Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1876, Page 1

cc THE EVENING STAR, PEBLISHED DAis-¥, Sundays Exeepted, AT THE STAR RUILVINGS, Peonsyiv a Avenue, corner ]1th Street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. MH. BAUPFMANN, Pres't. — @ STAK t5 ger NS CBNTS PER v MeSTH. Cop i. By mail—pos THE EVENE PECIAL NOTICES, CIRCULATE CONVE neon ofthe Asso t and precenta, Me: sively) meeting, 6 p.m. Young meu cordially tn- ted deci-tr SIBING TO LEA BS lessons, 3 enbjrct guaranteed wjSrroise OB 10E-OOLD TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE, Pure and Frasrant, WITH MILBUEN’S UNRIVALLED 80D, 1429 PEwnetLvaNia AVENUE, cotter near Wiilerd’s, WS SEE DIPLOMA ct Hoimes’ 0. Biouns Lewes f « mn Lower Pills ri band H streets northw * Palm ’ t. 1,000 fer the detection of Mercary oF “auy a Sold fi mous substance ic them. irs JOHNSON & 00. BANKERS, Serner ey Wik Sirest and Ponnsyieanta Avenss, Deniers in Government snd District Seccrities Foreign Exchange and Gold. repis-iy a@00., BANKERS, Conran Prereextu ano F Staests, Opposuia Treasery Department. BABK OF DEPOSIT, EXCHANG®, & Deal in GOLD, Goverument sud District BONDE. Foreign EXCHANGE, dc, Coliectivns made on all potnts. Investment Securities on Commission, mar4-tr “=p REMUVAL—WM. F_ HOLTZMAN, ator ney-ai- Law, bas removed to No. 1321 F et. northwest, opposite Kbbit House, and will be ri to see his friends and business acquaint- ances. Legal businefs sclicted, and money tuvested. ‘Booms and Offices for rent in same building. je9-sf -H.D. COOKE, Jn. £00, BANKERS, _apls-tr 1429 F street, SAMUEL G. YOUNG MOTARY Poecic, oti? -tt Ov7ice—@tak Eribive, HB. WE DAVE NOW NO CHOICE BUT TO SLAUGHTER PRICES. OUR STOCK OF WINTER CLOTHING iS STILL IMMENSE. AND MOST POSITIVELY WILL NOT BE CARRIED OVER. ~--8UITS BEDUCED TO....00. OVERCOATS BEDUCED TO. ~ SUITS REDUCED TO. OVERCOATS BEDUCED TO....... SUITS BEDUCED TO......... -OVEBOCOATS BEDUCED T: SUITS BEDUCED TO. $1*......OVEBCOATS BEDUCED TU......912 -8UITS BEDUCED TO.. OVEBCOATS BEDUCED T wwe SUITS BEDUCED TO.. 813........0VBBOOATS BEDUCED T@..0.88 HABLE BROS., Merchant Tailors and Fine Clothiers, anit tr Corner 7th and D streets. PROF. C. W. SURCERMANN, after, ab absence of several years from this city bas returned from Germany, takes caring his services to his forner ery num- Sreus patrous od othr citizens. ae 4 te ‘asic, &¢. may be left at No. 42% loth street.or at BEICHENBACH’S Piano Lith street. yanit-6t" ercus patrons Fiano! Vocal Btore, No. 423 {RARKLIN & CO., 12 NNSYLVAN by Gevuine Braciling Pebble Spectactoas’ Ge<T-1y; BRAZILIAN PEBBLE SPECTACLES. B = iM. H. HEMPLER. PTICIAM, Gec$-tristp 453 Penns. ave., corner 43 street. CeRRECTION. ‘The “ Directory” for 1876, just tsmued by Boyd, on P. Causin pege 134, gives the name of Nathantel Reest. for the TPUTOMAC INSUBA i Baltimore, and Mr. Cansin may be its agent: but THE Potowac Inst Rance PANY, ,D. Oro well and favorable Known in this trict, has for ite sgent Mr. B. Lewts Blackford, Bireet northwest : Bec. Potomac Ins. Co., of Georgetown, D.C., inn? 2 {Hep} No. 6% High «1 ‘HE BALTIMOKE SHIRT FACTORY T STILL AHEAD, THE LOWEST PRICES OF ANY ESTAB. LISHMENT IN AMERICA FOR THE QUALITY OF GOODS WE OFFER. Finest DK ESS SHLETS made to order fn the most elegant manner, of the very beat material, fur @2.25; Bt quarac' Im and 21 Linen for onty DRESS SKIRTS, Ready 5 nag 20m Linen for G1, Only Bt. Heavy OANTUN FLANNEL DRAW EKS, 75c. S7 ERABCH STOLE, 1018 F street gortiwost, Washington. D.C. dect-tr Qrrze TO THE SCAROITY OF MON preteat, we offer to sell all the NBEDEEMED PLEDG®: ophand. Also. large lot of aor os ED imes. OC Le at prices to suit the ti Such extraordinary inducements ba fore been offered to the pabiic. all other PINK JEWELBY, are respectfully el n- Joted to esmine our stuck before going elsewhere We purchase, S. GOLDSTEIN & CO., LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS, jaS-tr corner 10th and D streets. REMOVAL REMOVAL"! Be have moved the remaluder of my stock of CABPETS, OIL CLOTHS, ‘Sud the public generally. otire new stock i will sell at reduced FUENITU WASH. B. WILLIAMS, saniS lot No. 319 7th street northwest. ct the f Ke ‘s Patent DRESS SHIRTS, from @70 por halt Gouen to f E Dice will be charged theee Goods. w.w BURBETIS & co. 925 Teh strect, 706 K street. “axteen volumes, Appleton Bi American Boe: Gh: fen With each Piano. Bee Ageut, "1} Mb strect nertowewt, ‘deede Che Evening Star. ASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 TWO CENT: borthwest. Nul!'course of borough mastery of the note i oct! uf) octl8 law" xD “ NCE COM PANY. There is aconcern, I believe, by this nawe orge- be firm of Biackford & Hanson, No. 519 7th W. DEEBLE, teed. ESS SHIRTS, Ready Mode. of Wamsctts Mns- + Of Davol Musita never be- Levers of FINE WATCHSS, DIAMONDS, and obliged to vacate. tm order te rebuild, I UPHOLSTEBING GOODS. &e., &e., gio the second thor of my Farnitare Wa-orooms, ‘Shere L will be pleased to receive my eld patious Inorder to ops my new establishment with an prices. pice, citering very great bargains in FINE SPECI = NEECIAL NOFICE—This day we have re- Per bait dozen, or @12 per dozen, which will ie the cheaj Grete eutce is Ez or ri- Sohseastiaeesty ine ha is" SS" We are sole agents in the District for the sale of {T DAVIS & OO.8 GRAND, SQUARE Hy UPRIGHT PESNOs\or mle a Reuthly instalments. A Holiday Peet | ow TONTINT _EVENING STAR: Washington News and Gossip, —— GoVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.— nai revenue, & customs. ALL THE MEMBERS cf the Cabinet wee present at the meeting to-day. EX SENATOR Matt Carpenter was on tho floor of the Senate to-day, THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re- ceived at the Treasury to-day for redemption aggregated $807,953. THE Senate District of Columbia Commit- tee did not hold their regular weekly meet- Ing to.day owing to the lock of a quorum. GREENOUGH’S STATUE of John Winthrop, ordered by the state of Massachusetts, has arrived at Boston from Florence, and will be Soon sent to Washington, and if accepted Will be placed in the Capitol as @ gift of Massachusetts. NAVAL ORDERS.—Captain W. D. Whiting ordered to temporary duty on examining board at Washington, D. C. Acting Boat- swain John Crowley to the Alert. Chief Engineer William 8. Smith detached from the navy yard, Washington, and placed on wailing orders. THE COMMITTEE ©N LEVEES of the M siseippi has agreed unanimously toreport in favor of a bill giving $3,000,000 for the build- ing and maintenance of levees. The amount Will be distributed as follows: To Louisiana, 1.500.000; Mississippi, $500,000; Arkansas, $700,000, and Missouri, $300 000, . ARMY Kepvetio ‘ne House Military Committee met this morning. A general and desultory discussion took place with reference to the proposed reduction of the army. The sentiment of & majority of the members seemed to be decidedly opposed to any reduction. ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE TREASURY. Yesterday Mr. S. B. Benson, A. B. New combe and other Treasusy secret service men, were before the grand jury in the case I. ¥ Iker, who, it is alleged, presented \owed a fraudulent claim by the for the traveling expenses and nee of a ps le In his custody. ' Treasur, mnainten BRANDETH, the} n, 13 here to advo- cate before the ommitiee of Ways and Means a bill which will be introduced in the House on Monday allowing patent meiicines intended tor export to be made at the factor: of the manufacturer. The proposition is in brief to repeal the stamp duties on all patent medicines intended for export alone. THE RULE FOR CoUNTING THE VOTE.— The Committee on Privileges anil held a meeting this morning to r. Morton’s_bill to provide for the of the vote for President aud Vice No conclusion was reached, tut ion of the majority of e committee that under the cirenmstances, view of the status of the question of ning the twenty-second joint rule before the Senate, it_was not esseatia! eessary to press Mr. Morton’s bill at pre The members of the committee subsequen took up Mr. Morton's resolutiou relative investigating tue Mississippi election, and Jong and somewhat genera! political diseu Sion followed, but no cone!usion was reached. ARMY GAZETTE.—Capt. George H. Weeks, assistant quartermaster, will assume charge of the national cemetery at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. Leave of absence for four taonths, with permission to go beyond the sea, and to apply for an extension of eight months, is granted Second Lieut. Tuos. B. Nichols, 6th cavalry, Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. Leave of absence until June 1, 16, is granted Second Lieut. Wm. F. Nor- ris, ‘. infantry. Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory. The leave of absence grantei First Lieut. R. G. Heiner, tst infantry. Fort Randall, )akota Territory, is extenited five months, First Lieut. Lewis Warrington, ith cavalry, Will report in person to the super- intendent mounted recruiting service, St. Louis barracks, Mo., to accompany the first — of recruits ordered to bis regi- ment. THE WILSON EULOGIES IN THE SEN- ATE.—The iadies gallery was well iilled be- fore the opening of the session of the Senate to day in view of the eulogies to be deliv- ered 6n the life and character of the late Vice President Wilson. Tae chamber was draped in mourning the same ason the day of we obsequies of Mr. Wilson in the Senate, and over the ebair of the President pro tempore was placed a very creditable ol! painting of the dead statesman, executed by Mrs. C. Adele Fassett, an artist,of this city. Tue left side of the ladies’ gallery was occupie! by the Indiana editorial excursionists and thelr ladies. Mr. Boutwell begau his eulo: at a quarter past 12 o’ciock. Two ladies “brought their i ” and during the de- livery of the eulog.es worked industriously ‘ thy front row of the guests’ gallery, at. tf Ctlug considerable attention. Hon. Geo. jjaueroft, ihe historian, occupied @ seat oa : floor. Mr. HILL'S Sreech as RevISED.—Ken- jamin H. Hill's printed speech has been com- pared with a full transcriptof the text of the speech as it was actually delivered. Tue changes and modifications are most extra- ordinary and unprecedented. Mr. Hill has been guilty of the nnparliamentary conduct of entirely suppressing an important collo- quy with Mr. Hale, of Maine, upon the F tive Slave law. Mr. Hale’s remarks are « brely eliminated from the printed speeci, w is & gross violation of Lhe rules of the Some of the republicans talk of rais- stion Of privilege, that Mr. Hills Speech @ spoken taust be printed, and that be cannot strike from Te Recor es of other members. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CoMMis- SIONER OF PaTENTS.—Tueaunual report of the Commissioner of Patents gives a resuma of the business of the office during the ye: iv5. The business is constantly increasing, the Commissioner says, and adds that {n order to carry ou ail the business of examin- ing and disposing of applications for patents it will be necessary to subdivide the present classification, and to assign certain groups to the charge of a@ first assistant examiner. An addition to the office of six first assistant examiners to be detailed by the commis- sioner is recommended. It is requested that the Eon of third assistant examiner be re- established, and also that there be an addi. Uonal section to the patent law defluing tse duties of the principal examiners and their assistants. The commissioner calls atten- tion to the fact that the Patent Office Gazette is in some respects a substitute for the former annua! report, and is paid for out of the an- nual appropriations for the expenses of the Patent Office. Hecalls attention to thedelay m making up the reports of decisions in patent cases decided in the United States courts, caused by the delay of the clerks of the courts in forwarding them, and suggests that clerks of courts be uired to furnish certified copies of the decisions and decrees. He requests that authority be givea to the commissioner to detail or appointa tosupervise the publication ofsuch decisions. He urges that Congress provide for tie re- printing of the back reports of the office up lo the year 1536, at which time'fire destroyed the previous records. The commissioner also asks for an increase of accommolations for the clerks of bis office. He recommends that scetion {$56 of the statute which shows under what conditions patents can he ob- ined, be amended by adding the following cvided, That in case the invention is patented in apy foreign country the appli- cation per sees igh ed on years the date @ fore! J Also, that the following section beamended by striking out the last sentence: “See, isei. No person shall be debarred from receiving a patent for his invention or discovery, uor shail any patent be invalid by reason of iis having been first patented or canted to be paten' ina for- eign country, unless the same has been in- troduced into public use in the United States tor more than two years prior to the applica- tion. But every patent granted for an in- vention which has been previously Pon pee in a foreign country sball be so limited as to expire at the time with the foreign pateat, or, if there be more than one, at the same ime with the one having the shortest term, and in no case sball it bein force more than ! have been given to seventeen years.” Society and Personal, erday Was the busiest Thursday the has yet Known. I street, between d Isth Streets, assumed for the first time this year the air of liveliness which has characterizelit on Thursdays in past The Ebvbitt House was another fgayety. Mrs. Senator Morton had a very large reception, and was assisted by ». Brown. The Arlington was also as many embraced the onportu- n calling upon Mrs. and Miss Kernan ard M ado! ph. In other portions of the city Mrs. and Miss Dawes and Mrs. and Miss Boutwell, Mrs. Pomeroy and her niece, Miss Whipple, of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Carrington, recetved a number of calls. Madame Mariscal, Mrs. Hanter and Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. A. Pollok, Mrs. Powell and Miss Manving, Mrs. and Mies Watmough, and Miss Meigs, Mrs. Benet and Miss Mor. decal, V. Niles, Mrs. Redfern, and Mrs. Walter 8. Cox received on I street. The diversions of the evening were numer- ous. Miss Cadwalader had avery brilljant reception, a8 also did General, Mrs. and the Misses Humphreys. There Was dancing at the latter, ch the young people pro- longed until alate hour. ° "7S People Pro The hop @t Willard’s was a most suecess- ful affair, though somewhat too crowded for the pleasure of the dancers. There were many ladies and gentlemen of distinction present. Mrs. and the Misses Cale received in pleasant fashion. ‘The costume tea party for the benefit of St, Patrick's church drew an immense crow. to Tallmadge Hall last evening. The ladies having the direction of the affair had taken so much pains to make their festivai attrac- live that it is gratifying to know that the public showed a pecuniary appreciation of their efforts. The last was the second and closing evening of the entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. Goy. Shepherd entertained a brilliant party of young people at dinner last evening, in honor of their visitor, Miss Sanderson, of Pailadelphia. Covers were for twenty-four, and the number in- cluded many of the belles and beaux in so- clety this season. It 1s needless to say that in points of sumptuousness and elegance the pl was alike worthy of hosts and guests. fashionable people, as well as lovers of art, attended the artists” reception in Ver- 1 Row last evening, and a large throug also vailed themselves of the opportanity to examine the art treasures in the Corcoran gas light. Indeed the attendance swas in the highest degree cred- aging, as showing the con- inereasing interest in art matters. Mre. Pierrepont, Mrs. and Miss Jewell, M:s. Bancroft and Miss Dodge, Mrs. Park Miss Campbell. Mrs. and Miss ory, Mrs. Montgomery Blair and Miss Blair E les and her friend and guest, Mrs. S ‘ ughier of Judge Bb M Da Mr. Guzman. Mrs. Kei , Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. and Miss 2 mds borough, and Mrs. a Miss Ciapp are a few of those who made calls ia the afiernoon. 1 number of soci¢ from this city yesterday ‘t Assembly ball in Baltimore last evening. Miss Bainbridge, the handsom2 of Mrs. Paul, bas arrived, to U e Nassau Sbbitt Hou: : 3-65 BONDS TO KE ParD.—Mre Randall, in the House to-day, presented the bill and adverse report made by the Committec of Appropriations on the bill making an appropriation to pay the interest on the District of Columbia 3-65 bonds. He endeavored to make a statement, but several raised poiats of orler, and he withdrew the bill. He stated, however, that his object was to counteract any impression Which the adverse report might create, look- ing to the impairment of the value of the bend. It can be stated that the interest will omotiv paid, at maturity, by the Dis- C: mmissioners. ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE IN- TEREST Bit.t.—Mesers. Wells, Holman, ar fale, a@ sub-committee of the House Com- mittee on Appropriations, to whom was .e- ferred a bill of the House entitled ‘a bill the payment of the interest on the of the District of Columbia,” which pr. vided an appropriation of © 797.50 this morning made an averse report on the bill to the full committee, which was sustainei by @ majority of the members. This acti: does not mean that the interest for the vonds is not to be provided for, but that the comunittee hold that it should be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion by Congress for the District last session. THE BREWING INTEREST.—A large dele- gation of prominent brewers from different localities was before the Committee on Ways and Means this morning in opposition to the ruling that brewers shall Pay, tax on a barrel of thirty-one gallons of malt liquor for every two and one-half bushels of malt. They beld that this ruling is not authorized by law, and if authorized would not be fair, because the government takes monthly in- Stead Of a yearly average of the amount used. One prominent ale brewer said that bis yearly average of malt to the barre! would #mount to 2), bushels, while so small brewers could — along at certain sea fons of the year on less than two bu and that the government refuses to give cre. dit on mouths where $ AMount is used. ScHILLEREUND.—Those who were pre- vented by the storm, Wednesday evening last, from attending the reunion of the Sciil- lers at Capt. Wm. C. Woo.l’s, 1013 L street, missed much the finest reading yet given In the “Iliad series,” and the considerable num- ber who braved the weather were very glad they came out. The reading had all the free- dom and force belonging to the tumultuous scenes of the first great battle, and ‘‘by far the best yet” was the verdict. Mr. Hickox read with much vivacity, and with most complete mastery of the exacting situation. One important passage of the text, on this occasion, became doubly so in the light of the recent discoveries. After quoting the words where Apoilo calls from Pergamus to the wavering Trojans. and mentioning how the sanguine explorer dated his diary for a jong time from “Pergamus.” and then at last acknowledged that Troy had no Acrop- olis, and that Pergamus was a pure luyen- Uon by the poet. the reader took leave of Ir. Schliemann, and fora time, of the subject. Same other books of the Iliad may be given during the season, of which the guests will receive due notice. Choice music by the hostess, Mrs. Wood, by Miss Baker ant Messrs. Mitdleton, aud ao extremely ou- morous reading by the host, aud agreeable conversation foliowed, when the company dispersed, delighted, as lt always is, with these reunions. THE INTERFST BILL.—The biji before the House Ay propriation Committee for the pay- ment of the interest on the 4.65 bonds pro- vides: That the sum of two hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred and winety-seven dollars and fifty cents, fa eur- rency, or 80 much thereof as may be neces- sary, be, and is hereby, appropriated for the payment of the interest, due ou the first day of Febr , 1876, Ob the bonds known as three anc xty-five hundredths per centum THE INTEREST O} June 20th, 1874, entitled “An act the government of the District of Columbia, and for other »” which said interest is payable at the Treasury of the United reuan enna oes under the act of TESS By pro = 23 fl a is z i converted into 3-65 bonds, and those which converted, and all certifi. ners Dacuatae to ee —n by the Board of rel the Treasury in the same man- ner as now or may be prov: by law for of the interest on the bonded debtor the ited States. The sum thus Faid on account of said interest to be con- eeonee! Pe io be maa oy ine py oarie tie expenses of | the District tates towards the Columbia, the payment of the interest oes the cresting @ sinking fund for the payment of the ee oe -—____—_ both branches of the Iowa legisia- Pink enrolling and engrossing clerkships Commuuication from the District Commisstoners to the House Ap- propriation Committee. The following communication was sent yesterday to the House Appropriation Com- mittee: . OFFICE OF THE Comm OF THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTO: Hon. Sanwel J. Randall, Chairman Coan on Appropriations, House uf Represen'ai Sir:—We have the honor to invite the a tention of the Committee on Appropriations to the enclosed proposed amendment of House bill No. 815, which we trust may hay the favorable consideration of the commit | tee and Congress. ‘The amendment, as you will for the limitation of the issue of the 3-05 bonds to fifteen millions, and the provision by law for the regular payment of interest of the said bonds by appropriation. The im- | portance of this legislation in aid of the credit of the 3-65 bonds, and of the funded debt of the District will be fully appreci- ated by your committee without argument. The faith of the United States having been pledged by iaw for the payment of the inter. estand the [beg of the bonds tn the manner specified in section seven, of the act approved June 20, 1874, it would seem only proper for Congress to provide by legisia- jon for the proper maintenauce of the credit of the bonds by limiting the maximum oi their issue and providing for the regular payment of the interest. Very respectfully, W, DENNISON, J. H. Kercu aM, S. L. PHELPS, Commissioners Distriet Columbia. The United States an@Cuba. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN. The correspondence between the United States and Spain, arrising gut of the Cuban question, was transmitted by the President to the House of Representatives this after- noon. It comprises about seventy pages of manuscript, including exhibits. Itembraces & comprehensive summary of our diplomatic correspondence with Spain since 1573, cover- ing the entire period of the Virginius affair. The teXt of the correspondence shows that the United States has been very firm and persistent throughout the entire controversy. and that during the last few monthsa di mand has been made upon Spain for a com- pliance with the terms of the Virginius pro- tocol. Secretary Fish in his very last note to Minister Cushing states that the delay of pain has been so great that it is almost bo d endurance, and urges upon Mr. Cush- g the necessity of the tria} of Burriel. Thuis eiay and the neglect of Spain tocompl with the protocol. Mr. Fish says, is causin eat injury to both countries. The last dis- patch frora Mr. Cushing is not given in full the ‘ation, but the extract whie’ “Note from the Madrid Cabt- ‘est om the 3-65 Honds. Zhe following statement of the financial condition of the District was submitted by the District Commissioners to the House Committee on Appropriations at the meet- ing of the committee yesterday. in explana- tion of the necessity of Congress providing by appropriation for the payment of the tn- terest on Lhe 3-65 bonds, due the Ist proximo, to Which the faith of the Government is pledged by law. 1t will be remembered that ihe Commusstoners did not include any pas- ments of interest on the 3.65 bouts in their estimates of expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1°76, assuming that Congress would provide for lhe payment of such in- terest us it did Broy ide for the payment of the interest last February and August. In case no appropriation be made for the Feb- rnary interest, and the Di: *rict treasury be required to provide the full sum tue state- ment shows that there wil! not only be a de- felt of upwards of $200, a thie 3 June next, but the Distri June 90, 3576, amount riqucred niesstoners in February. ITS. (seh on band becember 1, 1573. Ertimated receipts from’ taxes $910,793 09 909,000 s! Required for current expenses, being seven twellthe of the futlwing e-ti= Inaied amounts for the entire year, vte- £1 074,833, amonnt estim for general nt estimated for arpe sce $600,800 U4 huh teand Bulldings... 4,000 00 $156.00, emount estimated f the Metropolitan police. 79,180 08 7-10, 356.000, amount mated for pudliceebu: 265.200 00 8400.0 count eatinated {oF B 4 233,333 33 bonded debt, due after De- cember 1. 1575. 265,795 72 Add 11-186" of rH mated receipts from taxes to June 3, 1576, for sioking fund proportion of same.. 51,333 $7 Total amount required under head jeg OU ort 1. Tc redeem water bonds over- ; - W008 OO 2. 'To redeem erroneonsly sued tax-len certificates by the late District govern- ment ( estimated |. . £0 000 Wu Leaving @ balance of ( interest Louds, February }, not included Amount of appropriations asked for to Pay interest on the J 6 bonds, Febra-, 222, 1576 sane @ balance in Treasury id applicable thereto. ‘i 21,670 55 Show lug a deficit. Covgress failing to pro: vide for the February interest, of. 201,125 95 AMONG THOSE who had interviews with the President to-lay were Senators Conover, Anthony. Windom, McMillan, Howe and Clayton, and ex-Senator Ramsay, Repre- a@tives Gunter and Wood, and Governor Hartrapft, al: delegation of ten gentle- men from the Pacilic railroad convention. THE CoTTON CLAIM CASE BEFORE THE GRaND JuRyY.—The grand jury yesterday heard the evidence of ex-Secretary of the Treasury Richardson, David W. Mahon, First Auditor United States Treasury; Mr. Wyman, Assistant Treasurer; Mr. Fessen- den, Mr. Noer and other Treasury officials, in the Parkman, Brooks & Co. cotton case, which, itts alleged, was a fraudulent one, and was ae by certain Treasury officials with the knowledge that it was fraudulent. To-day, the First Controller, Hon. R. W. Tayler, and Mr. E. Moran were examined on tbe same case. WANT TO BE COMMITTEE MEN.—Mr. Lamar, the chairman of the democratic caucus committee, upon whom devolves the selection of a_ resident committee to fill vacancies on the national democratic committee in the District of Colum- bla, can now probably form some idea of the “‘true inwardness” and self-abnega- Uon of thedemocracy of this ten-mile square. Not aday passes that be does not receive a complete diagnosis of the the disabilities of the several candidates for the honors. To- day he was first tackled by that sterliag patriot R. 8. Davis. When got throu: with him @ prominent democrat told Mr. lamar vot to pay any attention to what Tavis said as he was @ d—d enzo, Then Brother Harvey, of the editorial tripod of the defunct organ dled ge A The Patriot, e bods icin, Sole Wright Reeves next eve , ined pon ‘nti in the lobby and en- Missias\| as lightened i statesman to ig opinion of the s' ing ot Jae! 0 Mi ile “Lum” Al- exander had bis strikers at work to hear all they could ‘at aspecial eld to-night. Mr. Lamar is so flamber- ited in the whole matter that he may go to Alexandria to fi: demo- ind to fill the bill. can tis men out of the House Post office. ——<_re ____ inery of bis left arm on the glass, and bled to death in a few minutes. sg-The London anti-slavery society have appealed 19 Lord Derby in belialt of some ac- iy relative to the American circular in re- lation to Cuba. jAtive Statement Speaker Blaine’ FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Frrpay, January [Prom the Pittstr 9 Gazette, Jemuary 19.) Dr. James King, one of the leading phys cians of this city, and widely | Pennsylvania as Surgeon general of the state Writes the subjuiaed Will be read wi lals were pre red, among them during the late wa: —Tnat when the Re: letter which we feel sure | interest, and which ¥ cepted as conclusive in rega €sting topic to which b 1 for the relief of Cap. jor, of the navy. *etition of Feithou: ri to the inter rs. By Mr. Logan > in relation to their patent. y Mr. Paddock | Petitions of citizens of braska in relation to the district court in By Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance—Reported @ substitute for the bil referrel to that committee, appoin commission in relation to alcoholic Liquors. - Petition for the removal | provides | By Mr. Norwood of the disabilities.of & By M. Logan—Bill to reduce and increase ihe corps of the army by Mr. Harvey—For the relief by Indian depredation By Mr. Cragin of the statute law aid with his family. member of the Faculty of Wash- ington College when Mr. Blaine was a « ‘He entered th pariment when only twelve years of az from that time until bis graduation he was @ constant atiendant upon the service of the ehureb, whieh had and still nas trol of the college. There | was no Catholic chareh in the town. | tendance upon church service was required of the students, and their absence from it was noted, and it was said, and I believe it to be true, that Mr. Blaine never missed attending church a single Sunday during his college It was also true wat he ne absent from a recitation during his whole course; and this boyhood have foliowed him into publte life, for I have often seen it stated in the papers that during his Speakership of six years he was never out of the chatr fora single day. graduated in 181, before he was eighteen years old, at the head of a large and well re- membered class. Mr. Blaine’s father came from a wi hed Carlisle faratl Preparatory De © amend chapter 2 n Printing to printing papers of no v the exclusive co ne Morning hour having expired, Mr. Boutwell introduced forth that the Senate has heard with 1 of the death of the Vice Presideut of the United States and President of and who was for more than eighteen years @ member of the Senate. be suspended and the Senate proceed to pay respect to his memory, Also, to (ransmil & copy to the House. he President pro tem. laid before the Sen- ate a@ copy of resolutions passed by Ame ebs residing in Berlin at @ meeting held on Thanksgiving day, in respect to the Also, that business uinctuality must didresses were then mi te Vice President by Messrs. Bout lin, Cragin, Cameron rill of Vt., Stevenson, Inga’ ton, Anthony, and Dawes; after which the resolutions were adopted. The Senate adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES.—a large number of b: roneously referred, were reported back, sud the reference was changed. from the Committee o. rked in all its bra: Presbyterian His mother, a talented, beautiful, y-beloved and traly was irom an equally prominent | family, and this fact has probably given rise to all the unfounded gossip about Mr. Blaine baving been a Catholic. knew better than his mi firm Protestant, for I y Specially m rict_ adherence: Coristian lady, her that he was a y meatly con- her upon the matter during the ears of her life—for the ich I was her attending appropriation bill making apy peases of the con: Colorado territory. a Mr. Knott, (Ky.) from Co pried a bil! authorizing the retire- iison MeCandies. of thy adistrict of P y-fiv greater part of w Mr. Blaine simply followed the tradition- ary faith of bis father’s family, and when, searly manhood, be seitled in New 1 he naturally attended the Ortho- dox Congregational Church, of which he bas been @ member for more than_tweaty years. AS # vealous supporter of Mr. Greeley in and a Presbyterian, believing in perfect religious freedom for all, it may well be as- ido not admire or approve we political diseassion that renders tuese details in regard to Mr. Blaine neces- But since the question is raised, it is better that the actual facts be fully set forth, All papers that have copied communications on the subject shouid, in justice, copy this statement, tue correct of which Iam sure no one W Very respectfu IN THE TRIAL OF LANDIS, W. Plerson testitied to noticin: erangement exhibited by sed his belief in spirits, and spo! of seeing spirits in the Tyrol moun * Several other witnesses testified to symp- toms of insanity since his return from Eu- rope. At the afternoon session Dr. Franklin Lane, the family physician of the Landis family, testified to Landis having called at his house in March last, aadin an iaterview lasting two hours, ber ing manner, complat that she was insan Court for the westei nia, with pay.on account of paysical b lity, altuough he bas not altalaed the age Mr: Lawrence (Ohio) opposed the bili, as establishing @ daugerous precedent. ears ago a bill was ishing @ civil pens: judges to retire with ears, and after a 5 ssa, virtually estab- no list, by permit! vice of ten years. This, e feared, would be the establishment of an immense civil list. Now it was proposed to go still further and to retire a man who had notettained the age oi 70. lishment of a dangerous precedent. M <y.)and Frye (Me.) at this could not be a dange Judge MeCandle country on the bench for now 66 years old, and he was disabled by a visitation of God in paralysis. conceive of no case that more earuestly de manded special legislation. Mr. Holman opposed the bill,on the ground of the establishmeut of a dangerous prece- It was the esta- had served his On the passage of the bill the yeas and nays Were demended, aad the bill passed— yeas 142, pays 100. Mr. Randall, (2 ‘ea in a most exeit- ng of his Wife, saying and that he was fearful ofhis own life and the lives of his children The witness ended by declariz oner lo bean insane inan. testified to his insane manne! ) from Committee on Ap- propriations, reported adversely on the vill making appropriation for the pa: the intcrest ou the 3-65 bonds of ut: of Columbia. Mr. Randall was about to make a state- ment in relation to the report, when Mr. Conger (Mich.) made the point that the bill should go to the Committee of the a Other witnesses short time since the grain tra Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans had any existence worth ots in the first nise months of Isi4 handled 61,000,000 bushels in our and grain, and in the same period of owed @ loss from that aggregate of In the same nine months of 1574, New York andied 31,000,000 i for the corresponding only (.000—a loss of one-fourtt lire amount. New York is thus, in one short year, shorn of her gran brought down to ports above nami ANOTHER TROUBLED MINISTER.— Jolin James Thompson was held in $1,000 bail in the Yorkville police court yesterday on a complaint of enterin: in Irving Place an: liberties with her, and, when she cried out, threatening to shoot her. Thompson is about forty years old, and was born in Urange county. He said that be was @ minister; thet he “had taken to the missionary busi- ee in foreign t of Montreal, Mr. Hoar (Mass) suggested that the con- ; yet these six ort be Postponed, As it sideration of the Would excite much discussion. ndall then withdrew the report. ker laid before the House a report of War transraitting the ol. C. E. Bluat in relation improvemeutof the harbor of Vermii- lion, Obio; referred. Aiso, 2 letter from the secretary of the Washington National Mon- , enclosing @petition of 15,000 e completion of tue natioual from the Secretar; dimensions and ument societ: of the six other the president of tae Wasuington aud George- town railroad company, giving @ report of the Operations of the company for the year ending December ist, 1505, referred. by @ communication from the President of the United Siates transmitting the correspond- ence between the United Siates goverameat and the goverument of Spain in relation to the island of Cuba; referred to the Coma —— Forel m lady room jessage was receive from the Seaate officially announcing the death of the late Vice President Wilson. Mr. Warren (Mass.) offered a series of reso- lutions, and announced the death of the deceased, and pronounced a eulogy upoa bis life and public services. Eulogies were also Messrs. Harris, (Mass.,) Kelly, (Pa.,) Knott, (Ky.,) Clymer, ;Pa., ness in 1661,” PURSUIT OF A RUNAWAY special from Lancaster, Ohio, January says: Mr. Gustus G: yesterday, from Cir: ville. in search of his wife, who ran away with Oliver Jones. The police and Greer spent theday searehing for ihe erring female, but failed to find This morning he got drunk and was loc: The mayor fined bim costs, and sent him home up in the cit ‘A case of child five dollars a Wnrose CuIcp ts Tuts?. abandonment, possessing some singular fea- tures, was reported to the Jersey City police on Tuesday night. About a spectable looking woman called at a house in Cooper place, not more than tweuty feet nlice headquarters, and engaged lodg- he left the next morning, stating tuat she was going to her friends in the country. On the day before yesterday she reappeared at the house, this timecarrying a handsome male child about @ year old, and dressed very neatly. After she asked the landlady to take charge of the child while she was golng to the Pennsylva- \epot for her traveling bag. She bas not since returned. If the child be not lice authorities will send it to use at Snake Hill.—(N. ¥. —$<$$$_____. ear AZO a re- CUMBERLAND COAL TRapr.—The ship- ments of Cumberland coal trade from Cum. berland for the week ending January 15, amounted to 21.906 tons 6 ewt., of which 21.2 tous 1% cwt. were by the Baltimore and Ohio lroad. The product of the mines of the ms for the first fifteen 0 ewt., being a compared with nberland coal re; days of January is 4 Cecrease of 569 tons licwt., the corresponding period of last year. GosE TO Mget His WIFz.—A speci from Anna, Ohio, January 18, says: Joan R. Hemacker, a German, committed suicide at tel, at this place, this moruing. He bad been married bat six months to the daugbter of L. Finkelbane, a merchant here. His wife died last week, which is the sup Dose cause for bis act, Guésting his friends to bury bim beside his @ suort time nia railroad ds Mr8s. MouLTon Gives It Up.—In reply to an inquiry from Mrs. Moulton as to whet she should make any further effort to vindi- ir. Beecher'’s slander o: He left a will re- cate herself from his wickedness to , Judge Van Cott, he does not think it her dut, her, certainly not just now. He en ane page png ognized by all the contro ends, and A_ SUICIDE’s ForTUNE — pold, the Erooklyn broker who ‘shot himself on Sunday afternoon, at bis residence, 145 Adelphi street, died on Tuesday night. In his ante-mortem statement he said that he shot himself because he could not endure bis His property 1 }, a8 there is no will, a contest for ewman Leo $100,000, it is predict THEST. Lovis WHISKY Rive Fravps.— un in the linited States cir- esterday on the de- , charged with urrer in the case of with Bevis & Fraser the revenue out of seventy cents tax on each of 1,000,000 gallons and for similar frauds. Suicrpg or a Di y ‘mostly falling on the New York company. MAINE ON BLAINE.— A! the ton, and @ resolution unanimous): declaring that the Hon. James G. Blaine is republicans the choice of the of Maine for JERSEY's LITTLE CENTENNIAL.—The New ‘istorical at Princeton on the 2d of be the centennial of New Jersey de- herself free and THE AMATEUR OARSMER’S vere at New York, and the of Europe to take regatta at o Centennial y called the ith Congress. has been Orator-Bouffe of the Forty- (Phila. Press, Telegrams to The Star. THE CUBAN QUESTION, —_—e— LANDON ON AMERICAN FINANCES. oenn(baceneees RAILROAD TRAINS SNOWED UP. —_-—__ FOREIGN News. © Pope witealin Tne La» ewspaper On Friday the Pope atter compat ‘being lasting own 90: eaith requires fined to his bet ihe doctors Vigilant care, the grave reports, recently eirenlated, are groundless. | Zhe Caban Question in Eactana. The m the anti slavery society year, that Great Cavan question jen lou would cans 'y et ted States. Stormy Weather in Pagtend Loxbon, Ja 21, noon.—The we ver te day Is very stormy and urpleasa and accour pe pat Bri ya that America in returning ments will alraost ente etary develop- American » serions shock tal arrange- ‘ould ensure upon an altera ® of We British sovereign. Times thinks the proposition opens no less @ prospect than the establishment of a common netary system forall Eaglish speaking people, Who by the end of the cen- tary will probably rule or infleence the people Of the greater part of the earta’s sar face, and monopolize even a larger share of merce. The qnotation yesterday trom the 7s on this subject was from tts financial article. a Railroad Trains Stuck im the Seow. SREEN RIVER, W. T., Jan. 21.-The pas train bound east, due here at 7:15 imst night, is stuck in the snow between Bryan A passenger ur is Uli snowing. - Death of ex-Seeretary Harian’s Son San FRancisco, Jan. 2i,-Wm. Harlan, onty son of Hon. James Harlan, ex-8 tary of the Interior, died here We night. His father and mother arrived ta re sponse to a t death. 21.—0a Wednes- by Special Unit States Agent Major Norris, charged with snuggling. They are said to be members of av organized band in that vicinity . 2b —Tae strike of the female employes in the Goodyear Glove company’s works, @ ct ended. nearly all having resum reduced rate. 2 The Markets. ALTINORE, Jag. 21—Cotton gniet—amidalt » Flour steady and unchanged we red.135; Penn: 7 aed. steedy—urebapeed. Pork aw iy—unel 5 1» ROW, 23. Lard unchanged. Butter dull and weak, except for extras, which sacs and @rm extra. 25336; do. firem, 280%. Petrolenw ¥ strong—crude, 8, cetene. Cotter gutet 9 stvady—Kio oes, 0; sobbing, sade. Witeky dun 1 os Rp - Gold, 18. Bxchange, long, 485%. erpments active and strong Ne Jan. 21.—| Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn quiet and stead: Lonvon, Jan. 21, 12:90 pm —U. EX. Bric. 1 , New Your, Jan. 81 —Stocks active. Mouey. 5. abort, «305g. Gov: THE Dry Goons TRADE.—Some improve- meut has to be noted aud a general hopefal feeling prevails of an early activity. The limited stock of goods in the bands of our jobbers, as well as the hight stocks held by retailers in all parts of the country are sul- ficient reasons for belteving in @ good who'e- some business when the spring buying com- mences in earnest. The extremely low prices which now rule for ail descriptions of cotton goods are easily seen by contrasting present riees With tnose in January for the past our years. The decline has been gradual, and at the rate of a cent and a halfa yard io each year Ip standard bleached shirtings. The greatest deciine has been in Wamsut- tas, Which sold at 29 cents in Ist? and now aliscents. Utica Nonpa now 15), cents. Brown sheetings and ings are firm in price : rt vo prevent an accumui&tion of stock. Pri ing cloths are in less demand. it. tract more @ltention, with increased medium and dark plaids. A new style ot pereaies, printed on very fine cloth, by te jarailton print works, attract attention. Gingbams ‘are in better demand. Cotton dannels are quiet generaily. Worsted dress goods are in fairdemaisd, but sales not large. “otton hosiery a shade lower. Woolens are in less demand than bad been expected. Oat. of-town clothiers have been buying rather more freely, and our locai clothing mana- facturers have made selections w.th less re- straint. Fancy cassimeres are in good de- mand, and the sales have been liberal. Flan. nels ure sciling steadily at unchanged prices. Foreign goods are quiet, and there are no symptoms of any chi for the better. Im- forters have not placed their spring styles at fancy dress goods on exhibition, but prices are xpected to bea shade lower tuau last year.—| New York Indepentent. THE CHESAPEAKE AND ONTO CANAL. There is good presumptive reason for tbe eS its on the canal for comii season will be Hn i he ja ij slik y F i i 7 | i f i FA i Fi EE | i Moody and Sankey. It CI a So oe Str, Moody asitvered bis ieclare'on ‘sessions yesteruay. 7 The Southern » of sonville, Ind bax Med = petition in B7-The New York house of delegates bas ordered Teading the bill repealing unvalley of Virginia week daring the i :