Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Ex AT THE STAR BUILDIN' vivania A e 31th Street BY The Evening Star N. wepaper a i kacsrmage ety y ———_¢ $e EVENING ‘AR ts seved by carrier sudserthers at TES Oznts Pen > Bon CENT: PRR MONTH. Copies ey ine ‘Two Cart . By mari LL mwdscr Pts wmeariad. advance, Bo paper semi ioncer tan perd for” ~ = WF Rates of advertiong furnished om application SPECIAL NOTICES. ent TYPORAPHICAL UNION regta: *LUMBIA ». 101. —Th bune Bail m by the pWwalcn NkY WiLL Paun t roh« P A). Uni hb iortant, at thelo 7: p. m. by te invited. JERUSALEM TEMPL? B and 0 —Se The ew argam next of the M Bread GLISH LUTHERAN Mth sol H ate. —Ser and Evening) at 1) and he Lord's Supper in the aator. 1 oH Services W.P. Titpry, of Bost + of Ne Fening services at i oclock. The ew York. public cordially in- yited. Punday school at 945 a. m it® CHRISTIAN CHUROH, Vermont avenue, between N and 0 streets north seat —Services pastor, FREDERICK D. PowER Sanday ecno. 230 etiliag Accoun' lon of Chr a ested to attend the TUESDAY EVE Policy holders hereby notified to renew the Mneurance (for 1575) at the office of the company, on er before MONDAY, Dec. Zth, 178 In order gave time and avoid the crowd, bef at ee NT ESLEY BOTELER, See's deers at” DISSOLUTION OF FABTNEBSI HIP —The P.CHIPMAN. A if. for the prac Nlaimsund Patents, sd by mutnal consent d good will of CHIPMAN Ttnership between nd fice of Law and prosecution iw hereby diss The interes MEE 2 Ov. interest, are vested in C.D b icontinne t ame as successor. in the name of GILMORE @ Co" and is wuthorized ty settle the Rees e iat ™ ofthe late Grm. sp CHIPMAN, A.A. HOSME C.D. GILMO Becemter 14. 15 NEW BOOKS, DIABIES, G&MES, &c., IN varity at KOBEGTS Book aad Sta Stoae, 1010 7th street, above New York decl3 20 YOUNG MENS CHBISTIAN ASSOUI4- ‘oer Mb aud D streets. ROOM, CIBC ATING LL kh AND ONVERSATION CLASSES IN & AN a RITAME CIC: DAILY PRAYER m,; SABBATH SER- . ¥ mm. Young men cordially in- 6 me Con gcc? tr WEST 8 ALADDAN SECURITY PBATT'S ASTRAL, pat ee in be had from Bev7-Im* GEORG EAL, Je. .639 D st. DESIBING TO LEABN \OBT-HAND may fnd an her at Bo: ig > cs Ic PITMANS 5 teac] y's Academy, Bunder res greet northwest. Full course of . rough o whole sabject guaranteed. octSi-tf w= HOT OB ICE-OOLD T&a, OOFFEE AND CHOCOLATE, Purt aad Brasrant, WITH MILEUKN’S UNRIVALLED 80D4, 1429 PexnsYLvaNia AVENUE, ectge-tr near Willard’s. SEE DIPLOMA of Holmes’ Old Man af Mowntarn Liver Pilix st Dr. Jor Bo Cass: Deg store, corner 7ib aud M streets northwest. $1,000 for the Saoctien,_ ot Mercury of = Sreasha. ane in hem. ee EVERYBODY WILL HAVE IT! — The | Sa States “CENTENNIAL MEDAL.” 4 Deeutiful Little souvenir il) the wth and ty of « free people in a hundred years, suthorized agents for of Cotem- the Fela. c. a. Bosaings sth and D streets: Deniers fn Ghandeliers, Plumbers, Goods, Be ait Dts souinson s 00, BANKERS, Corner ef Mia Streat and Pennsylvania Avenne, prt hee HE. E. OF FLBY & CO BANKERS, Conwen Frvreenrs axo F 6tescts, Opposiie Treascry Depariment. BABK OF DEPOSIT, EXCHANGE, fc. Deal in GOLD. Government and District BONDS, Foreign EXCHANGE. Ac. “ Collections made on all points. Investinent Securities on Gommiszion. KS * ¥. Werrakes, W. J. OUOKE. WHITAKER & COOKE, oom Cc and Collection Agewts, ist taime » Specialty. _ oe tr No 15th ot: a spas Kigas & Co iS D. COOKE, cpg ee oe BASKEES ES REMOVAL We. HOLTZMAN. Aicor- ney at- Lave, ban eomeres to N Hons@, and will be nd Dusinews seqaaint- nd money Invested. and Offices for rent in same ballding. je9-tt SAMUSL © YOUNG, HOTAKY POBLIC, en-tt Ovricz—Stak BerLpine. (., ¥: DAVIDSON & Co, BALTIMORE, marétr Ap. eLccks STATUARY, ‘The Largest and Handsomest Stock OER HERZ He. 65. GIMERTY st. r BALTIMORE, MD. deel 18 istp RAZILIAN PEBBLE SPECTACLES. B ‘i. HHEMPLERS. 0: a decS-trixtp 453 Penna. ave. coruer Brady's RATIONAL PORTRAIT GALUr gy O25 PENSSYLYANIA AVENUE “orn 4% street. bar pa 2 CO, Me. 1227 Px: anes hens - 12 WNAYLV ANA 4 Gencine Brazilian Pebbie Spectacies. Nowe 3S BERESY GIVEN THAT 5 B AND Tru STRY ¢4,58TWEER 22 uening Star, | V4, 46—N2. 7,092. WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18 1875. TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR! DOUBLE SHEET. “Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.—Internal rev- fiseal year to date, $55.237,505.13 “e to-day, $406,895 61; month to date, ‘25,285,677.78 fiscal year to date, $75,335,322.77. 2277. GENERAL BABCOCK is expected to arnve at St. Louis to-day to plead to the indict- ment against him. His ease will probably be certified to the United States Gireuit Court, January term. APPOINTMENTS.—The following appoint- ments were made in the Indian bureau Yesterday: C. B. Guthrie, of Md., to fourth- class clerk. W. G. Morris, of Ohio, to be third-ciass clerk; transferred from the Pen- sion bureano. J. W. Bartleet, of Maine, to be third-class clerk. G. W. be fourth-class clerk. NATIONAL BANKS.—The Treasury now olds $261,690.112 In bonds tosecure bank cir- sulation, and $18,626,500 to secure public de its; national bank circulation outs d- + $45,935.48, of which amount $2.1 #& gold notes; national bank notes received fotkedemption to-day , $626,325; total receipts forveek ending to- > Ferien MaILs.—The steamer Wiiming- ton, € the Clyde line. will leave New York on the24th instant, with mails to Tarks Isiand,Puerto Plat Smith, of Ohio, to Samans and St. Do- mingoéty. These are the oaly mails for the West Indies this month. Tne Nellie Mar- tin, advertised to sail from New York on the 22d fmaant for Brazil, will not sail until about the ame time in January. PERSONAL—Mrs. Gorham, wife of Secre- tary Gorbam, of the United States Senate, died at Dortwester, Mass., on the i6th inst. Deceased was w estimable lady, and high- ly esteemed by a large circie of friends. ; The engagement of Mr. E. B. Wight, Washington conespondent of the Chicago Tribune, and MissCiapp, daughter of one of the editors of the Boston Journal, is an- nounced. The wedding will take place on the 25th inst. ———— MEDITATED ‘SGapPE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS.—The Frech Minister, in this city, has addressed a lever to Secretary Fish detailing ascheme whieh has been set on foot in Australia for tte liberation of the Freneb political prisonersin New Caledonia, and requests the United Sates government to bring to the attention of American ship- masters the precautions which the French authorities have comjelied to adopt for the safe keeping of their preoners. THE SIXTH AUDITORSHIP._ The parties now preferring charges against J. M. McGrew. Sixth Auditor, are understeot to be the same parties Who filed charges against him last summer, at the time of his appoin ent by the President: These charg 's w: fully investigated, and pronounced to and maliciow. The persons making cbarges and furakbing the repor.s for the New York Sun and Cnicago Zuacs are persons who have bea removed from the Post Office department sod the Sixth Audi- tor’s office. DISaAPLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.—The board of Managers of the National Home for disabled volunteer so! dies have been in ses- sion at office of the surgen general, for sev- eral days past. There were present Chief Justice Waite, Gen. B. F.Batler, Gen. J. H. Martindale, of N You; ex-Governor F. Smythe, of New Hampshire; Lewis B. Gune- kle, of Onto; Dr. E. B. Wotoit, of Wisconsin, acd Gen S, Negley, of Pennsylvania. Several a from the bome showed that 6.61 disabled soldiers wer cared for durin: the past year, as follows At the Centra’ branch, Layton, Ohio, 37@, at the Eastern branch, Augusta, Me., 104; at the North- Western branch, Milwaukee, Wis., 987, and at the Southern brauchb, "pon, Va., 871, being &@ total Of"? Tnoréihan were supported last year. 4* NAVAL ORDERS,—Entign Jas. C.Coresap, Passed Assistant Paymaster E. N. White- house, and Acting Carpenter Geo. N. Greene, ordered to the store-ship Supply. at New York; Passed *assiotant bene ir J. Ba- bin, to the receiv shipColorado, at New York, 2d instant. Lieut. Commander Chas. H. Crane, detached from the receiving ship Independence, and placedon waiting orders; pot gg a the aud ordered to the receiving Inde ce, as executive; Lieut. fener Wichols from the coast survey office, and ordered to the Supply, as executive; Lieat Wm. H. Webb, from the Hydrographic office, and ordered to the Supply; Ensign A. T. Freeman, from the bavy yard, League Isl and ordered to the Supply; Eusigos B. F. Rinehart and Rogers H. Galt, from the Powhatan, and o:- dered to the Supply Passed Assistant Sur- geon Hampton Aulick, from the receiving sbip Colorado, and ordered to the Supply; Boutewain Jas. Nash, from the navy net Supply; t= vain Jeeob B. Aiken, from temavy Yard, _ ie, and ordered tote navy yard, Joston. —_-<re-—__ Musical and D: |e. Tiekets for Ube concert of the Potomac Boat Club are pow for sale at Ellis & Co.’s music store. Miss Ita Wels, of Bosto' Dr. Damainville, of New York, violinist and ihe following eentlence, Vora! membe: of the club, will participate—w. H. Bur- nett, S. A. With obn . H. A. Kobr, Hi. Bradley, S. G. Young, N. B. Fugitt, C. A. Read, jr., J. C. Heali, Twelve finer Voices cannot well be found, and in their seiectious @ great treat js in store. Prof. Anton Gloetzner and Prof. Geo. Felix Benkert will assist. Nwional Thealer—Mr. John T. Raymond's impersonation of “‘Colouel Sellers isso well known, and iis own reputation ag a come- The Gilded Age” ts unneccasary. It is eh to know that large audiences are at- tracted nightly, who are loud in their praise and applause. Mr. Raymond’s engagement lasis another week, and all who have neg- lected to see him in his specialty will have other opportunities, and should not fail to take advantage of them. Theater Crmque.—The * lee Witch” is still reaping rich harvests for Manager y who bas left nothing undove to produce it in excellent style. Odd Flos Hull —Gravely’s Minstrels give &@ last performance this evening. This com- pany is a large one, and comp many ar- Usts Known Lo minatrel fame. THE TIBER CREEK SEWER, running from Maryland avenue a @ llge with ‘Tiber creek, to E street north, thence under North Capitol street to N street north, has been completed and turned over to the Dis- trict authorities by the contractors. This f{ the most Imre * Selb eer $ wards led. ik to be —— 2 wor! P extended in aeres in the portion of the city The Girst extension was Pe vania ' | apacity of the ma!n sey, sufficient for them . Messrs. Willians Baruett were the contractors, and the ale en a saint ui WO be of ood 87 Maria Davis, charged with pod od, : sLgnton, rgeroloased ez ubable to identify Pad sv atthe fo well established, that a long notice | ART NOTES. ‘With the return of cold weather the little squadron of artists who make Washington their abiding place have come back from the country, and most of them are already in winter quarters and fairly at work, putting in better shape the results of their summer wanderings. That is to say, so many of them as are able to find suitable accommoda- tions,—of which, it is @ shame to have to own, there is as yet a plentiful lack at the national capital. For, notwithstanding the steady and constantly increasing demand for good studio rooms, and the certain and band- some returns a first rate studio building would yteld, our capitalists seem to be in- disposed to make an investment in that di- rection. The consequence is that there is hardly @ room in the city which combines the essential requisites of size, light and ac cessibility. This is to be regretted, hardly less on account of artists now residing elsé- where who desire to locate here. but who are detained from doing so for want of proper accommodations, than on account of ourown local force, who greatly need suitable rooms, and who, for many reasons, would prefer to be quartered as néarly together as possible. The principal advantages of colonizing under a single roof are two-fold. In the first place, the fraternity is able to improve itself oy in- terchanging ideas and observing the methods and progress of each other; in the second place. it brings the artists into closer rela- HMonship with the general public,—a result hardiy less desirable and important to both sides. It Lage peed this way that, for of a better place, Vernon Row ts comin, be regarded as a sort of centre or nucieus in and about which many of the knights of tt pencil and palette now domiciled here are gathering. It is far from being first rate, either in’ the size and arrangement of the rooms or the light they get, but it Is about the best the city affords, and it is probable therefore that all the available apart- ments in the building will eventu- ally be oceupied for studio purposes.- Already Baumgras, Messer, Turner and Kin dleberger are installed in it, and it is likely that Witt and Weyl willalso be quartered there before the winter is over, while Kauf- mann and Poole are in the May building, adjoining on the east. This isa fair begin- ning towards an art settlement, so to speak, and the probabilities are that with this stari it will rapidly increase in proportions and usefulness. Of the artists themselves, and their present engagements, something ought to be said, in order that the public may not Jose sight of a class ef modest and deserving gentlemen, who might otherwise be kept out of view. By reason of bis age and length of service in the ranks of the gentle mistress, if not ou account of longest residence in Washingto we Mr. Kaufmann may be regar te as the dean of the crafthere, and therefore eptitied to priority in mention. Mr. K. spent mostof the last summer In Minnesota, where he went to filla pumber of commissions fv portraits; but we regret to bear that on #¢ count of death in the family of some of intending sitters the results of his visit were less satisfactory than he had reason to hope they would be.” Since his return he has been busily engaged on his allegorical series or group of pictures intended for the Centennial exhibition, which we have heretofore referred to somewhat at length. The leading featares abd composition of the seyeral parts are now nearly completed, and the artist will soon be at liberty to give his whole attention to the elaboration of details. He intends, we understand, to finish them with great care, So that in technique and effect they will Worthily represent the thought he thus secks to embody in form and color. Though com- | naratively small in size, they can hardly fail, when thus finished and appropriat placed on the walls of the great gallery, attract wide and favorable notice. —Merser spent the summer ia western New York, where the many little lazes and long level reaches of meadow land afford fine material for his pencil, which, by the way, ecms to find its best expression in landscape of & pastoral type. Although greatly inter- fered with by the heavy ang protractea rams which prevailed in that locality, iié was sac cessful in making & number of excellent atadies and sketches, of which he will doabt- less be able to make good use hereafter. At ent he Is at work on portraits, bat hopes to give considerable attention to landscapes during the winter. —Mr. T. J. Fisher, whose crayon head of Christ attracted favorable notices here a year or 60 ago, 2nd Which has since become more familiar through the medium of photo- graphic copies, has taken a studio over Galt It may be said tuat Mr. Fisher's specialty and favorite branch of art is geare, or figure pieces, for success in which depart- ment @ long course of study in Europe has qualified him; but he seems to be likewise at bome in both landscape and portraits, and exhibits on his walls creditable examples in each ltne. He is just now engaged on a strong and well modeled likeness of Gov. Kemper, under @ commission from the state of Virginia, but is at the same time working on a couple of interiors that promise well. One of these represents a blacksmith shop, with mea at work; the other shows a little girl in an easy and graceful attitude before a wide old-fashioned fire-place, engaged with her story book, and surrounded by the appli- ances of domestic lite. Both give a fine effect of fire-light pecuiiar to their subject, and when completed will be somewhat elaboi in details and finish. ich he has just commenced. It is to represent @ nun Kuecling hefore a crucifix placed in the “long-drawn aisle and fretted vault” of & great cathedral, where a rich light streams through a@ stained window, in strong contrast with the low gray light fali- ipg on the foregroane from the observer's point of view. The fino accessories intro- duced would of themselves make a beautiful painting, but the human interest in the pic- ture centers, of course, as it should, in the Kneeling figure at the foot of the cross. Tne young “bride of the churci:” has come in pos- session of a letter from her joug absent aud too long silent lover, and her attitude and pale sad face are to show the conflicting emotions struggling for mastery in her bosom, and tell, as well as agonized human expression may tell without words, the story of despair—*Too Late.” —Mr. Miller has been hard at work eyer since bis return from Europe, mostly on crayon heads, but hopes before iong to do something in the way of color, and in land. scapes as well as gure pieces. He brought | back with hima great many sketches and studies, which we have looked at with muct: interest. As his visit was a rather Bytes one, most of his work was of necessity hur- riedly done, but his fiecility for sketching rapid and with great accuracy is such that every litile bit he got is sure to do good ser- vice hereafter, ei the motives for future pictures or accessories, according to theircharacter. His studies o! Italian i oe and bits of architecture, par- ticularly in the Mediteranean ports. are... vecially pictu: ue and intjesting, al- fhongu #mall and basiuy done. —Turnef exhibits at Galt’s a marine view somewhat larger and more ambitiovy ;,, scope and treatment than anythip~ we have heretofore seen from ype or. It may be called, we suppose, ®D Sig-fashioned Dutch or Spanish galeod “g astriking sunset light, er rather the 8” ong rich glow that follows It}*, not without good points, but fewer ad- order, as he says, that he may pursue his in- clination without interruption and without interfering with others. But he nevertheless much that he does, and it the advan’ of town will be fonnd sists of a quiet pool of water, 0° broken common and street, twoor three Sgures, and the unromantic brick houses beyond, with their still more unromantic roof lines and chimneys; yet the picture Is a thoroughly pleasing one, both in sentiment and effect. The same remark holds applied to a number of coast and field etches made in the low and undemonstra- tive country on Cay ‘od, where he spent the summer. Ail of these, not less than his finished pictures, are well worth examining. —Mr. Poole is engaged on portraits at present, and expecis to give most of his time to that line of work this winter. He also spent most of last summer in Parkers- burg painting‘ portraits, some of which, by the way, are lying over until next season, but he nevertheless found time to visit the Blackwater region, and make some interior forest sketches and close studies of the fine trees and vigorous undergrowth peculiar to that locality. These will take rank with the very best work of that kind he has yet done, not only in themeelves, but as prom- ises of the future. Several of them would, in fact, stand as they are for fairly finished pic- tures, as regards composition, atmosphere, and artistic effect. Max Wey! sold the beantiful autumnal view on Rock Creek, which we have hereto- fore described somewhat at length, before it left his easel. This is the largest, and In many respects the best, picture Mr. Weyl has painted, and it is a pleasure to hear that he received for it also the largest price he bas yet realized for any of his work. Its for- tunate owner, Mr. R. C. Fox, doubtless prizes it highly, but we hope be will consevt to place it where it can be seen by the public before finally hanging it on bis walls. In addition to ‘this important piece Mr. Weyl has sold a number of his other recent pro- ductions, and still bas orders enough to keep Lim at work the greater part of the winter. He is at present engaged on portraits, but has also under way a large view from the Soldiers’ Home grounds for Mr. Txomas Wil- son, of I street. The point of view selected is on the terrace, near the Scott statue, look- ing south,—the view taking tn a portion of the city, with the Capitol plainly shown, the Winding Potomac, and Alexandria in’ the dim distance, and the blue hills of Mary- jand and Virginia beyond. The beginnings so far promise well, and if present expecta~ lions are realized it will be the artist's best achievement, as the theme, from its oharac- ter snd seope, calls for higher powers than closer views And simpler subjects Mr. Wey! has heretofore cont »nted himself with. ce The Last of a Noted Lady. DEATH OF MRS. C. C. BOWEN nce PETIGRU. A Charleston (S.C) letter in the New York Sua, dated December 13, says: Auother event of moment has agitated our old community. They have been called to recognize the fact that Mrs. ©. C. Bowen is dead,and to pay the last tribute to her aud ber family pame. They have done it nobly. She was attended to her last resting place on Sunday by many of the oldest and best citi- zens of this city—people who never assoct- ated with ber ip the latter days of her event- ful life. Her pall-bearers were the Hon. C. H. Simonton, ex-speaker of the old-time house of Teprceoneay ve of South Caroliaa; the Hon. Thomas Y. Simons, chairman of the democratic committee of the state; Maj. Willis; Gen. Gurney, the state commissioner to the Centennial; Mr. George W. Williams, the merchant prince of Charleston; and’ Mr. Baboit, an old King-stieet merehant, whose long coats Mrs. Petigru, the mother of Mrs. — used to criticize as unbecoming a clerk. Mrs. Bowen was buried at St. Michael's chureb, alongside of her father (the fon. James Ll. Petigru). The echarch was well lied with many of Mr. Petigru’s old frien: aud the customary services were held. funeral cortege consisted of fewer carriages than usual, and several of these were occn- pled by old ‘family servauts. Many of Bow- en's white friecds tiled along the sidewalk. The whole was under the dire Chaucellor Lezense, the former law c: ner of Mr. Potigra, & most excelle; man. Mrs, Bowen's iminediate fami whom she had long been separated, Lavin been reconciled to her Lu ber last illness, wer - in attendance. Mrs. Bowen was the daughter of the great est lawyer this state haa ever produced. H= was of Hugenot extraction, and his family settled in Abbeville county, the home of the Calbouns. Devoting himself entirely to bis Fomeaion, and ignoring the ideas of Mr. lhoun, Mr. Petigru removed to Cauariestou, where he rose to the zenith of intellectual power. His daughter Susan was one of tw: children, and she inherited his fortune—hisx gift of intellect, for worldly goods he hai none. Early in life she married Henry C., a son of lon. Michael King —the Macenas of Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. King did not live happily together. They had one child, Adele, the present beautiful Mra. Middleton. Mr. King was killed during the war, while serving as captain of the Calhoun Guards, of Charleston. = During the war Mrs. King and her dangh- ter retired to Greenville, under the moun- tains, where they for the prettiest of imported beauties, in comparison with the mountain flowers. After the war, under the rising star of Andy Johnson, Mrs. King went to Washington. where she was ap- Legged to @ clerkship in the department. lere, under the auspices of the tt Ken- tucky preacher, the blind Mr. Milburn, she mate the acquaintance of Congressman C. ©. Bowen, the representative under repab- lieav raleof her native district. He was a capable man, of full sway among his con- stituents. They were married. General Sherman gave the bride away. President Grant sesioece the bigamist Bowen for the deed-the temptation was more than bu- manity could withstand. After thetr marriage Bowen treate! her well. She had an abundanee of everything she desiied. except society; this followed her to her grav HANGMAN’S Day.—Besides the three ne groes hung in New York yesterday, Hoary Hollenschied, a German, 65 years old, was banged at Sherman, Mo., for ‘the murder of bis son-in-law, Christian Adland, in June last. Holleosehied’s wife, only oae year his janior, was convicied as an acc murder, and sentenced to be him, bat Goveraor Hardin com: sentence to imprisonment for lik Will be sent to the pentientiary. Thomas Burt was hanged at Carson City yesterday by the vigilance committee Thurs dey night. He was found yesterday morning hanging to the gate of the cemetery. Hetad been recently engaged in many cases of ar- Son and robbery, and had escaped imprison- by the want of legal evidence. kc Thompsor, the negro who killed Capt. Hi. Hunter at Quitman, Ga., in Ucto ber, 1811, was hung yesterda: ATTEMPTED RDER AND SUICIDE.— Yesterday morning about 8 o'clock, Martin Ritter, living at Flatbush, about six miles above Rondout, New York, attacked +" Baia Cregeen seve tbiows upon her apd crush! near the top of the hea f 10 the skall a ‘alter then cut his pizoat with & Vuzor. aa lived about two COP" cious Col wife 4s still alive- <n4 there are hopes of her re- ape oy oo: i ina yesterday the whom the eth oF this being the hind 1:48 36 , 1:50, 1:48, pecan rene tele rae. Lary Hart came in frst, but was ruled out fora Ser Sai Ena dies, was won ‘Vandal Junior, Charlies ‘The wife of little stretch Telegrams to The Star. AN AMERICAN BRIG: WRECKED. pa a es THE TRANSPORTATION CONVENTION BUSINESS FAILURES. TRANSPORTATIOS CONVENTION. Some of Its Important Recommen- dations. CH1C4G0, Dec. 18—The resolations adopt- ed by tbe transportation convextion yester- day also provide that a committee of seven enitable persons be appointed to present the resolutions to Congress, and take other steps to forward the objects advocated by them that a memorial from the convention be pre- pared asking the appointment of a joint committee of both Houses to consider the advisibility ot forming adepartmentof merce, which shall collect and disse committee to report at tne next session of Congress. In regard to railway service, the | committee recommend that the several states | enact the following: Ist. A law providing for the appointment of a board of railroad commissioners with power to prescribe a un- iform system of keeping accounts and with other powers sim!lar to that of the railway coromissioner of Massachusetts. 21. A law against stock inflation. 3d. A law prohibit- ing representatives of the people from act- ing a8 agents or attorneys in cases where the public interest is involved. 4th. A law re- Guiring public carriers to receipt for & qu lity of a commodity and to deliver the same &t its destinatton. “Sth. A law providing un- iform classification of merchandise and for- bidding the printing of conditions on bills of lading designed to evade responsibility. sth. A common law or constitutional provision Sgaipst railroad competition. the convention was declare? to be not war- fare, but peace and harmony. The resoiu- tions further provide for the appointment of an executive committee foreach state eqnal in number to the Congressional representa- tion of that state, who shall be empowered to appoint sub-committees in each Congres- sional district. These shall disseminate in formation which shall aid in procuring ne cessary legisiation on the matter of trans- portation. Only Two Surviyors of a Shipwreek Lexvon, Dec. 1s —The American brig Julia H. Dillingham, from Goree for Marseilles, has ben wrecked. Ail the crew, excepting two, perished. A Liberal Efected to Parliament. Robert Henry Horst, liberal, was elected to Parliament yesterday from Horsham, to fill @ vacan PROVIDENCE, Dec. of Greene & Cranston, of this city, suspend ed payment this morning, and made an as signment te James Y. Smith. The liabili- ties are represented to be 075,000; the assets, firm and individual, are said to be 809,00. The direct cause was the failure of ‘the Providence Tool Company (which has large contracts with tbe Turkish government for arms) to meet maturing obligations at the bankers’. It is supposed the delay in ex- pected remittances from Turkey 18 at the hottom of the trouble. ‘ne banking firm res WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 18.—A wooden block of tenement houses. occupied at pres- ent only by the owner, Patrick Jonvson, was parily consumed by fire this morning: Incendiary arrangemepts bad been minde to stert« a.¢ iu each of the unoccupied houses Loss, 6.000. The weather was 60 intensely cold that the firemen were covered with ice avd the hose froze as soou as water was shut off, a New York Bank Statement. New YORK, Dee. Is.—The following is the weekly bank statement: Loans decrease, $2,577,200; specie, decrease, £455,600; legal ten- jeposits, decrease, £2,730,400, circulation, decrease, $39,700; re serve, decrease, $1,11 Newspaper ded. MONTREAL, Dee. i ne Bien Puhiie newspaper has temporarily suspended, owing to financial stringency. ——_. Highteen I hes of Snow. JamMustown, N.Y., Dee. 18—There are 18 inches of snow here. .1.32a1.133; Pennsy rades uncliangsd. Corn steady fhern white, ‘new, S0%a36; seliow. new, a6]: western mixed, old, 67; do. » €3 Oats firm but quiet— pew, 6: 8) january. sonthern. 40880; westorn white, 45050; western mixed, £1645. Bye quiet and lower, 80835. Hay un- changed. Provisions quiet but firm and unc! . Pork, new, 2150. dail and anchanged. ter active and firm tendency upwarde—westera ex tres, 29830; do. firsts. }. Petroleum dull and uncharged Coffee Cull snd nominal. Whisky dull and lower, 16all635. New Yor, Dec. 18. — Stocks Money.6. Gold, M. Exchang: 49%. Govermwents du! dull avd steady. long, 48538; . Nuw York, Dec. 18 —Flom Wheat quiet and unchanged. € em. Lonpox, Dec 18, 12-0 p. m.—U_ 8, bunds, 10 Oe Enie, 155; do pre ed, 27. BREAD RiOTs AT MONTREAL—Some of ihe Men fo be Put to Work at Sicty Centsa Day — Yesterday morning, between i,000 and 1.500 desperate laborers again surrounded the Cit Hall at Montreal, clamoring for bread. Af- derman Grenier, chairman of the police com- mittee, addressed the people and quieted them, advising them to wait till today. Yesterday afternoon, the laborers again as- sembled and marched through the streets to Chemp de Mars, where a meeting was held. At three o’clock 2 disorderly throng of over 2,c00 surrounded the City Hall, and attacked a beer wagon and drank its contents. A bread wagon was then cleaned out, and ten minutes later a fight took place. The alder- men locked up the various departments, and discussed the propriety of reading the riot a The mayor then addressed the assem- blage, cor ling moderation. He said the council was to meet and give Ubeir case earn- €st consideration. He reflected ou a few who Wanted to create disorder. and was inter- rupted by cries of, “We are suffering, and wantfood.” Ataquarter to 4, the council! Commenced deliberations. Meanwhile, sev- eral encounters took place between the + Lice and the exetted mob, ‘Revecat ol Were made, and upon “ne approrth of rein- forcements, the cr = tion. At the ..-’84 fled In every direc answer ~ ? Ounc!l the Mayor read an Premier MacKenzie to his let- the state of destitution _ no . The l. roach ionf trouble The object of | F information concerning transportation; this | U&st trees we ha Hs riainly overdo NEGLECTED NATIVE TREES. Kixé GrorGE Co., Va., Dec. 6th, 187 Editor Siar: The report of the Parxtug-Com- mission in your last Weekly recalled tomind &@ communication which appeared early in the season criticising, or rather ridiculing, the introduction of “sassafras” into the pab- lie grounds. Those who bave seen the sassa- fras growing in open land and under favor- ble circumstances, esteem It as one of our most ornamental and desirable trees. ts roots sirike deep, leaving the surface si n and fertile for grass; its tronk is straight, smooth, and gracefully tapering; vided and symmetrical, and its foliage is dense and of a deep. giossy green, and not infested by worms. There are few native ad no imported trees that equal it iu beauty and if your city has found a man who cao Gisregard fashion and appreciate what is really beautiful in nature and has courage enough to plant according to his own con Viclions, he is certainly to be congratulated. There is another native tree entirely neg | lected. { believe, to which I would call the attention of the commission as one of the not only because of its great beauty, but Its ability te bear rough treatment—the Tupelo, or “black gam.” It bas all the desirable traits of the sassafras, with this additional, that tts branches’ are lower set on the trank, and are more divided and spray-like, and its ge, Which is very dense, is of a deeper more glossy green, and after the first frosts, changes to an Intense scarlet, con- trasting finely with the more sombre ‘hues around. The “sweet gum” or “bilste 1” is, in this latitude, a finer tree than any of the imported maples, and in follage and habit of growth very much resembles the maple in lis native Horth. But the two places |: y—the Smithsonian aad Capitol rounds”—fortunately under the care of a stleman of rare judgment and taste in pet and park decorations, in which it is where we shell plant them are not parks, in the ordi- rade beautiful with tree ir great ent, and Whatever other embellishment Is added is to he secondary and accessory to these These “ grounds” were primarily left to give views of the magoificeot stractures they inclose, sufficiently distant to embrace the whole at once, and yet near enough not to conceal the details, and when the original tree planters covered them with thickets of coarse-growing forest trees—the itol grounds particularly —leaving point which afforded a satisfactory vie either of these grand edifices, they entirely mistook their mission. A few trees or clumps of trees and shrubs placed at the least de sirable points of view, would have enhanced the general axreeable effect, but with so many trees, and such trees, the matter was ORTHERN NECK The Baltimore Love Tragedy. DEATH OF MISS ALICE V. PAUL—HER DYING STATEMENT. Miss Alice V. Paul, who was shot Novem ber 13 on the threshold of her father's house, at Vincgar Hill, Washington turnpike, five miles from Baltimore, died at noon yester- cay, alter suffering intensely for @ month. Sbe was in her lth year, and it will be re- membered was wounded by Geo. Leib, who is now in Towsontown jail, and who had been paying her attention. Justice Thos. J English, of Baltimore county, sammoned a jary of inquest. Four witnesses were examined. E' Paul, aged sixteen years, testified that Leib came to the house on the night of the shoot- the absence of ber father, intoxicated, conversation indicated jealousy in regard to Henry Randle, who had on a few occasions | gone to chureh with Alice Paul, but was not itor at the house e is against Randle. went to the door, expecting her father, who had forbidden Lieb the house. Lieb followed her out to the gate. drew a pistol and pointed it at her breast. when she dashed it down- ward, at which time the shooting took place. He cocked and tried to fire the pistol a sec- ond time, whereupon Aiice took it away from bim’and ran witb the weapoa into the house, locking the door, alded by the wit nese. The dying disposition of Alice V. Paul was read a8 follows: “This disposition, takea by me, the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace of the state of Maryland,in and for itimore county. wy) the recommenda tien of Arthur Williams, M. D. and C.R Winderson, M. D. Miss Annie V. Paul being duly sworn, doth testify that George Leib came to my father’s house on the eve- ning of November iSth, was under the influ- ence of liquor, made no threats, produced a comps from his hip pocket, whea I ordered im out, but he did pot then go but polnted the pistol at my breast, when I slapped the pistol downwards he discharged it in my abdomen; then | took the pistol from him,and he lefta few minutes afterwards; bad no previous dispute.” T. J. ENGLISH. Doctors Arthur Williams and C. R..Win- derson testified that the wound was in the abdomen, and they did not dare to probe it; that after much in and Cape op | Paul had died of the wound of body Alice V. inflicted. The jury rendered a verdict that “Alice Victoria Paul came to her death from @ wound caused November 13.” The deceased kept house for her father, Wm. Paul, who is a truck farmer. She was accustomed to work in thegarden and was a stout, healthy young woman up to the time of the occurrence. Leib years of age, and had worked on the railroad. The house at Vinegar Hill is isolated from immediate neighbors, and is near the junction of the ——— and Baltimore and Onio railroad.— jalto. Sun, V5th. A POLICE CAPTAIN’s SERMON.—“Our system of caring for vagrants ts fifiy years behind the times. There should be 0 public lodgipg-rooms attached to any police station. They cause dirt and vermin and disease: among prisouers and officers, which nothing | earth a: can prevent. If the city must provide lodg: ing houses for the destitute, let them be rely devoted to that purpose. Osfer the lodgers @ chance Lo Wash, and give tuem in the morning @ cup of coffee and a roll. they will bave the heart to go and find some- thirg to do. Now we turn them Into the street at daylight unwashed and unfed. In less than len minutes they can feel the mar- Tow freezing in their bones, and grow reek- less of their behavio. A cap of coffee and a roll would make @ citizen of many an out- cast.” PRINCELY OUTLAY OF STOLEN MONEY.— Percival B. Spear, who is accused of stealin, more than $10.0) from R. H. MeDenaid Co., drugzists, of New York, for whom he was confice.tial clerk, had bought @ house at Hackensack, N.J., with flue grounds, and furnished it with elegance. He gave extrav- t SU] aod — money lavishly at epureb fairs festivals. He was a war Ee bed lately laid a branch sewer from hishouse for the distance of pearly @ block at his own expense. ITES AGAIN IN COUNCIL. = PLYMOUTH! are rng i ; . LY re it ! ee eerce Sasfoc 2 tnt bim ‘shi i the | braneches forming its top are very mach di- | whiskey im a bottle with him. His | EASTERN VIRGINIA. Mowrnoss, V A., Dec. 5. 1675. Bitvor Sar Stretching from Fredericks burg and Aquis Creek, on the north, to Smith's Isiand aod jndmill Point ,oa the south, and bounded by the Potomac river, om the east, and the Rappabsanock, on tue west, is a peninsula of rich aod varied soli, the waters by !ts shores being proiuc tive of fish and that most luscious of ali molluske— {nia within lis GomalussKing Ucorse ini® within ite os—King . , Northumberland t —~ na 180, ‘stone portion of % ° miles the mock, 38 mi) on the > | peake bay, 75 mileson the and ie mailes from Aguia Creek to re Fredericksba: And yet, With its valuable soll, the waters teoming with the finny tribe, and the rich | bistorieal memories of ite having FURNISHED THRER PRESIDENTS OF OUR | COUNTRY eo. Washington, yet with all | these, the peninsula lags in the world’s race, increasing it» prosperity but slowly, and its population next to nothin There ix not obe bewspaper published within its borders, abd this fact of itself is indleative—well | one of them, | paralysis And yet we hope for better things | Slave labor disappearing h the rebel | tion, the inhabitants very generally found apted for personal strag glein the f live, and with bat few ex idhs all was suffered to go to wast | | Land was not cultivated; no enterprises. fos | themsely tered or encouraged, and as a consequence the peninsula progressed not at soll, loam, clay and sandy, mighly of whiteowk abd other valuable tim be: that was pecied to make tht: penins mous, was cvergy. But this tt lacked. Ther Were potable exceptions, however, and in Kivg George county yo: <ponde at could tell of fausliy, who, Kioagh losiug be labor of slaves, DID NOT ACCEPT THE STTCATION, but, to use @ homely phrase, “pitched tn, and did its own work, aud, ii is needless to add, in a more satisinclory mauner. The belog worked, Aud m y;. the cows are be reburned, and the produ r Posed of—aud this by the ons aod daughters | whilst and mot see and expe rience more genuine com ver they did ip the days of Uncle Tom ‘T TOWR ON THE PENINSULA le, in Northarbert Which cor tains &@ population of fouls; Ubree hotels, six cburcbes— Methodist'aca Ba; tist ax and two stores, bat bo botel story Of one o shas beea fitted uy asa music hall. Just think of it, ye fature Jenny Linds and Soutags—a Oakgrove awaits you. An eu . grower of the county, ad, Mr. Thos. H. Massey—r near Oakgrove, and LWo scanous sine 00 Off his peach crop: This gentleman tx oue of the lew enterprising ones who believes in labor and energy, and is not ashamed to set the example. “Montross, the towa from which I write you, is the county sea land, and bas, in additic three bundred of a populatio: Methodist whieh is Mr nay noLbe @ Hard, yet, judging are comforts ip and aroand hix at, evidently KNOWS HOW TO KEEY 4 HOTEL, and it is really @ great pity that the mu located he ten of Uak { accommo ean an i beast rehes—E) mond county, boasts of Se meutioned, _ and those I have i h King George (. H., Port © | Hampstead. in King George leading towns and villages oa the Peninsula. There is an obscure village, «ituate on the Rappahannock, Leedstown, 1 think it is | called, but which bas never yet been digni- | fied asa post office, was laid ou! and settled— aye, settied, in the same year that phia was. There has | mueb progress in Leed: hoped that its citizens, if ithas any, will not | fail to atiend the Centennial. A GOOD PLACE FOR EMIGRANTS. Farther down the peninsula I suail wan- der, and learn more.” Bui from what I have seen. 1 am satisfied that there is prosperity and wealth for aay who may here sojoura and labor. Good land can be bought acy where on the peninsula for from $% to $12 pe | acre. Fruit, corn and sweet potatoes are now « ‘gely prodaced, but the production could | be made treble its preseat amouat with bat | little exertion. T. h, though some of the finest here produced re fifteen lan: on the Happs ers plying between Baltimore and Freder ckpburg toueh, land and receive freight. Oo the Fo‘omac river side there many, and the steamer Joho W of tle Inlead and Seaboard Coasting Som paoy under the command of Capt. J. K Wood ‘8 rapidly increasing the business of the line by her promptuess, dispatch, safety aud cou- venience; and the recent arrangement of President Thom) of bis company witn that of the B. & O. RR. » Whereny passengecs at Shep- over the latter route can be land herd, above and retarned home at uced rates. let us » will stimulate the inhabitants of Ube pealo Sula to greater exertions, more progress and more prosperity iu the future. Bul now Cone river. MARITAL MUTATIONS oF M. H. B.—Tie marriage of Mrs. M. H. Burnham, who is Known most favorably as an inimitebdle cor- respondent and lecturer, to Mr. Stephen Fiske, acting manager of Daly's Pitta Ave nue Theater, is announced as having taker place last week, quite unostentatiously, the residence of the bride's mother, in Hart- ford, Conn. This is & pleasant termination of an uppleasant piece of scandal, whieh th New York papers put in cireuiation not tong ego; Mr. Zeno Burnham, Mrs. iH. Barn- bam and Mr. Fiske being the cramatis per- sour, It is pow reported that Barnbam, who ite Alexandria, and for by a@ pistol shot fired | Certainly acted like a madman, has become from the hands of Geo. Leb! on the night of eye A number of papers persist in making Mr«. Fiske iLe divorced wileo! Geo. L. or Han y Dumpty Fox, but this is a mistake. Her t busband was C. K. Fox, a brother of George Fox—from whom she was divorced about twelve years ago, for cruel desertion and il!- treatment. She was abandoned by her bue- band while stricken with small pox, and after ber recovery was advised to pursae the only course by which she could be [read from such an unfeeling brate. Burnham became an officious friend at this janctare. and suc- ceeded in laying the too gratefal woman under such obligations that she felt impelied tomerry him. Shortly he was arrested on a criminal charge and sentenced to the penitentiary. His wife moved heaven, a Governor Fenton, aud procured bis pardon, to discover subsequently that he had a wife and three or four chil living in the same city. A ition ensued, which Barmbam the influeuce of Fiske, ributed Teen | and about @ month ago, after inflicting name- jess indigvitics upob the woman, attempted first to shoot and then to stab the man who afforded her protection. Fiske has ended the scandal in the only way it could have been ended witLont serious injury to the reputa- tion of an already outraged Woman, by mar- ryivg Sen tar aha ae will ype soon face out of sight, m any jetence.— Sa Bean FOR THE INFORMATION of the Rev. Mr.