roat at that point. A large force of men are at work repairing the road. — ee Sales of Government Gold. NEw YokK, August 19.—The sub-treasurer con opened bids for $1,500,000 gold, aggre- eALINg $2,215,000, the lowest bid being 113 a the highest 113.75; award of $1,500,000 mate at 115.52 to 113. ustom Howe Frands. HOW SOME MEN CONTRIVE TO KEEP HORSES AND LIVE IN FIFTH AVENUE. A novel case of fraud was exposed by Special Treasury Agents Howe and Brown yesterday. Sixicen eases of satin dechene, quet, and silicia, and two cases of padding canvas, worth =20,000, were seized in the United States bonded warehouse at Leroy ane Wes: streets, on suspicion of being frand- ulently invoiced. The goods arrived in the Adriatic on the 7th of May. but were not en- tered at the Custom Honse for withdrawal from general order. The treasury officers learned that the goods had been invoiced as padding canvas, and that two of the cases were dummy cases to represent the whole consignment in the appraisement of the du- ues. They watched the goodsgor ten weeks, and as no one claimed them they sent to the American Consul in Liverpool for a copy of the invoice made out by the consignor. is showed that the goods were to be passed through the Custom House as padding can- vas, which pays only a low rate ofdaty. The marks on the cases were altered on the voy- age so as to aid the swindle, and fictitious Lames were ctven as those of the importers. The consignee is supposed to bea resident of Fifth avenue, wo has been extensively defrauding the revenue. Two years ago, hay- ing been caught in a scheme for underyaluing his goods, he paid $14,000 as & penalty. He was afterward detected in a fraud of greater magnitulé, but escaped through the inter- high government officials and baukers.Who uad advanced money on the goods. A year ago he was discovered con- spiring With Custom House carmen to sub- sUtute cases of cheap goods for silks, velvets, &c., on the Way to the Appraiser’s office. He fled to Europe, but stayed away only a short time, returning, itis said, after his friends hed SS erties his case with the authori- ues. It is believed that in bis last frand he relied onsome one in the Custom House to help him through.—™. ¥. Sun, 18th. A VERY HARD CasE—The Dangers of Pov’- jemement.—A bashful young man from Cedar county, Iowa, visited a justice of the peace on Friday last, and said he wanted the offi- cial to marry him. The justice was, of course, willing to perform such a ceremony, and led the young couple to bis house, where he intended the marriage should take place. While the squire was up stairs changing his clothes for some more suited to the occasion, the happy pair got intoa bugzy and took a drive about town. About half an hour after- wards the expectant bridegroom came back and conve! to the startied justice the in- telligence that his beloved had changed her mind and had refused to marry him, and that he could not break her resolution. The oung Woman has since married a former lover, and the Cadar county gentleman med- itates death. FAST GRIM Woon’s NoTrs.—The notes of the unfortunate reporter, Grimwood, who was lost with Profeseor Donaldson ou Lake Mich- igan, are of a facetious nature, and refer to his presentiment that he should rise in the world,and, while complimenting his com- panion, the wronaut Donaldson, regrets that there Were not more than two, as he would like to belong to the upper ten. The notes, after describing an hour in the air, canciuce With the wo “If we fall, we fall like Lueffer out of the heavens, and that upon our arrival upon earth, or rather upon wa- ter—as we are now in the middle of Lake Michigan—we would be literally dead. More TRAMP IMPUDENCE.—Tramps are becoming more bold as they wander through the remote hill towns In Western Massacha- setts. Ou Florida mountain, a tramp ap- preeched a farm house, the other day, and told @ littie boy tw go in and get hin’ some elde The boy ye that they hadn’tany. “Cass you, or I'll know the reason why. I'll wring ye mother’s neck, if she don’t givesme some cider,” vociferated Ue scamp as he mace for the door. About then, the head of the house, a stout, broad shouldered man, opened the door, and the tramp very civily inquired the way to North Adams and de- camped. —————E= PEACHES GIVEN AWAY IN BALTIMORE.— The Heeler ype p naan was Ctcgoei ~— lerday with indifferent peaches, and late in theaflernoon hundreds of boxes were given away and many more were left on the wharves. Prime brought reasonably good —— A meeting of the commission ular letter prepared, requesting’ the. peach + Fequ er to send no more inferior fruit to Bal- fimore. Gov. ALLEN RATHER NoN-COMMITTAL. A Herald jt lately interviewed Gov. Allen. In fy uestion as to whether he would a tial candi- date and the intimation in the news; that he was kind of running thi for Taur- man’s benefit,the governor said with warmth, “I am not in the way of any man, and J am not out of the way for any man.” QUEEN Vicroria's Yacut RuNS DOWN A SCHOONER. A steam it, with Victoria and the royal ily on |, Col- ‘while crossing from de; Tale of Wight! wi ——- ~~ were tugging to lift @ atickof timber. In all the erowd only ene man cold raise it abont two inches from the skids. Gardner told four men to sit upon it, and then lifted it so | high that the Ten jumped off to save them. selves from the fall r. Kean bas fre. pra panna of the accident (9 | cnently Known bim, in lifting, to break Mr. Booth is the owner of a xpiritet colt, | YOe™ Poles six inches thick. He has known which he bus raised and broken to drive in | Lyah fino, with one band, to Lift by the rang harness. Monday morning about 9.30 o'clock z the cats Sweet and @ man welgh- the colt and her mother, a sedate beast | 1's Dearly two hundred weight. Once in at~ namcd Neilie, were harness ether and at- tempting to lift ® very beavy man be ned To @ carriage that Mr. th bad re. | “?ebcbed the rung entirely from thechair. Edwin Booth. THE PARTICULARS OF THE CARRIAGE ACCT- DENT AT STAMFORD The New York World of the sth gives the Gainer at one Ume was possessal of @ Rnased. The actor and his friend, | iaixy hore; with which he exerclenl great Teele whe hee eg, | Patience; but when pationees ceased tobe « oth for several’ days, steppes | virtue ti bim to the ground with nebe Dg him bebind the ear sisier that on carriage and started or rd, sitnated about four miles tn Cos Cub. Just at the Stamford line and | soa Sicumntena ta teenie teee bape one-quarter from Stamford village there try a tall with bien.” Sam wan chen a a a: ent own as Ki nmond Hill, oF | net the eisier, looking coptemptiously upon elier’s . This bill abont | vedmeengy ee parenn de On yards long, very steep, and nearly straight | ihe ani oot ann dee ee Just as Mr. oth’s team began to descend | | T tair tris! threw tien Me s ao wot the hill the bead-stail on the ¢ b | maneenel Bei aT ragent ~~ tines | the bit fying out of her me cana cabs wien, seat 4 rs ber. § Jung | the suber was suMicien mpts held, a: . i. s ; old horse also begar The grea Tr was r. Booth was | , The ere . e" thrown out first. Hi es krown to perf he wie graph pole and was The | _Mekean » tam It a herses continued their . throwing Dr. | retghiing atm Kellogg from the W seconds after cme 6 by. soomne wards. Dr. h hey : , as eeen the shock re: for a few mome Vonce he saw t cL a few brniven were ther | bce When oneee tee People in the neigt cer wemoend 40 coe tint n and th Tied tolend ass RE TeCOVered Butt) bis native prov mMoMly reported w be met with a As Dty tospen pem to look after Mr. Booth, and the | Be met wit perenne Posmay Sec insensible actor was then picked ‘up and a cation ‘and tit captait cared for. A cot of straw Was arranged by | _—— wae ory the readside and covered with quai j mid tanove ra ts and pillows, upon whieh Mr. Be sie hae os . jaid o ven placed Ina et «Bhagwan accompanied by about Lwenty-five per prs erate zones ogg vty was carr.ed to Mr. Booth’s fieme. On the Mr. Booth partially regained conscious . but was in great agony. and hel wee jo — groges continually murmured,“ My wile! | Se my child! 1F souguinaty ck. ROUTH CARRIED WO IS EK | marked that ere. the former Beiore the woutsted man tat home | Sve him th word brapght Mrs. Booth was inforn: < accident. | 00 another, he presently strack Tom in the Drs. Geib aud Haight, of afort, Ww : This was too much, and for the frst semmoned, aud the former took charge of | UME iM luis Iie the strong than gave blow tor the pati He was carriet into the ihrary | Q)OW, Due o ard examined by the surgeons. It was at | iota first thought tha been hurt tnter- | p west, and naily,and a teleg ne to his brother n WAS at once dis Joseph and his mo’ atched | _PRecoctovs Crime r, at Long Braneh, to come to Cos Cob immiedi- | gu Ludwie ately. Examination showed a eormpound | tarmer_reskd r fracture of the left arm above the elbow, @ | Michigur k n rib on the lett side and severe brutses | the night 1 icone 1 aips. Iti thought that there are | hart, a Germa bey 3 age, who is a no serious internal injar ysician | nephew of Miller's Wife,and has lived in Mil | was in const attend ers family ny deuied noon and night a all Knowler inter @t the Inquest in the afternoon. » Booth arrived Lsubseqni 1] contession. in Cos Cob Monday onul yesterday me to Lorig Bran Booth’s condition. under the ! , and rematged | Lis conversation wt rwas in the t be ¢ reporter Mr. uence of © 200th in tue evening p. family bad «ll retired and were of yesterday. fast asleep, he @rose, dresset hi a MK. BOUTH VISITED BY AN OLD FRIEND. =| went down stairs and ito te yard,where he By orler of the physician no one was al- | fad a dout n secreted, whieh be lowed to see him except the nurses and Mr. | got and went to the room of Miller. who was 1. Waller, au old friecd of Mr. Booth. A | fast asiec 1p, at the back ‘of the bed while short Conversation took place between them, | his wife was sleeping at the front & Mrs and Mr. Booth said he was thankful his in- juries were no worse, and hoped soon to be about. Said Miss Edwina Booth, “Papa is very glad that it was not bis sword arm that | took aim at Miller's breast, and fred by oth was broken, and it’s very lucky, tco. If it | parreis, but only the caps exploted. The guo had been the right arm perlaps he could | bad been out doors during @ rain storm, the never bave appeared on ie stage again. powder bad become dampened, and the Yesterday Mr. Booth was suffering from | jeath-dealing instrament would not go oft fainting fits, and was in the hands of his | Tue bey procured @ screw-driver and broke physician. Inthe afternoon Mr. McGonigle, | open a drawer where the powder Was kept ex-treasurer of Booth’s Theatre, arrived at | Hie then drew out the old loads putint Cos Cob but was not permitted tosee Mr. | new es, and Was ready for anotuer Miller's head was @ litt her husband's, and be was high upon the pil low. The boy put the gun to bis shoulder down than Booth until last night. Dr. Geib expects | tempt. This time there was no f that Mr. Booth will be able to sit up tn about | the deed was quickly done —the sou two weeks. It is not believed that the acci- | wig C. Miller heed Passed to its mak dent will at all impair ihe grace and free dom of Mr. Booth’s movements on the stage. although a slight stiffness may be visible in the left arzn for some time. Should Mr. Booth regain his heaith soon the engagements will not be cancelled. Pol @ person in the hobse was any the wiser When Mrs. Miller awoke, she supposed ber husband bad been struck by lightaing, the boy went all over the nelighborhoul tel ing the same story. He was arrested by Sheriff Fleming and taken to te county ja at Ann Arbor. Miller was 35 years of ag aud leaves a wife 1 children. A_JFaLors Husnanp ow Tue Wax PaTH—A Wife Deserts her Home and the Ho bend Secks Revenge —A special to the New York Herald from Newburg, N. Y., dated the Ith says: “This afternoon Robert Gib- son, Assistant Superintendent of the New- burg Water Works, attempted to marder Alfred Post, a prominent resident of this city and President of the Highland National Bank, of Newburg, by fring off a pistol at him fn the street. The bullet grazed Posi’s neck. and Gibson aimed for a second shot but in his excitement failed wo cock the ‘Weapon, and it was not disenarged. Post got out of the way before Gibson could freagaln and the latter wae secured, aud was com- mitted, without bail, to await the action of the grand jury. Gibson and his wife have net lived on good terms lately, and she left him several times for short periods, alieging harsh treatment by her busbaud. Gibson charges that Post had something to do wits his wife's leaving lim. It seems that she was before her marriage employed {u Post's family &s seamstress, and they style her a very Worthy women. ‘Cibsou is of @ jealous disposition. and is believed to be cra: He has recently written threatening letters Lo Post, who 15 a man of the highest respecta bility. Gibson's charges are attributed entirely to crazy jealousy.” A DETERMINED WOULD-BE SUIC(DE.—A the Morristown accommaedtatioz Delaware, Lackawanna @ SE OF PROF. DONALDSON’S FOOLHARDY Frats.—A local reporter of the Cineinnati Commercial relates this incident of Prof. Dovaldson:—“Persaps you remember my adventure on Lak ichigan two years ago. I made the ascensiou alone. My balloon was full and Light, and I had plenty of ballast. Everything was in good shape. I went alone purposely, soas todo what Idid. An imme.ose crowd saw me oft. The air was fa- yorable, and sent me off over the lake. There was a light sea on. When I gotso far up ard away that my movements couldn’t be detected, I pulled the valve rope and came down to the water. I knew the effect on that crowd. What I was after was @ sen- sational advertisement. There was a pretty good surface current of air. As the basket touched the water the bag of course jerked at it and pulled it out, and I let out a little ballast from a bag. And in this way I skipped along for some time. It was a. dark, and clouds were gathering. Through their glasses they could barely see me, eling- ing to the basket and being dragged through the water at a fearful rate.as they imazined In that way I passed ovtof sight, as I learned aiterwards, into certain death, as they sup- posed. Then I let out ballast enough and arose to & good height, and kept on. I got my sensa‘ional advertisement of * Perilous Adver:ture—Hairbreadth Escape,’ and so on, and dido’t get my feet wet. In this way poor Donaldson foreshadowet his awful faie to us, as we traveled through the air that calm, pleasant night last fali Little did he suspect then Uiat what he had Zen = # s | Toad, was passing the Shef + eros cues sone thrcaae in tan. with saiety, was | 22s) Mewack. peteemay an , « well = dressed Woman rat out on the rear platform WaT a Brooxyx CLER. of the last car, and befnre any one could di- OF BROTHER SHEARMAN’S - Theoaore L. Cuyler was recenUy asked what he thought of Thos. G. Shearman’s ex! tion of himself in England, and the rep tion he made of the kiss American clergy. “Wh. Cvylcr, “when Greely was alive I used+o over to the Tribune oOtlice when the elecuo: returns werecoming, and Tom was alway: Vine her intention Larew hersel/ off back wart. A gentieman who saw her ran to her, expect ing to find her dead or seriously injured, but to his surprise she was unhurt.” She sa resided in Morristown and bat ty but she was tn constant trouble w! band, and had rmins! to The gentleman went in seare’s take ber in custo: Ss she seemed there figuring away, and although i consid- | She b: a See ered him a slippery feliow. yet I thought that bent o noua Sronie pees he was shrewd and judicious, but I have hac | babiy — to change my mind ‘since these capers. Why, | ™#s. he will be skinned alive when he returns to “CON Mares Cowa oP * this country! Wheu the newspapers reach | 4;1 0A well dmesed - ours walket England with the exposition of Shearman, | j,to a New Yors police siation Laeslny there will be a different feeling over what he says. Newman Hall gave the ministers there very good advice. He told them to wait and see whether Mr. Beecher was endorse! by his fellow clergymen in this country, and hold back their enthusiasm until they re- ceived the account of what was being done here. But they wouldn't wait, and left New- man Hall out of their plans. I hear that Storrs has given Tilton very good advice— just such adviee as I should have given him {he had come to me for it. He told him to begin again to yevaild, $0 do earnest, legiti- mate work, stripped of all vagaries, he thought the sense of fair dealing tn the world would not k him down, if he made « struggle, notwithstandiny night. aud said that he wost bimeelf as an embeotncr. HM self as William J. street, Philad ployed by Mr. Jan vickineson's whart. 0 surrender teseribet him 719 Federal he was em- as a clerk on f ned tbere seven mouths, and in tLat time appropriated about 000. His dishonesty was discovered and & varrant Was granted for his arrest, but he evaded arrest and went to New York. He wad been searching for employment here for four months, and spent all his money, Ho was willing lo wo W PLiladelphia as @ pris~ ouer. A Scene reox New Yorx Lire—A priest was informed yesterday that a woma’s Was lying sick and destitute on a rade coach in an unused cellar at 5 Taompson street, which was balf filled with water. He Was HE MURDERED?—Juveniles Suspectet of Having Thrown a © ion anio the tdud- &miadied-aged woman, clad =o. skirt. son.— When the news of the disay ot | Her emaciated face indicated sufferings little Johnny Abrams was on Sunday | she bad passed tbrough. Sbe shivered with some suspi attached to several boys who | fever ague, and Wés racked with acough. said he had certainly been drowned off the | She said her name was Annie Burton; that 5th street dock, Hoboken. The lads who | she was @ serving girl, and becoming sick were sure of this said they knew nothing | and deserted by ber had crawled into whatever of the boy's whereabouts on Sat- | tnecellar odie. Her clothes and shoes hat urday, the day he met his death. When the en ee from ber while |; on the blacken was recovered yrsterday, | couch. had not eaten anything since Mrs. Abrams, the little feliow's moter, went | Sunday. She was taken to vue Hos- i een a ge who | pital —N._Y. Sun, 18th. are to have ‘When tered one lads ran away, THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION IN and the other shouted, “I didn't throw him | MISSISsiPri—A. special » dated in!” He then declared that thedeceased had | A’ 18th, received in this city from Sen- been in bis company on the die etrest, Sock, a » i. aye Se but left him ‘went to the 5th street dock. | vention there Men who were on the latter dock at ‘6 the time deny that A! was there at all. Two other ne cae Te Seeieeact petsene ts NV. Y. Herald, 18th. od Lucy 8Toxz hip a — oa the din of 3 gs, comauct Lueretia Mott, Lydia M. and on flag, coraisen the fact that ‘women are ranked with idiots, felows and ‘ignorant ip A ieee as A ScARE Ix GrorGia—The of Plot ia Washington aod Jemerssn coun cre 4 fil