Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1876, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays excepted, | ia Avenue, cormer Lith strect, | i Af er Com! Te trea nee! THE EVENING STAR ts served Oy carriers to Sibscribers at Ten Ceuts week, or Forty- four Cents per month. at the counter Two Cents each. By postaje prepcta— Sixty Cents & month; one year, 86. THE WEEKLY STaR—; | DRY GOeDs CLEBKS’ ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. S mecting will be beld at Board of Trade rooms, S19 Market Space, THUBSDAY BVENING, July », at Soe harp, for the parposs of a a _ All geatiemen connected e trade are most earnestly invited to be pres a | SPECIAL NOTICE. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOUIALION, Corner of 9th and D streets.) ‘The report of the Delegates tothe ¥ . Convention. bel at feroat», Joly Lith ant 15: Bik be eiven at the 6 0 clock meetiag, BUND. 2d. AU to be present S DIVIDEND DECLABED. he Inet meeting of the Trustees of the AMESICASN BIBE INSURANCE of Warbirgton. D. O , a Bemt- 4 of Five P on the © oo J stead. Secre aner. rett. Ch. B en! J Hetberger, P A Si angen and Philp sires. iy 3t YOUS SILVER WARE FOR season t2 the ranits of the NA- DsPOSiT COMPARY, corner yw York avenue. Oharg ve mode- 3 ra OFFICE NOZTHEEN LIGESTY CO: - 10T COMPANY, K sireet. atyointaz Norta- @n Liverty Market —The ennual mes STOCK HOLDERS of the N. L. OF. 3 ‘will be held on the 3D Dat oF Avoust, 1876, for tas Purpose ~f electing Nine Directors for the ensuing Fear. Poils open fro ct JAS. MADDEE <p eT Lae an » comprising a series of lect: rf Wana's Meseant ¥. DEPOSIT be sume: MILBURS’S SODA WATEE. BATUBAL SPRING WATERS on Draught. 4OEK-OOLD TEA, OOF FEE and CHOCOLATE. 1499 PawxsYivamia AVENUE, tr apis-tr near Willard’. (= >. 00K, 32.2 00, BANKERS, ayls-tr 1429 F street. STRATFORD FENDALL, = SITORNEY-a7-a2W. |. W. WHITAKER, iS ost General Ciaim ant Collection Arent, : im etree, asnry Depart District Claims, Penson and Bounty Claim, meciaity. apt (Pee e Jonsson 2 00., BANKERS, Gerne of Wk Sires and Penasyiwania Lvenns, Dealers in Government and District Securitics Woreign Exchange aud Go!d. eopié-ly SAMUEL G. YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIO, ootly-st Orrice—Stas BYItaixe, ‘THE BEST $1 GLASSES In AMEBIOCA. M. H. HEMNPLER, Optician, Je22 Istptr_ 453 Pornsyivants ay., corner 45 st. PTICIAN.—To the Pubite.—My newly-lavent- ed EYEGLASS. which I now man- afectare surpasses’ any Eye the whole world. They can be Fegulated by two small screws to exactly Gi the nose ‘without soy pain or unpleasant feeling. They are meade of Brazilian Pebdbie ana the newly discovers Bussia Buby Glass. For neatness and lightaess ¢ met be Meawure takew and order order Istptr_ Inventor. Paientee and Maucfact WRAWELI so F* MOR Te ins, He. 1987 Pryxey: @ensine Brasiiian Po )._ decd-1y stp Jas.B.Fitcn. Bost C. Fox. Kowin Q. Ccrrer ITCH, FOX BEsk esta 1309 P. Est and Properties be- longing to ron-reedeut owners. 3y10-tJanl ANNUAL CLOSING-OUT SALE = or SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING or A. STRAUS, 1011 Pa, Av., BEGINS JULY Isz. NOTE THE REDUCTIONS?! BUSINESS SUITS! Former Price Selling Now For $20 Fine Bibeanf Casstmere Sait, 17 *” Deiavarre Cassimere 13% 16% Edward Harris Osesimere Suit, 14 13 ¥ asstmere Suit, 13 12 North Boosic Block Cass. Buit, 20 10 Etripe and Plaid Oass Sait, s 5 Cuecked Osssimere Suit, 6 YOUTHS’ SUITS! s Disgonsl Worsted Suit, @13 9 New York Mills Osseimere Suid, 7 BOYS’ SUITS! Borwalk Fancy Walking Suit, Caméen Piaid Cassimere Sait, 7 Kuickerbocker Check Oaas. Suit, Unton Cassimere Sait, SUMMER WEAR! ALPACA COATS, SILK LUSTRE COATS, WOBSTED COSTS and LINEN GOODS im an Endless Variety, Beduced in Proportion. 8 7 ‘ ‘ A iarge stock of CHILDBEN’S SUITS, trom ¢to W years, to be CLOSED OUT AT A SAOBLFIOB. A. STRAUS. SOtr 1611 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. MANTELS, GRATES, FURNACES, AED LATROBE STOVES. TER ST. GRORGE RANGE, 5 a Rance sold in the market. =e SLATE AND MARBLE MANTELS, ‘The assortment south * -] Sia. of Hew York, from Che Evening Sta yes, 48—N®. 7,272. WASHINGTON EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip, GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.—Inter- nal revenue, $161,846 60; customs, £435,974.02. THE Pr¥sipent and Secretary Cameron both retuiaed to the city last evening. THE Committee of Ways and Means have coropleted their amendatory interna! reve- nue bill. There are no alterations in taxes. AVERY Not PaRvonep.—The published statement that Avery has been pardoned is officially denied. No HEADWAY was made to-day oa any of the conferences on the several appropriation bills. GENERAL T. W. Bennerrt, the unseated republican delegate in Congress from Idaho, recently nominated by the President for goy- ernor of that territory, declines the office. CaBINET MEETING.—Secretary Chandler was the only member absent from the Cab- inet meeting today. The session was a very long one, lasting until nearly toree o'clock. GENERAL Spinner, ex-U. 8. Treasurer, arrived in the city this morning. Atnoou he visited the Treasury department, and beld quite a receptien in the Treasurer's Toom, @!l bis old clerks flocking to pay their respects. AMONG THE CALLERS at the White flouse to day were Senators Anthony, Howe, Sar- gent, West, Conover and Cragin, Kepresen- tatives Robinson, Wells, Kidder, Bennett, Townsend, Wilshire, Gunter, Walt, Harl. but, Jacobs and Darrall. THE UTES To Figur THE S1ovx.—The Commissioner of Indian Affairs yesterday directed E. H. Danforth, Indian agent at the White river agency, to allow all the Ute Ia- dians who wish to join Gen. Crook to leave the reservation for that purpose. ATTHE WEDDING of Mr. Cnandier Ro>- bing snd Miss Frelinghuysen, early in the fall, Miss Edith Fish. daughter of the Sec- retary of State. Miss Thornton, daughter of Str Edward Thoraton. and Miss Cadwalia. der. wiil be among the bridesmaits. The wedding will tak Ser Freling- huysen’s home | THE MCPHERSON STATUE.—General Sher- man, president of the society of the Army of the Tennessee, has appointed Admiral D. D. Porter, General Wm. McKee Dann, Col- one] A. H.Markiand, Captain 8. L. Phelps and Col. John M. Bacon a committee of ar- rangements for the annual meeting to take lace in this city on the 16th and 17th of Oxto- rnext,at which time the statue of Gen. LicPherson will be unveiled. THe REGISTRATION CLAUSE HITCH.— The conference committee on the sundry civil appropriation bill met this morning to acjast their differences in regard to the re- gistration clause of the bill, that betng the only point on which the Senate and Honse conferees have failed to agree. They ai- journed without coming to any agreement until to morrow morniog, when the proba. bilities are that some Kind of an accommo. cation will be mad THE CoMING CHANGE FAMINS—Many Spplications from banks and bankers are received at the Treasury for silver in ex. change for U.S. notes, based upon the im- ression that the silver bill kas become a law. The Secretary of the Treasury can, under the provisions of the silver bill, make no regulations to increase the payments, ag the present rate of paying out silver will ‘oon exhaust the amounton hand, unless the mints at once largely increase the issue. Since the Treasury has redeemed fractional currency, $14,000,000 have been paid ont. The mints at San Francisco and Carson City are ily working now, but the extreme hot weather has interfered considerably with the work @t the Philadelphia mint. As so0a as the weather oe @ little cooler, the work tuere will be hurried as fast as possible. NOMINATIONS, — The following nomina- tlons were sent by the President to the Sen- ate today : Mason Brayman, of Wisconsin, to be governor of Idaho Territory. Joseph H. Steer, of Nebraska, agent for the Indians of the Santee agency. Nebraska. Assistant Engineer Wm. S. Moore, U. S. N., to be passed Assistant Engineer; also, the follow- ing transfers of second lieutenants to fill va- cancies in the 7th cavalry: Daniel G. Pe son and Charles B Schofield, of ine 2d cay- alry, Wm. W. inson, jr., John C. Gresham and George F. Coase, of the 3d ca’ Vf George O. Eaton, 5th ——— ohn W. Wilkinson and Ezra 8. Fuiler, of the 8th [rece 4 Hagh L. Scott. of the 9th cavairy; Lioyd S. McCormick and Albert J. Russeil, of the 10th cavalry K Post OFFICE INvEsTI- The committee on expenditures for the construction and furnishing of the New York ge office building report that, while all the articles furnished are neces- sary, and of good quality and reasonable in price, it appears that the appropriation for furnishing was exceeded to the extent of a little over $227,000, for which official mis- conduct on the part of those having the work in }, aud the disbursement of the public moneys applicable to it there is no excuse or ere They say that it was clearly the uty of the supervising arch: and the su’ @ eingis obligation tocurred after the appro- priation was exhausted. They are satisfied Ubat the persons holding claims against the government are innocent parties and enti- lied to bave their c' d. QUITE AN EXCITING SCENE occurred on the floor of the Senate to-day during the jpeech of Mr. Merrimoa, of North Carolina, wbo undertook to make a political ha- rengue while ostensibly speaking on the River and Harbor appropriation bill. Dur- ing bis speech Mr. Morton asked him to pame any good act Or suggestion dove or made by the democratic party within the jast twenty-five years, his query being re- ceived with loudappiause, After Mr. Merri- mon concluded, Mr. Morton took the floor end challenged any democrat on the floor to apewer his question. Mr. Saulsbury arose and referred to the exposure ym by the Houseof Representatives. Mr. Morton, continuing, alluded to the House investiga- ous as detective Inquisitions, and said in bis cpinion not much had been dev dameging to the repubdiican party. He then wnt on to charge the democratic party with being responsible for the debts of the gov- ermgnent, for the fugitive slave law, the Dred Scott. dectsion, opposition to the war, &c. In reply to @ question by Mr. Eaton, be said }, be been @ member ot democratic party, and left it in 184. seemed to him that when the Wanted to burt his feelings they always twitted bim with having been a member of tbe democratic om Ga His remarks were several times gree! with appiause. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. OnDWAY.— Capt. Blackford, deputy sergeant-at-arms for the Louisiana investigating committee about eighteen montbs ago, expiains the re- Of bis testimony before the Keal te Committee. by ——? that adding the amount disbursed by the late at Arms Ordway on eccount of the expenses of the committee in Wasnt before to Louisiana, to the amount disbursed Capt. Blackford while absent with the x mittee in Louisians,a balance remat: be accounted for by Ordway of ays &@p expendi.ore of Beatty See for «xpenees of the commit 8 balance #0 cap be explained by Ordway as hay teen expended by bim for varioas inewen @l expenses not covered jera’s vowcbers. I. has heretofore ‘bat pearly every item in . Bristow Answer to the Presi- dent. THE EX-SECRETARY DECLINES TO TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL. Ex-Secretary Bristow has written a reply to the President's letter relieving him and other members of the Cabinet from all obli- gations of secrecy in testifying before Con- gressional committees as to what took place in Cabinet meetings. Mr Bristow says: “When I appeared before the committee last week in obedience to their summons, I refused to answer any and all questioas which required me to state any conversation between you and myself touching offi al matters, whether such conversation took piace st a meeting of the Cabinet or at an- other time, saying, however, to the com \t- tee that no inference adverse to any one be drawn from my refasal to aus wer their questions. I took the position «is- tinctly that £ considered all conversatioas between the President and heats of depart- meuts on official matters eonfidential and privileged, and that the telalngg existed Rot so much for the protection of the parties immediately concerned, as for the interest of the public service. If I was right in this view of the matter, It would seem to follow that the privilege cannot be waived ny either or both of the parties. Indeed, I said to the committee that I would not feel at liberty to answer their question with your consent. Although I have not had an »p- portunit, subject, I am still of the opinion that the ob. ligation of public duty to treat such conver. sations as confidential and privileged is not removed or modified by your jeonsent that I should make full answer to the questions. 4 * * It seems to methat duty requires me to adhere to my announced purpose not to answer the questions | eerie tome by the committee. I beg to remind you that port ts pope lge) this subject was repeateily stated to you and the members of your Cad- inet, and as I understood met ‘your and toeir approval. My withdrawal from the Cabinet does not alter or modify my duty in this respect, nor have my own views unier- gone any chang: The Navy Department Investigation REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, Chairman Whitthorne, of the House Na- val Committee, to day read a report dra‘ied by him concerning the six months’ investi- gation of the administration of the affairs of the Navy department by Secretary Robs The abstract of the tes company the report rs arp opened 400 printet pages. The report conciudes with severe censure upon Secre' "6 official acts, and recites that the Naval Committee shot clear that they are impeachable, put in view of it being @ complicated question, recommend that the House direct tne Jadl- clary ‘ttee to give an opinion on that subject. Up to 3 o'clock p.m. the committee was Still in session, and the report was unter consideration. Mr. Whitthorne, however, will probably be sustained, as he had a pri- vate confereace with his democratic ¢»l- leagues of the committee last nigat, and the Prospects at that time were that they would unite with him in signing the views pre. sented. The republicans will make a :ni- nority report. LATER 2 Pp. M.—The democeratic mem ers e all signed the majority report. It arraigns Secretary Robeson in very severe terms, charging him with gross violation of in making contracts; in making pur- chases without advertising; in expending money in excess of appropriations, and in aiding Jay Cooke & with government bonds when they were in a bankrupt condl- tion, and in snucry other alleged illegal acts. In regard to the alleged corruption of Sacre- tary Robeson the report recites that it ts due to him to say that there is no evidence that be has profiled by any of the alleged fra:uds acd wrong practices, although his intimate relations with the Catteil’s who sold coa- tracts is subject to censure. Tax Spectre Resumption Act.—ThsCom- mittee oa Banking and Currency to-uay again postponed a vote on the proposition to repeai the specie resumption act. M uy democrats believe that course of te committee is quite conclusive that it as not intend to take decisive action on che subjeet, if it cay afford It. THE SILVER CiRCULATION.—Ths am tat Of subsidiary coin paid out since the pasiaze of the act providing for the redemptioa of fractional eurrency is $11,743, amount &: was paid ont ia exchsage r ,ceenbacks, and $7, In exchnaze sor fractioval currency. The amonnt of «il- ver on hand to date is $5,055,123, and ine amount of fractional currency outstan:! to date is $33,915 97539. The new silver ' provides for the issue of $50,009,000 fn si coin. add to this $5,958,120, ‘the amoun: silver coin now on hand, it makes a total of $56,058,120 Ont of this amount the outst 1d. ing fractional currency is to be redeend, leaving @ balance on hand of $22,142,144 61 in Silver coin to be d for other purposes. THE APPROPRIATION BILLS are still in @n unsettled condition, with the prospect of favorable adjustment farther away than on Saturday. The sundry civil bill was fixed upon Friday last in conference, and was sup- to_be omg 4 for reporting to both uouses. The bill, however, has been taken > Le pe and new propositions entertained, which will require at least one day more for adjustment, if it does not delay the bill a much longer time. The same thing has =< to the ape or Bier ee agreed upon @ report on Saturday, an was written out yesterday. When it was ready for the signatures of the conferees it was ascertained that some of tuem had new amendments to submit, and the bill will be delayed another day. fere: legislative bill spent the entire time at their meeting last night in discussing different Pp ‘tions for an@greement, but in reality le no visible progress on the bill. Propo- sitions were submitted looking to an eutire readjustment of some ‘tions of the bill, which, if agreed to, will require a week or ten days to prepare the bili for action. Al- together the outlook is not so favorable for & satisfactory termination of the differences between the two houses as when the adjoura- ment took place on 1 Satarda: TILDEN AND HENDRICKS UNABLE TO AGREE.— A special dispatch to the New York Thres from [odianapolis, July 16, says: A reporter sought an interview to-day with Gov. Hendricks, who has just returned from his conference with Tilden at Saratoga, but was cnable to get anything out of him, the Governor refusing very decidedly to tall upon that snhject. All that was learoed was that after Gov. Tilden bas had his say to the committee, which will be in eight or ten days, then he will announce his decision. It war quite plain to be seen from the Goy- ernor’s manner that Tilden and Saratoga bad po delight for him. What the tronvie is it Is not 80 easy to say. s Dom PED: ti ww Y Cc jan Thomsen, of well-known Brazilian mercantile house, been made a baron by Dom Ped Thomsen was diligent in h's efforts to make leasant the visitof the Brazilian emperor New York. He is a native of Holstein, Brazilian trade while it and —— mm. iony which will sc- to examina authorities on tals. The Hamburg Massacre. Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, in his letter to Senator Robertson, gives the following particulars of tue Hambarg mas- sacre: “On the 4th of July instant a company of state militia (colored) were marching aloug one of the streets of Hamburg. The sireet Was over 100 jeet wide, and the company was Marching in columns of fovr. 218 80 marching they were met by two young wi'te men in @ buggy, who insisted on keepiag their course in the street without regart to the movements of the militia, aud drove against the head of the column, which there a halted. Some parleying took piace which resulted in the company yleiding opening their ranks and allowing the youoy mien to on their course. On the f.1 lowing day the young men referred to t»ok out warrants of arrest against some of ihe officers of the militia company, wno wre brought before a trial justice fortrial. Tae trial was afterward adjourned ttll four p. 1. of Saturday, the 8th instaat. Before that bour @rrived on Saturday many white citi zens from the country areund Hamba began to gather in the town and armed themselves with —_ and pistols. The miltia company in the meanwhile had assembled at their armory ia the villace, and at the hour set jor trial the defendacts did not appear. At this point it has been stated in dis- patches at hewspapers that tue miliiia officers having defied the authority of tne t justice, the citizens were calied ou to t the trial justice by acting as his posse. Nothing of the kind, in fact, occurred. The militia fatled to appear because of thelr fear of i ‘y at the hands of the armed waite nd the trial justice, after calling them, took no further steps to cause thelr presence in his court, on account of the excitement and the evidences of an impending contlict. While things were in this condition, there being, according to all accounts, from 200 to 300 armed white men from the sarrounding country in the town, a demaud was made by the whites for the surrender to them of t+ arms of the militia. An hour or two passed in negotiations concerning this demaud, the Whites iuforming the militia company that if the arms were not givea up in a short time- most of the witnesses say to a naif hour—the whites would open fire on the mil- litia The miliua refused to deliver up toeir arms, saying the demand was wholly unwarranted and Ulega!, and that they nad reason to fear for their lifes if they gave up their arme, A brisk fire was then opened by the whites upon the building in which the militia ware assembled, and soon after one of the attack- rs erty, was killed by a shot from the mi- iit = he bulk ding. A piece of artillery Was thereupon brought across the bridge from Augusta, loaded with canister, and fired severa] times at the building in which Were the militia. This had the effect to cause the militia to eudeavor to make their escape from the rear of the building. The town mershal of Hamburg, a@ colored man, who was living in the building, was instantly shot by the attacking party while thus en- deavoring to escay from the building. Twenty or twent; ve of the militia were captured by the attacking party ana kept under guard for several hours. Finaliy, about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 9:n of July, (Sundsy,) after consultation am mg their captors and with complete appareat deliberation, five of the captured militia men were called out, one by one, and shot to death in the presence of ‘a large body of their bor rege The rest of the captured party were either turned loose or broke loose and ran. They were fired upon as they ran, and three of them severely wounded, one of them probably mortally. The attorney general, who has person aily visited Hamburg, thus concludes his offi cial report t> m Making due allo t ed. Such was the affair at Hamburg. If can find words to charac! its atre and barbarism, the triviality of the ca the murderous and inhoman spirit w! marked it In all its stages your powe-: language exceeds mine. It presents a dar < Picture of human cruelty than the stag of Custer and his soldiers, for they were s in open battle. The victims at Ha were murdered in cold biood after smirendered and were utterly def No occasion existe! for causing the pr of a single armed eitizen at Hamburg 07 + day of ibe massacre. No violenea was fered or thr: atened to anyone. It is, tou said, as usnal, that “the niggers were tm on- dent,” but the evidence shows that al! .he acveal physical aggression was on the part the whites; that they made a demand whieh they had bo right to make, and when that demand was refused, as it should have ben. they proceeded to enforce {t by arms and crowned their success In enforcing thelr de- mands by brutal murders. New York's Divipgp DEMocRacy.— The New York correspondent of the Paita- delphia Ledger says: The prediction, some days ago, that the anti-Tammany portion would abstain from participation in the ap- proaching ratification oe the Wig- wam, under the auspices of Mr. Kelly, is verified, 80 that all present expectations of a treaty of peace may as well be dismissed. The Kelly people have named the 23th inst. as the time for their demonstration; the other side, with characteristic adroitness, have fixed on the 2tth, no doubt ealeulating thus to*take the edge off” the other meet- ing, a8 in this hot weather even the democ- racy cannot stand two “great ontpourings” 80 quickly, one on the heels of the other. Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of the Staats Zeitung, 1s to preside. The meeting wil! be held at Irving hall, which isin the imme- diate vicinity of Tammany. The list speakers has not yet been made out. The following gentlemen will be present at the Kelly meeting: Hon,s J, dail, of Pa; ‘roctor Knott, of Miss ; Jono K. B. Gordon, of Ga , and W.P. Whyte, of Md. ‘There some talk sbour ex Governor Seymour also being present, but itis doubtful whether, under the pecu- liar circumstances of the case, that distia- guished gentleman will deem it politic to respond, Ifhe pleases one faction, he is surs to male Qn emeny of the other ——$<$—_$—_$__—___ THE BERDELL SHOOTING AFFRAY.— Wisner Murray, who was shoton Tharsiay night in Goshen, N. Y., by Robert H. Berdell, was examincd by Dr. Stinson last Satur- day. They extracted more of the ballet fro his bead. ‘Three fourths of the bail ts sap d to bestillia the brain. The left side paralyzing gradually. The physictaus pro bounce the wound very dangerous. Mr. Murray will probably die. Mr. Berdell wa: arraigned, but owing to the absence of ma- terial witnesses, the examination favor. o urray bad a pisto) running away from jell. D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1876. THE COLLEGE REGATTAS. The emma a at Saratoga y The university boat race takes place at Saratoga, N. Y., to-day and to-morrow. If the water is not too rough the Freshman’s race takes place to-day. For this but three crews are entered—: » Cornel and Columbia. The two former are situated at Sujpbur Springs and the latter are with the University crew. All are good crews, and in od forni, And an exceedingly exciting con- it is anticipated; in fact,a fighting race throughout. Pabdiic opinion is divided as to the relative merits of the crews, but the Kpowing Ones are saying that the race lies between Harvard and Coroell, with the for- mer slightly the favorite. The personnel of the crews is shown in the following tables: HARVARD FRESHMEN. Age. Wet, Het. tain, Fitchbarg, Sieet9 E Substitute—W. Sheafe, Boston, Mass.; age 19, weight, 145; height, 5 feet 8 tuches. new, of cedar, by Fearon, ot Yonkers; length, 52 feet; beam, 21) inches; weight, 115 bs.; oars by Dopahue, of Newbargh. Colors. cardinal red. Position in race, COLUMBIA FRESEM tain.N.¥. cit weignt, 14. Substitate—V. Spader, Brooklyn; age, weight, 134; height. 5 feet 5 tnches. Boats same as University crew. Colors, blue and white. Position id race, 2. CORNELL FRESHMEN. ¥. Wilcox, Ithi S. Baker, Lowa Het, hacs y ir Ro kstream,N.¥ e.J. P. Mason,captain,Brockly 156365 9 Welgnt, 155; height, 5 Average—Age, feet 10 inches. Substitute—G. A. Dounee, Elmira, N. ¥.; age, 18; weight, 137; helght, 5 feet 9 inches. Boat new, of paper, by Waters, of Troy; length, 50 feet; beam, 21 inches; weight, 140 Ibs ; oars by Donahue, of Newbtreh. Colors. cornelian and white. Position in race, 3. FOR THE SINGLE SCULL RACE The University The main race takes place to-morrow. The Saratoga correspondent of the Boston Her- ald says: In the University race positions for starting will be taken, with Harvarion the west shore, where is located the grand stand, and Wesleyan, Uorneil, Columbia, Princeton and Union, extending in that order toward the east shore of the lake. The impression prevails in some quarters that the course has been altered so as to bring the finish a half mile further down, but this is noi the fact. The college committee has decided that in fature regattas the course shall be so altered, but for this year it re. mains as originally laid out. Conceraing the crews everybody here has had something to say, and, while Columbia and Corneil are great favorites, the prospects for Harvard to win are considered anything bat favor able. This is owing principally to the walk-away to which Yale treated the Har. vard boys a fortnight since. Indeed, the de- feat ip question has greatly weakened tue University six, and they seemcd disheart- ened, :hough determined to win if they can The crew is located at White Sulpuar Springs, at the southern extremity of the lake, and it occupies the cottage which Har- vard bad last year. The fresmman crew is also here, togeiher with H.G. Danforth, the single eculler. The University crew is not really what boating men at Harvard desiret to bave. In the first place, the eight men Who rowed against Yale were not the first selections, and ordinarily would be called a re ed upcrew. The unavoidable changes b the boat made sad work for Harvard, and contributed greatly to that defeat. Previous to the race at Springtield the six men who were to represent the University at Sarato & were decided on, and one of these was lobson’s choice, so ‘to speak, as a man who was really needed was obliged to go bome at the last moment. Another good oarsman was called away on business and his place was filled by oneof those whom it was p pored to retire. At present, therefore, H+ vard bas really only four men who wou pass muster for positions in the boat, if it were possible to make a change at this late day. The crew is having a heap of practice, and the men are doing as weil as can be ex pected. Mr. Loring continues to coach them, avd thelr stroke differs slightly from that used at yippee though the difference ‘Would not be noticed by the casual observer. ASTFONOMICAL.—The Chicago Tribuve says: * iy in the morning of Friday, Aug. 15, the planet Venus will appr. nearly to @ star of the fourth magnitude, known a8 Lambd: Gemini—the least ap- parent distance of centers being less than obe-twentieth part the diameter of the full moon. At that time the planet will be a morning star, rising before the sun, and suf- ficiently e! ited from him to it the herome be watched closely, though 1 Unse (before tour o’clock) will ‘be incon- venient for a popular exhibition. But the event will be one of no little interest to the astronomer. Thedistance of Venus from the earth bi then only about forty and a quarter millions of miles, the phenomenon Bace. afforded by t of the planet across the solar disk nineteen months ago. RESCUED FROM A Livina Toms.—Mr. Geo. E. Sherry of this city, @ well borer, was eslled to Bushneli’s Basin to sink # «ep well, aod after be had reached a depth of about reventy feet on Thursday, the earth caved jn, burying him @t the bottom. Soon strong arms were at work to recover his body, for no one ge om that there was a possibility of his being alive. The men Worked with @ will for fourteen hours, and then took him out, not seriously burt.— (Bochester Advertiser, July DEATHOF A FoRGER.—Archibald Hender- fon, once @ prominent tea broker in New York, but who failed in business and com- mitted @ number of forgeries and decamped, died recently in Havana of yellow fever. In @ letter written shortly before his death Hen- derson described himself as subsisting on berring and @ plantain a@ day, with no piace to sleep save that which theoccasiona! char- ity of an acquaintance obtained for him. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Torspay, July 18. SENATE.—The Senate met at 11 o'clock and the journal was read. At the conclu- sion of the reading there were ten Senators in their seats. Mr. Edmunds asked that the first role, re. quiring @ quoram to be present, be read, aud it was read. The Chair said no objection being mare, ie Jusenel, as read, would stand as ap proved. Mr. Edmonds asked if there was @ quo- Tom present? The Chair.—Now that the attention of the Chair is culled to it, there is not a quorum present. The clerk was directed to call the roll, which be did and then continued to e: ” sentees @s Ubey came in until 11:15 a.m, when & quorum had answered to their bemes, When tbe jourual was approved. Mr. Spencer, from the Comuaittee on the District of Columbia, reported the House bil jor the adjustment ana settlement of claims against the District of Columbia, and moved its reference to tne Judiciary Committee. Bo ordered. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee o Printing, reported @ resolation to print four thousand copies of the Mississippi lnvestiga Uon, abd asked that it be acted on ai the present time. Mr. Sauisbury oppose’ the printing of the report unt!) the views of the minority were presented. Mr. Boutwell said that this resolution was presented with a view lo permit the printing of the testimony, whica was very volumi- nous, and that neither a majority nor mi- noriiy report had yet been prepared. - The resolution was amen: so asto in- clade the minority report, and passed. Mr. Cameron, (Va ,) from tne Committes on Foreign Relations, reported @ bill au thorizing the President to invite the jater- national statistical congress to hold its next mowal session in the Ualted States, aud to appoint delegates to tue same. Piaced on the Calendar. Mr. Logalls, from the Committee on Ind!an Afiairs, reported House bill to provide for the sale of Osage Ladian lands in Kaasas, ind urged the necessity of its immediate 6. Placed on the Calendar. th, from the Committee on Pablic Lands, submitted a report aud bill Av to the rights of settlers on ratiroad lands. Ord: printed and recommittea. Mr. Dawes withdrew his motion to recon- sider the vote by which the bili to encoarage and promote telegraphic communicatiou ve- tween the United States and Asia, aud ine bill stands 5 Mr. Sargent offered @ joint resolution re- citing that the Senate oa the 6th of July bad authorized @ commitiee to tovestigate the Chinese immigration question aad the House bad on the iTt inst. a resolatiou of like effect: Therefore, resolved by the two Houses that the two committees act as a joint committee, and that one-half of tae expenses be paid out of the coatingeut faud of the two Houses. Agreed to. Mr. Boutwell said be rose to an explana- tion in the character of @ personal explaua- Uon—an explanation due to the party w which he beiouged and to the country. An allegation nad been made in the St. Louis platform that a late Secretary of the Treas- ury bad forced the balances on the books of the Treasury. That clause, coupled wita the remarks of the Senator from West Vir- ginia ney 3 in the session, led him to sup- pose that it referred to himself. So far as he was Individually concerned he should not have noticed the allusion; but the country bad aright to Know whether the balance ib the Treasury bad ever been forcel. The Statements of the Senator from West V ir- ginia (Mr. Davis) had, he said, been referred tothe Finance Committee. That commit- tee had, by & sub committee, investigated the subject thoroughiy and had seub- mitted to the Senate @ report which report was made twenty six days before the St. Louis convention. So far as he knew the report was Gnanimous. No member of the committee dissented from it, The report says the committee are fully satisfied that there had, not been the slightest change in the books, and they were not prepared to recom meud any change in the mode of keeping we bcoks of the Treasury. He stood 2 now and asked that any member of tue com «it tee or any Senator who doubted inat report to fay Fo Dow. Mr. Davis said that early in the session he had stated that he believed, and he still be lieved, that there was @ aiscrepaucy io smount of the public debt, as stated in Con gress. He had not been permitted nor had he sought to examine the books. He had said then, and was ready to make gooa now the statement, that if tne books had uot been changed there was @ discrepancy between them, and tbe statement sent to Congress. He argued that the faauce committee did bot and could not have had time to make a careful examination of the books, but had depended on replies sent to them by Treasury officials. As to the St. Louis piank he knew as little of it as the gentleman from Massa- cbusetts. It was put there by no act or word of bis,and he knew nothing of it until he read it in the papers; but he thought it was very properly put there. The difference in the debt statement bet ween 1809 and 1570 was, he said, over two hundred million dollars. Mr. Kernan said that he had coucurred in the resolution, but it was due to himself and bis party associates to say that neither of them went to the Treasury to make an ex- amination of the books. Tae Toass of reports. {ale for him with, the limited time at his a to attempt toexamine them. He col ot say whether his assoviates had or He bimeeif had neither the time or in- jb the mass of fg! The gentleman who drew the resolution had, he believed, made a close examination. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mr. Caldwell (Tenn.) from Committee on Terr! tories, reported @ bill to organize and pro- vide @ government for the territory of Okla- boma. Referred toCommittee of the Whole, and made the special order for the first Wed- nesday of December next. Mr. Wigginton, (Cal.) from same commtt- tee, reported bill to confine the limits of the state of yn to the boundaries specified in the act of acmission. Referred to Commit- tee of the Whole. Mr. Patterson, (Col.) from same commit- tee, reported a bill to provi ie for the election by the people of each territory of @ goversor, secretary, treasurer, auditor, and superin- tendent of schools. Mr. Patterson asked for immediate action op the bill. Mr. Kasson made the — that the bill ew Office, tha! Telegrams to The Star. OUR INDIAN ENEMIES. Ten Thousand Sioux in Arms, Lalest from Crook and Terry. More About Caster’s Sad Pate, a THE WAR IN THE BEAST, Austrian Rights Violated by Turkey. ee THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. ——e THE INDIAN CAUPAIGN, Tea Th Stoux £8 Arcus. New Youk, July is —a Bismarck | Dako- ta) dispateb of July IT say*:—Shercma mod Sverican certainly underestimated the strength of the hostiles. Sitting Bull's band, before it was joined by Crazy Horse, nam- bered 1,500 lodges, over 6.000 ing force, and Crazy Live self strong enongh to defeat ¢ er in every thont the ald of Sintiag Bail, gent at Standing Rock, who certainly is wel informed and not disposes Lo exaggerate Ubeir strength, estimates the fighting force of the Sioux at ten thousand, and it should be remembered that women and children are not elements of weakoes: for every nine year old boy wil! handle gUN, stone, mallet or bow to better advant- Age than @ majority of recruits handle their mnuskets. wuwe do the camp drudgery, and are ready tor the baitle if their services are needed. & genuine sorrow ta other ways peculiar to the Indian. One re- fused to mourn, and in the wildest manner called on Custer’s spirit to drive the Sioux from the land, and insisted that his brave band would do it. The fact that Caster, though with the expedition and nominally in command of bis regiment, had no com mand whatever until after Reno's retara from bis fruitiess scout of the 20th, has not been made public. His regiment was divided into two wings—the right under Reno, and the left under Benteen, while Caster was left to wabble where he would,without responsi- bility and without command. Mach of the time Was spent with nis brothers and a few trusty men, bunting and scouting on bis Own &ccount. Generally he was with the advance, but not in commaad of it. Two or three times he was called upon to fod pi Ubrough the bad lands or mountains, and once said no other officer but Caster could have conducted the command thr. difficulties which seemed tnsurmounta' 80 enecessfully. On the morning of June 22, ime, Custer was given @ com- mand, and those who know him do not won. der that he tried to make the most of it, and bazarded all in an attempt to conquer the Sioux without assistance. forcements for ' On Thursday next six companies oi the 22 Tegiment, two companies of tne Sth infantry, and one hundred recraits for the Tun cav: will leave here under the command of Olis, Of the 22d, to reinforce Gen. Terry. 80 far no troops have gone to his assistance. Tre four companies which were der his Immediate command were promptly ia _mo- Uon and bave been encamped here for sev- gral Gays. Unfortunately, Col. Smitn, Gen. Terry's adjutant general, left Fort Lincoln to return to the scene of Operations the day before Col. Otis arrived. As @ result the Colonel's command, which is largely com- = of old Indian fighters, is ing under @ delay. However, everything is being put in order, and as soon as the balance of the force arrives Col. Otis will advance. The steamer Carroll arrived to-day and will re- uc + agama with reinforcements and supplies. Custer’s Widow Meart-Broken. - The copdition of Gen. Caster’s widow con- Unues to be alarming. During divine ser- vice at her bouse yesterday she fainted and remained in @ swoon for nearly au hour. eaicmametne FOREIGN NEWs. Reyeuue Reform in Italy. LoNvon, July 1s.—Tne Hour says iat the “Free Porte” bill now before the [talian Parliament proposes that within the pre- cincts of Ancona, Genoa, Livarno(Laghora), and otber large coast towns, goods may b> celivered or consumed without payment of duties. Another Failure. Lonpon, July 18. —Waiker & Co., worsted fpinvers, of Bradford, have failed.” Liabili- es, £6,500. A Financial Crists. Lorpon, July 18.—fue Financier says it has reason to believe that, in cmseqaence of the very unsatis/actory tenor of accounts just received in Loudon. ui the prospect of some importaut failare,@ large amount of bank notes bave been transmitted by some of the banks to the tron districts, The York Herald says the great depression tn tas Cleveland tron trade ars likely to cal- nancial complica- amo! been circulated om *Change tbat bills of a well-known firm have been sent back from the bank. The Grm, besides being one of the largest in the irom industry, is also a gigantic financial con- cern, @od in lis safety depends the existence ofa number of others. A private meetii of the principal iron masters of the distri mored afterwards that all ings were ad- —- until Thursday. It is currently be- jleved a is a if practicabie, to ‘rt irm in stock com, and by the . iguncies ot the by that case. If that is done the crisis will past over Without a general break down. is dead. Hilled # Fall from His Horse. pone Sipe neem, Seco © proca! yes from ipjaricn received by @ fall from hia THE TURKE WAR. News from Masselman Sonrees. ConsTANTINOPLE, July 15.—Toe Tarkiste armies of Nisea, Perat and Beigradigik are marching to effect @ junction at Alexanite. The Turkish news: Servian General The Turks are advancing into Servia. Austriau Rights Violated by the Turks Vienna, July 15.—Tne Presse says that — the en; it with the ineurgent THE SARATOGA KACES. Poor Prospect —— Water Te- the the water rougn and prospect is smali for toe race . » but the talk now is of o