Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1876, Page 1

al “THE EVENING STAR. | Telegrams to The Star. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays | AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Penmsyivania Avenue, cormer 11th Street, BY The Evening Star Ni Company HH. RAUFFMANN, Pree’t. @ STAB served by carriers Pe Ra bis Cunts re Fortr- NT By a sent longer than paid for. BF nates of atvertising furnished om application, a Che vce, 47—N2. 7,163. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1876. uening Star. WASHINGTON, D TWO CENTS SPECIAL NOTICES. TWELFTH STREETS E.M rs: Beye y Bice, (te newly or, Will pree.h To morrow morn Ait iavited. os ‘OHUBOH OF THE EPIPHANY —Free vice Te pr ea eo Ar ‘© na: egstionsi sivgivg, arda Wopeee Warkiss. All __ veKNON PUACK MB. CHUROB GDS Silcriss Stner om ana i strects mort weet To morrow (Sunday,) the I => CHBISTIa CHOR H, Vermont between N U streets northwest lia m, by the pastor, Fre: Sunday sch: ” Seats D. rowen Obur.b a 4p. m *T PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN CS cet ROG, cor of Mihand H strects —Ser Vices te morrow. Prewching bythe P. « Rev. 8. D wex.arlle 4 7.30 p. m. Seats tree; the public cordially a ic — Cirias jectare Buuday. March 12th, morning au € at St Juseph’s Hail, corner of id Acmivion in the mornia; free; im the ercning, 10 cents. EK SP THE WASHINGTON (ITY DENTAL 8O- Gs OIRTY” ‘Wii! bold it< regular meeting at the o: of Dr J. B. Ten Eyck. 5 F street nor:hwest.on MON AY BVeNING, March lich Mo clock. foe arch J.B. TEN © Bec. (i[BeRNIAN DENEVOLENT ASSOUIA ‘tious OF We ASHINGTON. D.C. There ih. 1876, at7 o'clock p. ance ts reyaested it. berry} HOGAN. Bec. Sec. ree TO TaX PaYaRS COLLECTOR 's Orrick, Distaict oF Cott™ Waspixatox. D C., Mareh 3, 157 The attention of Tax-payers is called’ to the fact Of the sec-nd instalment of the taxee for the carrent year bee ming due the Ist of April proaimo, and if not paid on or before that day # penalty of two per centum will be added on said inst one halfof such jaccred th until collected in the manner prescribed by | like penalty continues to attach to the delin rst balf of such tax due Uciober 1, 157: toe attention of all commercial a, nd produce dealers at large end i eral markets a hereby notified that ths liceases issued to them ‘b. will expire on tne Sist day of March snd that ths same inust be promptly renewed 7 ou Col : atten by order of the h av. COOK. tor, D.C. EAST WASHINGTO: CIATION, No. 23 — for hb sil, avenue, Capicol Hill, on MON 13, at 7 o'clock p m. Babscriptions be received antil the meeting by Oot 1 Pennsylvant Peuas: ixth A: t; T. zg Ei * & : 3 Fs H vl 2D. itor’s Office; J A. Randall, B. Marche, Post Office De- javy Department, and B. FERGUSON. Secretary TUAL BUILDING ASSOUIA- wean ized ry, 1876 —Sub stock of tuis Aseociation wil! be re 1454 Li scription ceived at office of Secretary opposite City Hall. Second menthiy me: pay + April on we clock p. oa hws arare i. er Sth anc ats. 5.W otra! 01 ch direct BUSHROD HOBINSON: Presigect IBVING WILLIAMSON, Secretary. mar? td NOTICE —The annual meeting of the stockbolders of the NATIONAL Live in- BUBANCE COMPANY of the United States of America, for the election of Directors for said com the ensuing year, will be held st the office ¥. 401 9th stroct, corner of D t. he lath of March, 1-76, at dj JF. ORS IBOOLN A special service for YOUNG MEN, . SABBATH AFTEBNOOS, at 3% o'clock. Bhort sddresses by Young Men. sic led by Cornet and Organ. BD FENDALL, oT BA be Lovisiaus avon ee reese HOT OB COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE, Pure and Fragrant, WITH MILBUBN'S UNSIVALLED SODA, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE oct 30- tr em Willa: ws JOBSSON 200, BANKERS, Corner of Wik Streit and Pennsy'vania Avenue, Deslers in Government and District Securities Foreign Exchange asd Gold aly REMOVAL —WM. F. HOLTZMAN, Attor ney-at- Law, has removed to No. 1381 F st. Rorthwest, opposiie, Kbbitt see i Snces. Lega business solicited and mone: Booms and Offices for rent 15 same but B.D. COOKS, Jx-& 00, BANKERS, fobi2 te ase, and will ve ling j69 tf apls-tr ee 1429 F street. SAMUEL G. YOUNG, BHOTARY PUBLIO, octl7-tf Orrice—Star Bu NKLIN & co. _ - OPTICIANS, 227 Pewnsvivania Avence SSR Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spectacles. dec7-ly,latp Beszitian PEBSLE SPECTACLES, 4, H. REMPLER, Or ANs GecStristp 453 Penns. ave.. corner 43 street. UNPARALLELED REDUCTIOMN! MARKED DOWN OVERCOATS. WORSTED COATS AND VESIS. Coste and Vests sold at 925. Coaus and Vests sold at Coats aud Vests soid at Selling now at @15 Selling now at $16 Selling now at g12 BUSINESS SUITS. epee tere nats lusines Suits £0! Busines: Suits sold at Business Suits sold at BOTS’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS, OVER- OATS AND ULSTEBS at » great reduction of former prices. BEING DETERMINED TO REDUCE STUCK, TO MAKE KOOM FOR SPRING G@OOUS, PURCHASRAS WILL FIND 11 TO THEIR AVVANTAGS TU CALL, A. STRAUS, * 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, fedll-w Between 0th and lith streets. pfer- SHELDON'S * DEMY. D 1004 F Stexer Noxtawest. Cigsses are now forming for the tast quarier. m9 6t™ ETE Er thee tnst quarier. mg 6t® ¥ aa sL. ©. BISHOP, Pd DRUGGIBr, 2113 PENN. AVE.. BET. irs AND 1972 8TS., (Special atiension gion to compounding Prescrip= AND DEALER IN DBUGGISTS’ SUND: AND FINE TOILET ‘merlin beet INSYLVANIA AV: ee a tale. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day were the Secretaries of State, War a.d Navy, Chief Justice Waite, and Sena- tors Logan, Sherman and Cameroa. Tre House Committee on Military Affairs have agreed to recommend a bounty bill similar to the ove lost in committees of con- | ference at the last session. PRoMOTIONS.—Mr. F. W. Archibald, of Kansas, has been promoted from a second to @ third class clerkship, and John H. Bevan, of Pennsylvania, from a first to a second class clerk in the Sixth Auditor's office. GoversMeENT Receipts To-DAyY.—Inter- nal revenue, $20,024; month to dat $2,129,318.46; fiseal year to date, $78,588,706. ms jay, S484 month to date Sersiit90 Sy Hecht yen Le, $104,393,370.8 RECEIPTS of National Bank notes forward- ed for redemption for the week ending to-day as compared with the corresponding week of last year: 1 4.000; 1876, $3,700,000. _Re- ceipts to day, $55 Tue House Committee on Commerce have agreed to report a bill relieving licensed and evrolled vessels from the payment of com- pulsory pilotage, but leaving registered ves- Fels still Subject to state laws on the sabject. NAVAL ORDERS —Passod Assistant Sur- geon A. F. Price ordered to the receiving ship Independence, at the navy yard, Mare Island, Cal. Master W. M. Wood detached from duty on the coast survey, and placed on waiting orders. Passed Assistant Sargeon Howard Smith from the receiving ship [nde- pendence and ordered to duty at the naval hospital, navy yard, Mare Island, Cal. JOHN ROACH, steamship builder, has ad- dressed a letter to the Postmaster General, suggesting the experiment of advertising for Proposals of the lowest rates for the trans- portation of the U.S. mails, at whieh the merchants and capitalists of Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, and New Orleans will establish and maintaia Ameri- can steamship lines to European ports. NEUTRALITY ON THE BORDER—A dia- patch was yesterday sent to the commanding general of the Texas department by direction of the acting Secretary of War to prevent any revolutionary movement from this side, ail military expediticns to ald of the revo- Jationists and all violations of neutratily, and to arrest, disarm and intern any troops thal may cross from Mexico. Hor. ALPHoNso Tart, the newly ap- pointed Secretary of War. arrived in the city last evening, and is at the Arlington. Heeslied upon the Prestdent this morning jn company with the Secretary of the Navy. The oath of cifice was administered to him at the White House by Chief Justice Waite. dhe entered tmmediately upon bis new ties at the War department. THE NAVAL INVESTIGATION. —Ex.Secre- tary of the Navy Gideon Welles was exam- ined by the House Naval Committee this Morning with reference to the Secor claim. { bin His testimony elicited no new facts, it beiag @ repetition of the evidence given by him before a committee of the House in 1872,when the Secor clatm was then investigated by a special committee. of which Austin Blair, of Michigan, was chairman Tae Tr Y¥ AND THE NATIONAL BANKS.—The Treasury now holds $355,514,715 in bonds tosecure national bank circulation and $15,741,500 to secure public deposits. U. 8. bovas deposited for circulation for week ending to-day, $77,000. U.S. boods held for clreujation, withdrawn for week ending to- 1,053 The national bank cireals ow oulstanding aggregates #340036, of which amount $2.099.190 are gold notes. A MEDAL To THE HYDROGRAPHIC Or- Fick.—Commodore Robert H. Wyman, su- periutendent of the hydrographic office, has reeeived @ communication from the U. 8. consul at Valparaiso, in which he says that at the late Intervational Exposition of Caili diploma and first-class medal were award- ed to the hydrographic office at Washingtov and given into bis charge. He stated his in- tention of forwarding them by the first relia- ble person going to the Ualted States, in stead of by mail. WASHINGTONIANS ABROAD. — Mrs. A. Edwards and Miss H. L. Edwards were in Paris February 19th; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mansar, and Mr. Wills were in London on the same date; J. S. and Mrs. Delavan were in Geneva February 16th; H. Lawrence and | Miss Lawrence were in Vieana Kebruary 15th; Miss Bella Batley was in Rome Feb- ruary 15tb; Miss Florence Wyman and Miss Mary Ward were in Naples February 14th; Major General and Mrs. Heintzelman and the Misses Heintzelman were at Sorrento February 15th. THE WASHINGTON MATRIMONIAL MAR KET.—Never, in @ season, has there been such a scarcity of eligible engagements, and match-making mammas are in despair. The only Congressman caught in Hymen’s net married 4 Treasury eountess; Dr. Baxter, the chief medical purveyor of the army, is about to ynacry a Boston belle, and charm- ing little Miss Jewell, daughter of the Post- master General, has given her heart to a men in Hartford who is not rich or in s0- ciety, turning her back upon young diplo- mats, marine officers, and snobs, who are idolized here. “What taste.”—“ Kaconteur in Chicago Tribune. Tue ORDER EXCLUDING PINCHRBACK — We bave been requested tostate that the order under which Mr. Pinchback was ex- cluded from the floor of the Senateon tue dey atter bis rejection, was not issued by Mr. Ferry to apply to him exclusively, and that simply in deference to the wishes of sev- €ral Senators, he directed that the 47th rule of the Senate be enforced. This rule states what persons, such as ex-Presidents, ex-Sen- ators, &e., ere entitled to the privilege of the floor, but does not include either coatestants for seats or ex goververs. Since contestants for Senatorial seats are not embraced tn the privilegedclass it would seem that Mr. Pinch- buck was not entitled to the floor during the debate on his case, but that bis presence was simply tolerated by Senators. Hon. GEorGE H. PENDLETON arrived in Wasbington last night and is at the Arling- ton. He wants togo before the Committee on Expenditures in the War department at once and tell all he knows about the Ken- tocky Central Rallroad claim. He says he “can effectually crash out the slanderous Stories” about him which have been given circulation. Mr. Pendleton this morning to the committee og a testimony in the matter affecting bis ity, in connection with the payment of war claim of the Xen- tucky Central Com; iy by ex- Secretary in to hear bim unt!i Meanwhile it is hinted around the Capitol that he proposes to privately rehearse his testimony to tae democratic members, fo that they may know just what and what not to ask bim when on the stand. THe FEATHER DUstTshS CLAMORING FoR ANOTHER LEaS® oF Orr.ics.—John Pope Hocnett and some of his sssistant Feather Dusters were at the Capitol to-day distrib- utirg band-bilis, demanding, in threatening lapgu: that Congress shall restore the rigbtof suffrage ip the District. The hand- bill is headed: “Rights of Man!” “Congress- men the Servants of the People!!” The feLowing remarkable specimen of poetry, eee 7 John Pope tt, appears on When Cvesar’s huried from the sede TRS EPS more Teil Sect hee Ne ate mine ,, Hark! hear the warning roar Weiabd spreade from shore te soot The District Tax Bill. Tne House Committee on the District of Columbia held a long session this morning. The public were not admitted. The tax bill was under consideration, and the committee have decided to fix the taxation on real es- tate as follows: In Washington city, $150 on each #100 of valuation; in Georgetown, $1 on each $100, and in the county, 73 cents on each $100. While a majority of the members of the committee favor a tax on personal property, the representative of the STAR Was informed this afternoon, by a prominent member of the District Committee, that it was quite probable that no direst personal tax would be inctuded in the provis'ons of the bill being prepared, as he thought the com. mittee would yield to tre wisbes of the poo plein that matter. This provision will also exclude any tax on bonds, mortgages, &c. It is the intention of the committee, if the session of the House is not of such a charac- ter as to demand the attention of the mem- bers, to resume the consideration of the bill this afternoon. The Safe Burgtary Iuvesti NETILESHIP HAS MaDE A CONFESSION. The House Committee on the Judiciary this morning took up the safe burglary in- vestigation. District Attorney Wells was the only witness before the committee to- day. He submitted copies of all the papers in the case, and said he would produce the originals if they were demanded. He was asked by the committee why Nettleship was pot prosecuted, and stated that it was on ac. count of an arrangement which had beeo entered into with him, whereby, in consider- ation of Immunity from prosecution, he was to divulge all he knew conceruing the trans- action. The witness was then askel if Net- tleship had made the disclosure, and he re- plied that he had. Without proceeding fuar- ther the committee adjourn A sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee last evening commenced the tn- vestigation. The testimony of Columbus Alexander was taken at his house. It de- veloped nothing which has not heretofore been known through a previous inve tiga- ling committee and the courts of jastics, CONFIRMATIONS.—The Senate yesterday confirmed the following nominations: A. G. Price, pension agent, Little Rock, Ark.: First Lieutenant Thomas J. Thorovurgh, of the second regiment of artillery, to be pay - master, with the rank of major. THE PRoroseD GiRLS’ REFORM ScHooL. At 16:50 a. m. to-day the Committee on Ap- Ppropriations of the House of Representatives gave a hearing to the board of trustees and ue friends of the Girls’ Reform School. A letter was read from His Honor D. K. Cart- ter. Chief Juatice of the Supreme Cour: of the District of Columbia, asking immetiate provision for the four classes named tn the A letter from the Depart nent of Je tice was read stating that no provision e isted In the District for female Juventle de- linqne- ts. A letter was also read from Juige Sneil, of the Police Court, stating the law relating to juvenile offenders which required that they should be sent to a reform school, and the proper place had been provide by the United States for boys, waile no piace was provided for girlsexcept the work-house and the common jail. _ Mrs. Sara J. Spencer, president of the board, said: An examination of the amount and quailty of testimony awaiting develop. ment on this subject, has led m> to the con- clusion that you could not receive the half of it if you did nothing else before the a Journmeént. We have, therefore, so con- densed our material as to preset you in thirty minutes arguments that I do not be- lieve you can answer in thirty years. Atthe conclusion of her address, the committee de- clared she had kept her pledge. The argu- ments were ul ADSWeradle. Mrs. Judge Soeli addressei the committee ina few brief but powe:ful remarks, ilins trating her oxperience Lieut. Sippon, Ma- jor Block and Mrs'Ledroit Langdon also far- nished strong testimony. The Dow: the Great Sewing Mac! e Combination. We gave yesterday an abstract of the tm- portant report of the House Committes on Patents, adverse to the application for an extension of the Wilson patent for the “four motion feed,” used by various sewing ma- chive companies of the great monopoly com bination. As this is a matter of intcrest to almost every household in the land, we give below the full report of the committee, as aJopted by the House yesterday : The memorialist, Allen B. Wilson, on the lth day of November, 1850, obtained jet ters patent covering the invention of the device for feeding sewing machines. ‘nese letters patent were reissued in two parts, January 22d, 1856, and December th, 1556, and at the expiration of the term of the let- pag oe an extension thereof was grantet by the Commissioner of Patents for seven years. The extension expired November 12th, 1871. So that for twenty-one years Mr. Wilson has had the benefit of the protection of the patent laws, and has been the recipi- ent of great advantages accruing therefrom The invention was a very important and useful one, supplying @ mechanical princi- ple in the manufacture and use of sewing machines, and had long been felt necessary to their srecessful operation. Its value was at ovee a and by varions @rrauge- ments with the inventor !t was adopted by ajl the more Lang strony and extensive manu- factories in the United States, the inventor becoming a stockholder in one of them. In addition to this, the several sewing machine companies using th invention Ccouceived the idea of forming a combination for the purpose ef buying up and using for their joint and sole benefit the several patents which had been recognized as valuable to their trade. Their combined wealth enabled them to do this, and, taking this invention @s a basis, they did form an association known as the Sewing Machine Combination, by which they bave succeeded in coatrotling the trade thronghout the United States for many years. The power thus consolidated in theirhands has been used oppressively and is rpg ly in many instances; it has been able to keep the prices of the machines at an unusually exorbitant figure; it has brought great wealth to the companies aud individaais b: longing to it; and it has stifled the growth & free and bealthy competition, and bj means has kept from the public other and useful machines which could have been sold ata much less price. Your committee are satisfied that the me- Moriaiist has been fully and amply recom- pensed for ali his trouble and expense 1a the invention and development of this device; indeed, from a position of comparative pov- erty be has been raised by it not only to competency but to wealth. From the statistics furnished us in the ex- amination of this subject it appears that this sewing 1nachine combination, in one of the companies of which Mr. Wilson was and is @ stockholder, sold during the year 1570, 343,599 machin Ditto ditto. Ditto ditto. Making a total of. 1,175.915 machines. ‘These machines tailet to the public at an average price of 865, and it further ap- pears tuat they can be manufactured and id, Including @ reasonable profit, at $32.50. This ‘‘combination” in 1856 fixed the fee for liceenses to use this and other patents owned by It, at 15; in 1860 it was reduced to $7; in 1863 to $5, and in 1870 to $3. his profits as stockholder in one of the “‘ecom- bination companies,” Mr. Wilson was en- Utled to, = se pant tie receive, & Laon of Ube royalties paid in license fees under the above cheme. With one exception, which will expire next year,all the patents introducei and used by this combination are at an end, and the motives for such a combination will end with them; and then it is believed that the s#le and manufacture of sewing machines— & trade Dow so great and extensive, affecting directly almost every family in the land— will be thrown open toa free and healthy com- petition, which cannot be but highly advan- lageous to the public. Your committee are satisfied that the pub. le have paid very heavily for on, and that the inventor rewarded; and they therefore are of tne opin- fon that the ae the memorialist ougat Dot to be granted, and recommend that tne memorial do lie upon the table. ————— ers GOVERNMENT Suit poy aa A Ratu ROAD.—A suit for $300,000 been com- menced in the United States district court at New Re the Now Xorx, New Ha- due the government. : s7-The corporation court of Norfolk, Va. foan@Folleeman James -ogwood gulity ot to three years in the penii ‘ a DISTRICT “REAL ESTATE POOL” INVESTIGATION The Committee Insist that Mr, Kilbourn Shall Answer, Mr. Kilbourm Still Declines. The House Committee to investigate the District “real estate pool,” met again this morning. Mr. Hallet Kilboura, who, on Saturday last, refused to answer certain relating to the organization of the nd who constituted it, was present, and was informed that the committe had de- cided to force an answer. Mr. Kilbourn was then questioned as to the names and residen- es of bose interested in the pool, and again declined to auswer, stating that before he did answer he wanted to consult with his counsel, Judge Jere. Black, whom he looket for this morning, but had so far been unable tofind. He informed the committee, how- ever, that besides Jay Cooke & Co., there were FIVE OTHERS INTERESTED, and that they had put $5,000 each into the pool. He declined to state whose interest he purchased, though he said hé patd $5,000 for it. He repeated that if it could be showa that the government was in any way inter- ested, he would be willing to make the whole matter public, but would prefer uot to say er until he could consult with Judge ack. . Mr. Glover, chairman of the committee, said the committee did not want to extract apything that is not connected with this pool. He said that JAY COOKE, M'CULLOUGH « CO. were indebted to the government to tho amount of one and @ half million of do!lars. Mr. Kilbourn said he had been informed by the counsel of Mr. Lewis, the trustee of Jay Cooke & Co., that the government would not lose anything. Mr. Glover said the committee thonght otherwise, and that the witness would have to comply with theirdeciston and answer the questions asked him, or take the conse- quences. The committee knew that Jay Cooke, McCullough & Co. were tnde»ted to Jay Cooke & Co., who were indebted to the pool, and in that way the government has an interest. Mr. Kilbourn.—We have settled with Jay Cooke & Co. . Mr. Glover.—And We say that that settle- mentdoes nct cover the government's in- terest. Mr. Kilbourn.—Weill, I have had counsel here and it is proper for me that [shall con- sult him before I answer. I desire to consult with bim in relation the books, doca- ments, papers, &e., called for by the su pen ved upon me., Mr. Glover said that this matter has now been before Congress for three years, aud that the committee had coneluded TO FINISH If UP IN THE NEXT 30 DAY There was nothing to prevent the comm tee if the witness answered prompt y from Snishing it up in ten days. It was even pos- sible to conclude it in one day. The committee then took a recess to thr o'clock this afternoon, at which time Mr Kilooura was to again appear belore it. He i sced the committee to avjourn the further hearing until Monday at 10 o'clock, but this they refused todo, and Mr. Kilbourn went out to look up Judge Black. It seems to b2 the general impression thatif Mr. Kilboura persisis in bis refusal he will be arraignei before the bar of the House this afteraoon. The Post Traderships Inyesti ation. GEN. BOYNTON’S £ STIVE A THE TELEGRAPHIC SUBPENA. Gen. Boynton this moraing sent a telegram to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, in reply to the telegraphic Subpena sent him yesterday to overtake him en roufe to Cincinnati. Mr. Thompson was pp ed to by several representatives of the press to bé allowed une privilege of copying it. He refased, however, saying that he did not proyose to allow Gen- era) Boynton to gain any cheap noto- riety by the publicity of the dispatch It would seem that the Sergeant at-arms of the House don’t know tne General very well He ts the last man in the world to seek cheap notoriety. Ii is also generaliy a fact that when he makes any attack on any oue, he is generally sure of his game, aud bags it in ine instances out of teu. Since writing the above, the everlasting unileked, thin-edged reporter STAK has crawled into the pocket of the § geant-at arms and copled tue telegram. 1 as fol ws: “CINCINNATI, ONTO, March i. To J. G. Thompson, Sergeant at-Aris Received your dispatch on train last night notifying me you had subpena for Washington. “Telegram came too enable me to catch any train returning in time for to-day’s (Saturday's) service. Iam noeten my way to Canada, but will be in Washington Monday, and will report forth- with to Committee on War Expenditures without troubling you to serve subpona, exactly as I proposed to Mr. Clymer through Representative Danford, of that committee, to do, the day before I left Washington. Is this satisfactory? My address here to-day is 421 Broadway. H. V. Boynton.” THE Coat TRADF.—The Pottsville (Pa. Miners’ Journal of yesterday says:—Tne quantity of coal sent from the Schuy}kill region for the past week was 8.236 tons, against 15.662 tons for the same period of last ear; decrease, 46 tons. The quantity sent for the year so far was 488 118 tons, against 451,071 tons for the corresponding period of Jast year; increase, tons. The quan lity sent from ons for the week was:—Anthraci tons; bituminons, 57,189 tons—total, tons; against 101,519 tons anthracite and 45 554 tons bitumtaous— total, 145,403 tons for the corresponding pe- riod of last year. Decrease of anthraci 65,613 tons; increase of bituminous, 1: tor The quantity sent from all tb gions for the year wa: tons; bituminous. 44 tons; against 2011 tons anthracite aod S582 tons bitumipous—total, tous for the corresponding period of last year. Increase of anthracite, 120,544 tons; inereace bituminous, 55,761 tons—total inervase, M tons. CENTENNIAL ass ¢ ation ot L Briton ¢ Unitea 8 y miract for the erection of the brewers’ building at tbe centennial to James B. Doyle. Tae «i mensions of the building are 172 feet by 96 feet, oblopg-square, pediment ends. The enntract bas beeen awarded for the lighting of Memorial Hall by electricity, and of Ma- ebinery Hall and the main bailding by means of reflectors suspended from the ce {l- ing. A contract has been awarded for the erection of a building in which to exbinit saw-mill machinery. The structure will be west of Machinery Hal, and will be 256 by x0 feet. BURNING OF THE METHODIST ACADEMY AT Dover, DEL.—A fire broke out in tie Methodist conference academy, Dover, yes- terday afternoon, while the students were at dinner, and owing to the want of facilt- ties for putting out the fire the eatire buiid- ing was burned to the ground. The walls, except one, are still good, and the loss,which is about £52,000, is partially covered by in- surance, $30,000 in foreign companies and in the Kent county com: y. It was the largest educational institution on the peninsula, and bad two hundred students. All the fur. uiture and movables were saved. It will probably be immediately rebuilt. FATAL FALt or A BRIDGE.—The second span of the Scioto Valley railroad bridge, now being constructed across the river at Chillicothe, O., fell yesterday 5 recipitating ten or fi workmen a@ dis- ince of thirty feet into the river. Byron Leach was killed and several more or less seriously injr red. nme fatal Notso May ‘UgKBYS KiILLED.—The Turkisb officia! of the late battle with the insurgents states their loss to have been only sixty killed and fifty-four wounded, and that the loss of the insurzents was much heavier. ‘The iosurgent account of thesame ae ee the loss of the Turks at one thous- and killed. YT A over portions of Iowa, Wiscousin and Illi- dole. Be ‘i Hazel Green twenty #ix buildings were destroyed, nine killed, and @ large number injured. had to be supplied from the adjacent towns A MILLIONAIRE EMBEZZLER—A clerk in a bank at Brussels has “ot works bh ART NOTES. Unquestionably the approaching centen- nial exhibition will afford not only the largest but also the finest display in the way of art ever seen In this country, and perhaps in aby country. It is doubtful, indeed, whether any person now living will see its equal in extent avd variety, even in the future. This remark holds true with refer- ence to European as well a3 to American works, but it applies with particular force to the productions of English artists. Most of those who have taken much active iaterest in the subject have had opportunities from time to time to inspect a great many very fair, and in some cases some of the very best examples by the leading painters of the modern French, German and Italian schools, either in the public or private galleries or i the sale! ica and Great Britain, almost none or at least but very few of the works of the best English artists, living or dead Tr been brorght to this country, either for par- pose of exbibition orsale. Ithappens, there- fore, that while our art lovers are qaite familiar with the styles and methods of the masters of the three schools above named, — and which may be said fn a general way to inciude the distinctive characteristics of ail | the other schools of Europe,—they know almost nothing or at the best'very litt what English artists are doing, or what pro: gress art has made and is making in their country. This state of things, we are glad to believe, will no longer exist after the doors of the great exhibition shall beopened. Rec- ognizing, probably, the disadvantage at Which she has been held in this regard, Great Britain seems to have taken the most carefal Steps in order to secure @ proper representa- tion on that occasion, The commission in ebarge of the subject consists, under the chairmanship of Sir Francis Grant, Presi- dent of the Royal Academy, of the following eminent artists, viz: Messrs. Millais, Caide ron, Leighton, and Redgrave, of the R A., and Sir John Gilbert, Mr. Holman Hant, and Mr. F. W. Burton.’ The Queen places at the disposal of the committee the pictures belonging to the crowa, from which five may be selected; and the Royal Academy, not to be behind Her Majesty, will loan pa ntivgs by Stanfield,’ Constable, Morton, Mulready, Owen, Turner, Hilton Richard Wilson, Wilkie, West Calcott, Fuseli, Reynolds, Creswick, Maciise, and Landseer, together with a bust of Flaxman, by Bailey, and one of Sir Benjamin West, by Chantry. In addition to these great attractions, it is given out that the collection y living artists,—sculptors as well 4s palnters,—will be very large, and ia the highest cegree representative In character. In the Ilght of taese facts, it Is safe to sa now that to sce and study the § lion of the art gallery will aic tripirom Washington to Philadelphia. — The art feature of next week will nn- doubtedly be the Reception and Exhibition to be given by the Artists’ Clab Iz room in Vernon Row,on Wednesday evening the 15th Inst. The Club Room or Exhibition Gallery, as it may interchangably be called, is perhaps not what it ought to be in all respects. It is however the best that can be obtained just now, and well located for the urpose; and when It {s onee appr: ‘urvisbed and its walls lined with p itis safe to say that it will become one he aces in the cily for people It isthe purpose of all or nearly all the members of the Cinb to have examples of their best and most char acteristic work on exhibition at the recep- lon, so that tbe oceasion is pretty certain to be at once creditable to the artists them selves and interesting to the public. In ad- cition to this, it is understood that the at- tract.ons of the evening will be still farther increased by the fact that the studios of most of the artists located in the building will be CHER At the same to the invited guests of the Chab. Mr. Fisher has not done anything in Jandscape or portrait work tor some time past, being busily engaged on an ideal fig- ureof Christ, which he intends sending to the Centennial Exhibition. The head is modeled closely after the one in crayon made by Mr. Fishera couple of years ago, and which has attracted so much favorable notice. In size the figure, which is about three-quarter length, is heroic. The time chosen is evening, with the golden rays of the setting sun falling over the domes and minarets of an Oriental city near by, ant alto upon the form of the Saviour. The light from this source, combined with that of the nimbus surrounding the head, gives a peculiarly r.ch effect to the whole, and har- monizes well with the sentiment of the pic- ture, which is intended to represent Jesus as saying “Oh, Jerusalem,Jerusalem! = * © bow often would I have gathered thy child- ren together, even as a hen gathereth ber chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” For want of time, Mr. Fisher will not be able to exhibit this picture in Washing- ton before sending it to Philadelphia, as fe will require almost every working moment to epable him to complete and ship it by the prescribed date — Mr. Walter Paris, the well-known Eng- lish water color artist, has returned to the city after an absence of several months, and taken &@ studio in the Second National Bank building, on Seventh street. Mr. Paris has spent most of the time since leaving Wash. ington last summer in the Interior ¢2rrito- ries and on the Pacific coast, and tho&gh he Was so unfortunate as to ios? much valuable time from a revere and protracted iliness, he bas yet been able to bring back with him pmo d finely finished drawings illustrating the characteristic scenery of the various lo- calities visited during his absence. These, together with drawings previously made in other qnarters of the glove, make a most attractive collection, and one well worth the examination of those interested in water colors, or Indeed in apy branch of art. An inspection of the contents of bis portfolio will show tbat Mr. Paris is equally at home In landscapes and in interfor and exterior architectural drawings. We may add. by the way, that Mr. P. has concluded to throw his studio open to the art loving pualic on Friday afternoons. — Those who are curious tosee how narrow @ line separates photography in its better forms from what might in a general way be called higher art, should examine some of the stereoscopic 2nd cabinet views of baild- ings and scenery in and about Washing wa, recentiy published by Mr. J. F. Jarvis, of this city. Notonly do these pictures repre- sent with all tbe fidelity of photography the various objects selected for illustration, bat the points of view areso admirably chosen and the effects of light and shade so artisti- cally" managed that many of them would seem to be copies of ideal compositions by artists fullof poetry and sentiment, rather Uban literal transcripts from nature in her every-day moods and aspects. [a their way, indeed, we bave seen ing finer, either of American or European productioa. —Following the tide of emigration, Mr. Rowzee has transferred his studio to Vernon Row, where he is occupying jointly with Mr. Turner room 18, on the upper floor. At ent Mr. R. is engaged on taudsea, MnS. BELKNAP wears a No.5 but when she nervous!y sifts ber lily-white Gigits through the strands of a mop, and remarks, with true feminine emphasis, “On, if that were only Hiester Clymer’s wooi!” one immediately realizes how little of @ woman’s hand has to do with ite ca, city for war.—{ Brooklyn Araus. If 18 A PITY that Mr. Blaine hand. it FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SatTurpay, Mareh 11. SENATE.—The Senate was not in session to day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. —Mr. Atkins (Tenn.), from the Committee on A. Propriations, reported a bill appropriating $100,0C0 to rneet a deficten: 1 the @ppropria- Uon for the Sioux Indians at the Red Clow agency. Passed Mr. Cock (Ga.), from the C&mittee on Military Affairs, reported bill to equalize bounties of soldiers in the late war. Made the special order for Thursday next. Mr. Vance (Obio) presented petitions of citizens of Laurence county, Ohio, asking that one kind of money be established for a purposes, and that Treasury notes be mad &8 g00d as gold in making them interchange- able tor U.S, bonds. Referre Mr. Jenks (Pa.) tntroduced ll to trans fer the Pension burean to the War depart ment. Referred. Then House then, on motion of Mr. Ran dali, went into mittee of the Whole on the executive and judicial appropriation bill (Mr. Cox tn the chair) and. Mr. Willis (N. Y_) resamed the finances, which was, y rupted Bass’ pers i ust Mr. 5 inter- 1,and he insisted that there could not be any substantial basis not found- ed on coin. Mr. Seelye (Maas.) argued in favor of sta bility in the monetary affairs of the nation as that which would best give confidence to the government with the people. ——_-re! Irw ad Pacific Mall. In the Pacific Mail vs. Irwin yesterday Mr Beliows identifiel various entries oa the company’s books that went to make up the $75,000, Stating, @t the close of his identis cation, t in his opinion, with the excep- he entry for $150,000, the whole lot Were made to cover up the disposition of the $750.00. Mr. Vanderpool—Then where dil the tb To Washington well knows testified tnat he fal- rstood, from what he had hy lata Meeting of directors, that Stockwell was in- dividually liable for this mney that he said he had used. Mr. Vanderpool— Was any of this money ($756,000) actually used in the general busi: bess of the compa’ Mr. Fullerton (sotto vooe)—It was used to get subsidies, wuich seems to have been @ large part of the business of the company. Mr. Jebnson—I never knew of auy part of ral business it being used tn the ger Mr. Fallerton then of release of Stockwell from @ sess by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Tais was ruled out Mr. Henry Clews testified that he was adi- recloret the Pacific Mail Steamship Compa ny in May, 172, bat had no recollection of any money being paid to Mr. irwin; he was acquainted with B. H. Coeever—to bits sor. Tow, he gave Cheever at his request a letver of introduction to Stockwell; Cheever said he could do something to heip Stockwell. Mr. Fullerton—M .Cheever waka lobbrist? Mr, Ciews—He was employed to get infor- mation In Washington that could be used in Wali sjreet by the bankers. I never saw any y er tries of any amounts that were paid to Mr. Irwin; if there were any such they were studiously kept fron iting Commit tee. Wort the 4 Ad 10th. The Relknaps and the Marshes. A special dispaten to the Baltimore Gazette from this city says: Among otner interest- ing matters which have transpired in co nection with the Belknap matter is the fo! lowing: In the summer of 1573, while Mr. and ‘Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Bowen were trav- eling in Europe, a report was received in Washington that Mrs. Marsh had been guilty of an intrigue in Paris with a French gentleman. Mr. Belknap, to whom Mrs. Bowen was engaged, wrote to her that it would be prudent for Miss Bowen to leave the Marsh family, d naming another par. ty, requested that she would join them. ts event enraged Mrs. Marsh, who declared she would get even with the imperious aud baughty woman for putting on so many aire At last the opportunity offered. Mr. Marsh received & Summons to go before the investi- gating committee, and knowing that it Would involve his wife If the trath should be made known he packed his trunks for a for- eign voyage, expiaining to bis wife that bus iness of importance demanded his presence in Montreal, and from thence he should pro- ceed to Halifax. Ascertaining the cause of this proposed journey, Mrs. Marsh protest- ed, and insisted he should not leave, but un- bosom himself tothe committee. For that urpose and to prevent the Belkuaps or Dr. ‘omlinson from persuading him not to do £0, Mrs. Marsh accompanied her husband to Washington, and the country knows tic rest. But it was not to end here. The Marsh family having brought the Belknaps into humiliation, Mrs. Belknap now intends to let the world know what motive actuated Marsh in making the revelations he did. It is @ family feud, Marsh vs. Belknap. _ Brent cow etme Ateneo A THIN FUNERAL PRrocession.—Laura and I went to hear him (Dr. Newman) one night, by way of amusement, and we were amused. He preached of the killing of Abel by Cain. He took the boys in their early youth and showed bow they both had the same good moral training. He told how one became a farmer and the other a shepherd. How Cain’s offering was not soacceptable as that of Abel. How Cain grew jeaious of hi brother, and rere d allured him far from home into @ thickly wooded ravine, siew bim. He then requested his hearers to re- member that the first funeral was the work of a murderer. “Think, my brethren,” he said, “of that sad Se en Laura nudged me and whispe: not such @ large provession, but very select. None but first families. What is a funeral among three?’’. r. THE PitTsBuRG RInG—Fraudulent Issues of $100,000 in Bonds 1—A special dis- teh to the Phila. Times from Pittsburg, arch 9, says: Thecity treasurer was before the Legislative committee to-day and testi- fied tbat for sev: ral years, up to 1574, defl- cienctes in the city treasury reached the ag- gregate of each annual tax levy was antici- pated by city warrants from three to six months before collection, and it is believed that there are deficiencies that will probably Aggregate =100,000 or more, which have been purned until Monday.-(.y. ¥. the on presi Guiry. ate of J J ir., the defaultin, ‘state tr Treasurer "we erat Trenton, N. J., panserony: ae ae dant, and that it was undisputed telonetng to the state, ‘The jury” Ured, after deliberati: about two by it in @ verdict of guilty, witha jon to mercy. THE ScNDayY ScnooL Cong: bas been in session the eS = fh ef | ms Be z p i “ rf ih | ! i Hi é l i i i & | | i i ® Hi is GREAT STORMIN WISCONSIN COLORED MAN HANGED a oe AN EX-WASHINGTONIAN’S DEAT —e——. ALABAMA CENTENNIAL SENTIMENTS — + —— KENTUCKY FORGER IN LONDON ———— The Kentucky Forgerta Bow Street. Lon pox, March 11 —Coarles altos Clarence Rivers, ay wi $15,000 worth of bilis on Fale Cio bacco Rank at Louisville, Ky., has in the Bow-street police covrt. A re a that tbe prisoner had ad mitted bis guilt in conversation. was remanded Twenty-six Persoms Killed by a wenty eg by a Land ard 8] de cccurred last night at Cant, a town on the Rhine, in northern Ger- caused by recent heavy rains. Bight Louses were buried aud twenty-six persons were killed Liverpool's Absconded Cotton Brokers LivaRrroo., March \1—The cotten brok- ers’ association yesterday heard the result of the iny Tring the dealtogs of Its members with the absconded brokers. Five members were severely censured for cealing with Messrs. Monn & Horst, com- posing the firm of Wm ers & Son, with- out sufficient enquiry. Toe president of the association said If they bh time assistedt the firm, wh be tn a critical condith lapsed long ag * would have been & The Courter says the meeting was large and excited. There wae & decided expression of opinion taat the committee had not gone far enough in mere- ly censuring. Similar views are also ex- pressed on change. Ne Nice Sense of Official Honor in the t od hiates, Loxpon, M 1.—The Times bas a lead- Ing article on the exposar f om © ruption in America. Af facts as far ax kno the whole we ca here it conic but feel t be that es P hice KeNSE Of hone and } toes not prevail in the official world of the United States.” Wales Coming Home Agata BomBay, March 11.—Tue Se with the Prince of Wales and suite on board, has sailed from this port for England. After cailing at Malta, where @ series of grind re- ceptions is awaiting his royal hiehoess, and also at Lisbon, the Prines of Wales is ex- pected to reach Portsmouth about the 2th of April. The Emberzier of 6 000,000 Pranes. LONDON, Mareh 1. suspected of being connected with the embezzlement of £,000,000 francs Of the Banque de Belgique’s funds, who was arrested at (Queeastowa yesterday as be was about leay for New ork on the steamer City of Paris, ts an- doubtedly M. Kindt, secretary general of the sbove namel institution. The Pall Malt Gazette's correspondent writes thet the bank's shares have depreciated twelve mil- Hou francs since the frauds became known. This bank should not be confounded with the Banaue Nationale which does the gov- erpment’s businass, occu there analogous to the here The Kentucky Scamp Again In the Bow street police court yesterday the solicitor of the London bauker's associa= tion appeared in bebalf of the Falis City Tobacco Bank at Louisville, Ky., to cute Brent, charged with forging a draft for $15,000, Detective Shore, who brought Brent from Queenstown, deposed that fifty-six pounds and a draft of $29,000 francs were four d upon him. . ALABAMA LY ISLATURE, Centennial Sentiments, MONTGOMP KY, ALA.. March 11.—The Ala. two-thirds demo- bama jegtsieture. cratic majorit journing sine di following resole the house of rep with senate, ves ¢ hay that the representatives of a patriotic con- stituency which revere the virtues and tra- ditions Of the herces and sages of the Ameri- can revolution and esteem as sacrei and cear all that pertains to ‘beir nonor and glory, the general assembly of Alabama deem it proper todec are thst the ocourrence Of the first centennial year of the declaration of American independence isa fit occasion for rejoicing on the part of all the people of the United States, and we hereby extend greeting of fraternal gooi will to all the People of every state and territory of the American union; second, that Ubis epoch t te history of our country is an event int mat« ly connected With memories faatshould be cherished and commemorated in sack spirit and manner ®s will most appropriately altest tbe gratitude and affection whic their Cescendants should ever feel for the illustrious founders of American constitn- tional liberty; third, that there can be no more appropriate or continuing commemo- Uon of such an eventand its memories than for every administration of government, whether federal or state, to uphold the honor, promote the prosptrity, aud advance the glory of our country, and to this end it is also the duty of every citizen to freely and faith- on A contribute his aid, fourth, that it shell be the duty of the governor to furnish acopy of these resolutions under the great seal of the state to the President of the United States, and in like manner one copy to the governor of each state and territory of the American union. Loss of Life and Property. Desvece, Iowa, March Ii.—Tue Iatest intelligence from Hazei Green, Wisconsin, jae ned facts a a, sirack the village between four and five o'clock yester- dsy afternoon on the west side, sw: through the entire village, leveling to the round about twenty-five buildings and kill- foe about eight persons, and serious! wounding twelve or more others. —— are the names of those knowa to bave Killed: Joshua Richards, Mrs. Jotm Looney, Mrs. Tuomas Richards, Mrs. Thomas Edwards, Miss Thompson, ter of Edward Thompson, who, together pod son, why sa) to have = #1so a son of Joseph Jackson. Tue wing buildings were ne di large blacksmith and carriage sbop (name of owner not known), and the Primitive Methodist church buliding destroyed. Toese are all that are kKuown at Ube present timeto have been destroyed. The caroage is as terrible. The hurricane was oy & deluge of rain and hal. The viliage of Hazel Green has a population of aboat 1,000 inhabitants, is situated twelve miles direct~ ly east of Dubugee, is almoet wholly @ min~ ing village, and i best Wisconsin ee Death of a Former Resident of Wash.