Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1876, Page 1

ea a ESS eee ee ee THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, AT TUE STAR BUILDINGS, Fenusylvania Avenue, corser llth street, aT | The Evening Star "awspaper Company, | 8, H. XAUEFMANN, Pres’t. j STAR is served by carriers fo | SERETars Gus wren she four Cents month. Copies at counter, Two Cents each. By mail postage prepaid— | Sixty Cents a mouth; one year, $6. i THe WEEKLY Sran— published on Priday— 82a year, postage prepaid. SF AL mbscriptions invariably in arvance. 87 Rates of actvertising furnished on application, ‘ Che Evening Stat. Vo, 48—N&. 7,301. WASHINGTON, D. C.,. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1876. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICE NASD 4 48OG'OKS AIGN OLUS 5. IN @of the MASTER AL MSETIN virtane ese SUNDAY EVENING, at S o'clock, x ASSOCIATION BOOMS. corasr 9th acd D streets Sport Adécressee, ce of Song, oo Inquiry Meettag. Music led by Cornet and O: gan. All are 1 et CS ex: TIbe@ eompenen'ton was tnas ested m pea Bat August ist, at precise! lock. Ail lua: sné genticwen interested can tren ond there learn the time, place, and manner of tof the moi opriated Benember Ste: MANTS AWE INVITED TO oe ly at my office, t> cousalt on coarse to pursne sim th — of the Senate to pose Clainis Commission Billy WHITAKER, suglt-4t 715 ith street nor.nwest. To THE CaEpIrOse OF PaT&s Mcda- he undersigned, as-ignees of Mr. Peter McNs a. by voluntary ment. respectfully re yall persons w! ciaime against Mr. cNamarato furnish @ statement thereof, and all “bo are indebted to bim will please call on either Of the assignees for the porpoee of « vet:lem: p" up two fl ang DD, aed Bank Baf'd'ng. y¥ your bills for SPE- iT TAXES through J. ve a large THE BEST. MILBUBN’S SODA WATER, BATURAL SPBING WATERS on Draught, cor ead CHOOUOLATS. Nia AVENTR, near Willard’s. we LEWIS JOHNSON &CO., BANKERS, Corner af Wra Street and Peansyranta Avenue, Desiers in Government sud District Securities, Foreign Bxchange and Goid. seplt ly rm VOUS EXHAUSTION —A medical ae les of Lang indisputabl; Jost. ith may be ined, Shirdien ‘Soa nopeis of the impediments to and the treatment of nervous and physi- lity. being the result of 20 years’ ex perir ne $i devility being the revult of 30 yearn’ experi: UBL G. YOUNG, MOTABY PUBLIO, mun Ovrice—Staz ButLarke, SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING! 4T REDUCED PRICES. FEW OF THOSE SPBING CA33 suits lett to close oul for $8 at A. STRAUS’, 1011 Fenpsjlvania avenve FRE, NSITS MARSEILLES AND DUOK VESTS sold regardless to cost. A. STHAUS, HB 915 CASS. BUIT down to Sis. 1011 Penneyivania nae IGHT-OOLOBED CASS. PANTS at 94.50 an¢ ‘$9 that sold for $7. 4. STRAUS. HE $% BLAOX CLOTS DRESS SUITS re duced to §1S. 1011 Penrsyh avenue. LAID Oae8. SUITS on band yet are to be sold for $12. A. STSAUS. @BERAT VABIETY OF C438 PANTS, all colors and sizes,for @3 and 4. 1011 vonn- mivenia ‘ BY BOASS SUITS @7 and $4, formerly 6 aud g12. A. 8TBaU LPAOA LINES © MOHAIR DUSTESES a reduced prices. 1011 Penusyivauis sveaae. Eseties carck 4 SUITS to be die posed of for $10. 1011 Pennsylvania avenue. '¥s’ SOHOOL SUL’ + h at A. Bos. 828 TS, $4 and OF, at A. Craaases SULTS, (four to ten y of age,) ne. tee than cost. 1611 insyivanit Sootcs. OaSS. @12 SUITS for $3 at a. STBAUI Ex: Sis pap yee SnD TOANEES rom iaches, jaced prices. a sTeaue. NOLISH WORSTEO D. FROCK COATS E ND VSS 10 and formerly @i5 and 88. 1011 Penns ivanie a fe s ‘OU! ESS FINS WORSTED OOATS and VESTS (from 36 to 9 years) reduced to @W, for- merly 16. 1011 Penusyivanis avenue, Pena. arenze. OENTENSIAL VISITORS SHOULD TAKS AD- VANTAGE OF T! BOVE BABGAINS. 4N_BSRLY SELECTION FROM WISHING TO LBAVE THEO CITY WILL SSCURS THE SEST BARGAIN. ya QUIMiad Sates ee aay 8; the whole world. ‘They can be Engetntcaby two small screws to szucuy S110 hose pain or ‘They are made of Bracilian Pebble aoa the Dewiy discovered De surpassed. Measure taken end order ta fifteen minutes. ISAAC ALBXANDER. 1229 Penn. ave., jef-latptr Inventor. Pstentee and Maoufactarer, RELI se Renae ee ar me Braailian Pebble Spectacles. | Gect-ly letp CEULEHBATED CBYSTAL SPRING 4LES AND PORTER. THOMAS WALSH Acext, 1th and £ streets northwest, eugi0-dm* Washingtoa, BD. O. PSICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ial, Wo conte: Hall's Hiaie' becates, Wore > 1 conte: '* Hair Benewer, 5 jelmbold’s Buchu, % cents; Wrights Pilis, 2) cents; Pierce's Disc sory. 35 conte; Brown’ Ginger. 4 cents; Glenn's Sulphur 20 cents; Berson s Celery and Neuralgis, cents W. * . sugiS 6c* 317 Mass.’ ave., corner ath strest. MBS. FBIBS, plower balmer, aca im 09 Sb street borthwest. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGs. #2 Tubs Prime BUTTE fn store. bd aay by Express. D. EB. DUTROW, snal8 %* __ 20S th st. opp enter Market. UNSUBPASSED TRUNKS! at HARNESS! TRUNKS! MeMUR, i practical manuractunss, — = **’® euglétr 806 MaBKBT SPace. BS. F. LB. GE B. the Prame. — serine = 1 7 We. Bazxon, B.M. Boswait. D.W. Larmaa BARMON, BOSWELL & CO., tas Street, near Peansyivanis avenne. EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. —— GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.—Inter- Bal revenue, $621 607 55; customs, $574,625.35, Tomas Y. Mossy has been appointed gauger of internal revenue for the 5th Vir- srbia district. THE} RESIDENT arrived at Long Branch at 4p. m. Saturday, and In the evening drove alopg the beach behind @ fast trotter, and wes cordially greeted by the promeuaders and riders on the route. GENEAL JOHN Eaton, Commissioner of Education, has gone to New Hampshire for ® month’s vacation. During ols absence Dr. Charles Warren, chief clerk, is acting Commissioner. ARMY ORDERS —Second Licat. L. Wil- helmi, 1st Infantry, is relieved from duty at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, and or- dered to join bis regiment witvout delay. First Lieut. George E. Ford, 3d cavalry, is ordered to recruiting duty. THE CoMMISSION to pave Pennsylvania avenue have appointed Mr. John A. Par- tridge, of this elty. general superintendent of paving at $150 per month, and Mr. D. W. Balley,of Hingham, Mass., foreman of as- phalt work, ut $4 per day. TSE FovurR AND a Hatr Per Cests— The Secretary of the Treasury has not yet completed the arrangements for disposing of tbe £300,000 000 of 44 per cent. bonds, but it is probable that the question will be settled early this week, and une entire amount taken by Various parties composing a syndicate on favorable terms both to themselves and tue government. Pay Isspxrctor James N. Carpenter, U. 8.N., recently on duty at Pensacola, Fla, and who was tried by court martial and found guilty of neglect of duty, anofficerlike conduct, &c., was sentenced to be dismissed from the service, but his sentence has been mitigated to suspension frum rank aod duty and to be placed on furlough pay for tne period of five years from the 15th instant. ROBBERS DISAPPOINTED—The chief of the Bareaa of Statistics received, by this morning's mail, several returns from the collector of customs at Puget Sound, en- closedinan envelope which bore marks of rough usage, aud contained the following endorsement: ‘‘Torn by robbers on Siskiyan Mountain, Jackson county, Oregon, August 10, 1576, 8:30 o'clock p m.” The robbers were, no doubt, in search of facts, not figures. TURKEY AND SERVIA DETERMINED TO FiGuT It OuT.—The Turkish minister in this city is In receipt of the official declara- | tlon of the Turkish government in which Servia is charged with beicg entirely re- sponsible for the present war and its attend- ant horrors, and expressing the determina. tion of the Porte to push the war toa suc- cessful conclusion. advices from Belgrade State that an extraordinary cabinet council ws beld on Friday, at whica it was resolved wo coutinue the war to the last extremity. CHANGES IN THE QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT.—Colonel L. C. Easton, as- sistant quartermaster general, has been ordered to relieve Colonel Rufus Ingalls, as- sistant quartermaster general. of his duties in charge of the general depot of the quarter- master de; as @ mem tment in New York city, and © of the board of army amba- inted on the 16th of March, 1875. is, upon being relieved, will r port to the commanding general military di- visiou of the Pacific for duty as chief qaai termasier of the division, and ia charge the quartermaster depot at Saa Fraacisc>. Pror. LANGSTON ON THE CURRENCY {UESTION.—A special dispatch to the Bos- ton Globe says: ‘Prof. Langston, of Wash- ington, addressed the republicans of Mont- ter, on the Common, Thursday evening. jut short notice was given, yet there was @ large assembly 0! gence and common sénée to listen to hi marks. Hespoke for @n hour and 8 haifar1 held his audience closely till the last mo- ment. He knew what he was talking about and the audience soon discovered the fact, aud es bim warmly at (requeat in- tervals.” PERSONAL.— President Welling, of Co- Tumbian University, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Annie King, of this city, are ; also the Portuguese minister aghters. Watterson preciates the + Wai ap) cost of type-setting in Washington, and con- tents bimself ith &@ two line biographical the Directory. -*** says: most graceful and ele. SS seen on the drives of Cape lay is Mrs. Aulick, widow of the sou of Commecdore Aulick, of Washington, D. C. She is @ tall bionde, with @ carriage and almost as notable as her beau- POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.—The clause in the legislative, executive and judicial ap- Propriation bill, as agreed upon by the con- ference committee and passed by Congress Just befort adjournment,which was intended to prohibit assessments for political pur. poses in the executive departments of the government, reads as follows: “That all executive officers or employes of the United States not appointed by the Pre. oor gions the Co eng and near bead the Senate, are probi! ‘rom requesting, to, or receiving from, any other officer or employe of the government any Lene So prope. ty or other thing of vaiue for political purposes, and any such officer or employe who shall offend against the provisions of this section snall be at once discharged from the service of the United States, and be sball also be deemed gullty of a misde- and on conviction thereof, shall be ed in & sum Dot exceeding #500.” It Is claimed that this provision amounts to nothing, and that political contributions can be made as usual, except that they must now be given to some member of the cam- paign committee who is not an officer or employe of the United States. The law, it Will be noticed, prohibits ooly officers and employes of the government from request. ing, giving to, or receiving from, soy other officer or employe of the government any money or property, &c., but oiher persons are bot forbidden to make such collections. In ove of the executive departments the clerks have already been called upon by one not in the ce eae of the government for contributions to the extent of = cent. of their salaries, and their attention bas been called to the defect in the law by which they can make such contributions witbout incurring the penaities prescribed.” THE CUTTING Down Process IN THE Navy.—The naval appropriation bill passe1 at the last session of Pe ER | EEE w @t 2.300 tops and cerries Dutil a8, therefore ber complement of mon wi Much smailer thau that of the Fran The eight new sloops recently the Trenton, Adams, Kal x, ance, Alert, Huron, and are eit is commissh @ or will soon be ready for sea, {inke the place of larger vessels @brosd. * vessels are sil Soe with com- , gives, and therefore caa be Kept in ser. ce with @ mach smaller qaantl pal tbaD vessels of ibe nid class. In ent ser 2 hnltashine teers stncgstane 3 ri ry = ter of naval officers woo have been oa snore opty. will their ai DEATH OF SPEAKER KERR. THE LAST SAD SCENES. Arrangements w the Funeral, Sketeh of His Life and Services Speaker Kerr died 20 o'clock Saturday evening, at Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va, calmly and without pain. At the settiag of the sun he went quietly to rest; so quietly, indeed, that Dr. Pope, who was noting every change, had hardly time to summon the apxious watchers in the room to the bedside of his patient. Though it had long been evident that theonly relief from his suf. ferings would be death, his noble wife, who through bis long il/ness had tended him with untiring love @od devotion, could not real ize that the fal moment of j arting hai inevitably come; but, with streaming eyes aod breaking heart, besought him, not to leave ber. The Speaker's son, a yoying man of some twenty-one years, whoie a‘tection or bis father has always besa wetked. clang to the cold hand of the dyinug\man with tae silent anguish of despair. \ THE DEATH SCEN was one of peculiar pathos and solemnity. The eyes of the Speaker rested with a look of yearning tenderness upon his stricken family, and then wandered slowly around the room asif witha iast farewell to those present. Hon. 8.8. Cox stood at the head of the bed, and was deeply aifected. The Speaker's secretary, Mr. White, and Mr. Scudder, bis clerk, were also with him. DETAILS OF HIS ILLNESS. The condition of emaciation to which the Speaker was reduced by the ravages of his disease can only be expressed by saying that his bog presented the appearance of a skele- ton. Every bone was distinctly perceptidie under the thin, tightly-drawa skin, waile even the line of the spinal coluran was visi. bie through the collapsed walls of the abdo- men. For more than sixty hours before death be took no nourishment. The disease that baitied the medical skill of the country Was phehenis intestinalis, or consumption of the bowels. During Saturday the Speaker lay ina sémi- lethargic condition, with eyes somewhat in- troverted and half covered by the lids, osca- sionally varied by @ suddea start, as if from sleep, at which time the intellect would be again thorougaly aroused. He suffered par. ox} ams of intense pain, which were reudered visible by the knotied cords of the muscies of the and limbs and contraction of the nerves of the face and eyes, though there was but littie audible indication of his saf- fering except @n occasional hollow groan. He seemed at times to make painful at- tempts to express himseif audibiy without success, and could only indicate by gestures or an occasional spasmodic whisper bis wishes. His mind was clear to the last. He ree-gnized Hon. Montgomery Blair and others who spoke to him, and shortly before death indicated to Dr. Harris, of the Metho- dist church, his readiness to die and hopes of afature life of happiness. About nooo bis son read @ telegram from @ friend in [n- na. He listened intently, and nia mind evidently wandered for @ time to the past. He made a faint gesture of pleasure wnen allusion was made to his vindication from the ernel charge recently made against his bonor and the handsome tribute pald to his sterling integrity in Mr. Carpenter’s late speech before the Senate. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL. An embalmer was sent from here to Rock- bridge Alum Springs Saturday night to em. balm the body, and last nigut the casket for the remains was forwarded. The party ac- companying it included Representatives Saylerand H. Casey Young, together with Colonel Adams, the Clerk of the House, under whose direction, in the absence of au- thorized agencies, the preparations were mace, Ex-Speaker Banks was invited to go, but he was obliged to declineowin< to engagements requiring him to leave W ash- ington lest nignt for theeast. Altnougs Presidents and Vice Presidents have whbt'e in office, this is the only case wher Speaker of the House has died while oceapy- ing tbat position. The party which left last night for the springs were to arrive tuera this morning at 8 o'clock, when it was to ba determiped whether the remains will be con- veyed to New Albany by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and the Onto river, or by continuous railroad to New Albany by way of Washington. THE REMAINS COMING THROUGH WASH INGTON. The following was received this afteracon from Hon. 8. 8. Cox: ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS, VA, Au- ust 21.—Mr. Adams and Mr. Sayler arrived ere this pom hal goy the casket. The re- mains are em |, @nd the escort wil! jeave for Wi this evening and ar- rive there at 7 in the morning, thence by first train for the west. Sergeant at-Arms Thompson arrived here this morning, and sent several telegrams to Rock Alum Springs stating that he was here, and was ready to make arrangements to trans} the remains to New Albany. About noon he received a from Mr. Cox saying:—“Arrive at Washington at 7 to-Morrow morning, and then leave as soon as up! S ible for the west, Nothing to be doue l we arrive.” When the remains arrive in Washing- ton t-at-Arms Thorrpson will take charge of them. He is in favor of having them lie in state one day in the rotunda of the Capitol. Speaker Sayler, before leaving last night for Rockbridge Alum Springs, also Strongly favored such @ course. This will depend very much on the feell of Mra, Kerr tn this respect, and until faneral party arrive here noone can tell what the programme will be. HIS LIFE AND SERVICES. Michael Crawford Kerr was born March 15, 1827, on his father’s farm at Titusville, Pa. His twin brother, Marsnall, who sar- vives him, is a farmer in Weatera Penasyl- vania. His father was Scoteh-Irisn, aud his mother of German origin. Until the age of eighteen he worked on his father’s farm, and subsequently taught school for several years. Without tied — aid of ——_ he wired @ good education, euting his sthdies In the most secladed manner At the death of his father, in 1539, he formea the design, from which he never varie1, of acquiring position in society by the atd of knowledge. 1n 1547 he was pursuing bis academic studies at Erie, Penusylvancia, but, impatring @ constitution never stroog, was forced toseek @ milder climate fartaer soath. He accordingly removed to Ken- tucky, studied law, and graduated in the law department of the university of that state in 1851. Tne same year he settled in New Albany in the practice of his profes- sion. Io} he was elected city attorney, and prosecuting attorney of Floyd county in 185. He served io the legisiature tp 1853 and 1857, and was elected supreme court re- ‘ter in 1861. He was a member of the Thirty-ninth Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty- second and Forty-fourth ee: 7 tical career is @ part of the his! of is country. Mr. Kerr professed no religious creed. He was @ Mason @nod an Odd Kel- NaAvAL OnpErs.—Lieut. Charles H. Stock- ton, detached from the Hydrographic Office ‘and ordered tothe Plymouth at Boston, in of Lieut. Webster Doty, detailed from Ri ‘and placed on waiting orders. THERE 18 A MOVEMENT on foot in the to raise ® pool in each of the sev- eral bureaus for the benefit of those who lose a be distributed equally among the ones. Tre ENROLLING CLERKS of the House of ought to be. By the ~ mer seas 1eey tailed to ia tye ve tae gum of wr oer ee fn the bili an tf was fester to the ‘wae never 60 1! of Treasury Department Redaction. NEARLY SIX HUNDRED PERSONS TO BE DISCHARGED. There will be 510 persons discharged from the regular rolis of the Treasury department under the reductions directed by the recent acts of Congress. In addition to these there will be about fifty persons discharged who are temporarily employed, most of whom are in the Tressorer’s office. Of those to be dis- charged there will be taken from the Secre tary’s office, 85; Superintendent’s office, 26 office of Supervisipg Architect, 7; Bureau o Sratistics, 10; First Controller's ovfica, 7; Second Covtroller's office, 16; First Auditor's office, 6; Auditor's office, 31; Third Auditor's office, 39; Fourth Auditor's office, 7; Fifth Auaitor’s office.7; Sixth Auditor's office, 10; Treasurer's office, 116, of whom 56 will be taken from the National Bank Re demption division; Register’s offics, 61 office of the Controller of the Carrency, 25, Internal Reveuue Bureau, 51. Tue offi vers to be discharged are graded as follows: Cuiels of Division, 3; Assisiant Catef of Division 1; Disbursing Clerx, 1; fourth class clerks 32; third class, 65; second class, 69; first cass, 53; clerks at $2,000 per annam, 2; clerks ai $1,000 per apnum, 9; at $950 per annum, 195, messengers at 2510 per annum, 18; messen gers at $720 per annum, 2; laborers at $720 per annum, 37; charwomen at 8180 per an- num, 15; money order assorters at $1,00) per avnum, 2; fremen at #720 per annum, 3; depa- Ues, 2; assistant photographer, 1. | Nearly oue-baif of all those to be discharged are Women. The 195 clerks rated at $900 are ali women. Resignations continue to be re celved by the Secretary of the Treasury from clerks who prefer to have the amounts o{ their salaries and leaves of absence from the present date until tue 10th of Ostober, rather Uban remain until that period and take the ee of being dismissed in the general re uction. ALABAMA ELECTION FRAUDS.—The At- torney General has instructed tue U.S. dis. trict aitorneys in Alabama to commence suit in certain cases of fraud and intimida tion during the late election in that state. These cases have been reported here, and beg be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Few Die anv Nong Resi@Nn.—Secretary Chandier will giveall clerks who resign now pay until October Ist, aud all who resign from September Ist, pay until October 10th. Resigvations, it 1s neeoless to say, come in very slowly in this department, everybody hoping that be will eseape offi sial decapita- lon. REVENUE AGENTS.—Under a recent act of Congress providing for a partial reorgani- zation of the internal revenue service the country has beer divided into eighteen reve- nue agency districts, and revenue agents have been assigned to duty therein as fol- lows: Horton, to Boston; McoLees, New York; Mitchell, Philadelpbia; Burr,’ Baiti- more; Wagner, Greenboro, N. C.; Chamber. lin, Atlanta, Ga.; Gaven, Detroit; Meyer, St. Louis; Miller,’ Desmotiaes, Ia; Kinney, Springfield. 1il.; Tompkins, Louisville, Ky. Hill, Memphis, Tenn.; Hale, Buffalo, N.Y: Crane, San Francisco. The few remaining agents will be assigued some time this week There are seven agents left for general daty. Tne functions of internal revenue saper- vitors ceased on the 15th instant. At that date there were only two on duty, the others having etther resigned or been appointed to other positions. CARRYING OUT THE ELECTION LAWs — The Attorney General Is preparing, and will in a few days issue, specific instructions to U.S. marshals in every state ip the Uniou, instructing them as to their duties and rights under the election laws. The object of the Administration, as stated by the Attorney General, is to secure Wevery citizen, in Mas- sachbuseltts 38 well as in South Carolina, nis full riguis under the law. Tbe marsoals having once been instructed as to their riztits uncer the law will be expected to enforce them; and if they cannot do this with the usnal force at their command, then the m:l- tary will be sent to assist them Under the order issued to Gen. Sherman there will be no present change in the xta- tions of troops ip any of the states, north or south, but the order itself will be Issued in Ube form of a general order, and sent to all officers commanding divisions, departments and its, and a will it as a suff cient notice to hold their troops in readiness to answer any legal demand that may be made by them to assist in executing the Jaw. Gen. Sherman, in King of this order, s@ys he does not believe it is the in- tention of the President to interfere un \uly in the affairs of apy state, but thinks that the President has determined, aa far as lies io gh in there shall be @ fair and able election in every state in the Union, even if all the available force of the army — used to protect citizens in their rig RECRUITING THE ARMY.—General oriers No. 84, from the headquarters of the army, is as follows: In order to increase the strength of the cavalry regiments, as pro- vided by the act of Congress approved Au- gust 15, 1876, with the least possible delay, the superintendent of the mounted recruit- ing service will immediately establi-h as meee additional — lezvous — branch rendezvous aa may be necessary. The super- intendent will also make the necessary in- crease in the strength of the several recruit- ing parcies. Posters will be distributed in the beighborhood of the several rendezvous. Officers attached to the general recruiting service and stationed in cities where there is no cavalry rendezvous are direcied to enlist for the cavalry suck good men as may apply specially for that arm. These men will be separately reported to the superintcadent of the mounted recruiting service, and disposed of under his orders. The standard of cavairy recruits will, until farther orders, be as fei- lows: Height, not below five feet three inches; weight, not to exeved one hundred and seventy-five 8. This standard shail not extend to musicians nor to soldiers who may re-enlist or have served honestly and taithfully @ previous enlistment in the army. 1a cases Where an unexceptionable recrait presents bimself, whose height or weight htly exceed this standard, discre- ton Is allowed the recruiting officer to ac cepthim. The present regulations tn rela- Uon to enlistments for colored regiments, which make no restriction as to weight and prescribe that the height shall not ba less bod five feet two inches, wiil continue in force. Political Notes. A gentleman of leisure who has re-read Tilden’s letter with great care, in order to find any allusion to the war for the Union, has discovered the purase, “kindred popu- lations once unnaturally estranged.” This, be thinks, ean be construed, without vio- lence, The Place for the Thomas Statae. Editor Star; I see by your paper, as well as by the Sunday papers, that the “Army of the Cumberland” express a feeling of dissat- isfection at the selection of “‘Stanton Place,” ap unbullt part of the city, for the erection of the equestrian statue of Gen. Thomas. Tne expression of this dissatisfaction is hardly to be wondered at, when it is remembered that there are so many unoccupied circles and reservations in tbe clty in the midst of prominent and built up thoroughfares. Making ne invidious dis- Unctions, &ad with no intention to discrimt- nate ag-inst any of the numerous pretty and eligible points in the city, where pcople pass avd and where it is bulit ap would suggest the “Circie” at the intersection of New Jersey ayenus and I and 2d streets, as a very proper and eligible place for tne Thomas statue. This point is high ground; is in @ range with the ‘apitol, at the intersection of prominent, paved, and built up streets, with a fine ave- nue also paved, and where at a low estimate ten thousand people aes and repass, on foot or vehicle, weekly. Itis the prominent focal polot of thousands, citizens and strangers. going and returning from St. Aloysius’ church, and it is & prominent and interesting drive for strangers and citizensalike in seek- ing recreation and pleasure. Nor is this ies devoid of political or historic interest. t was long the home of the late Senator Stephen A. Dougiass, of Gen. Grant, and of Gen. Sherman. So that, considered in any aspect, the place would do as much honor to the Thomas statue as the statue would do to the place. Let this place be respectfully considered. Located ina vg bailt up and thickly settled community, the charge of a “ripg” in real estate speculation cannot, at least, be justly sustained. Yours truly, # friend of the Hgre Tomas. Angust 21, 1876. MEETING DEATH WHILE JUMPING FOR Liberry.— coors Sheldon and another ne- gro in the United States service in the Van- dalia, at the navy yard, robbed an officer's room of $800 and Concealed the money in their bunks, where it was recovered. They were put in trons. On Tuesday night the: broke their shackles and jum; ov 5 The second boatswain heard the splash and acry forhelp. He next saw the body of a negro floating out with the tide. He aroused some of the crew and went ashore. They found Sheldon’s companion hid in the sha- dow of some kegs. He was rearrested. Yes- terday tbe body of Sheldon was found close by the skip.— (NV. ¥. Sun, 19th. SIXTY YEARS AGO, occurred “the year withcuta summer.” Frost cecarred in every month of the 816. Ice formed half an inch thick in snow fell to the depth of ten inches In Vermont, seven in Maine, three in the Interior of New York, and also in Massachusetts in June; ice was formed of the thickress of common window glass troughout New England, New York aud some parts of Pennsylvania oh the Sth of July; Indian corn was so frozen that the ogg part was cut down and dried for fod- erin August, and farmers supplied them- selves from the corn produced {u 1815 for the seed of the spring of 1817. AFRAID TO ARREST “RALN-IN-THE- Face”—The Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard Says: ‘A private letter received at this of- fice from Lieut. Roach, dated at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, August 3, says: ‘Ratn-in-the-Face, who 1s reported to have killed Col. Tom Custer and afterward to have cut bis heart out, is now at this agency. As our force has been too small to risk trouble in arresting him, he has not been disturbed.’ We learn from other sour- «<3 that a number of well-known hostile [a- dians, who were engaged in the Custer mas- sacre, are al the same agency, bul the troops do not, or d: not, arrest the _———————— FIARRISONBURG AND FREDERICKSRURG RalLRoaD.—The work of changing the track on the completed portion of this road toa 3-foot gauge commenced last week, and up to last accounts had progressed at’ the rate ofbalfa mileaday. The engincers are ap- primey eine poten and are expectci in town in a few days. They report having found an easy grade over the Blue Ridge. It is the purpose of the Royal land company to ut the road under contract from Orange urthouse to Rawley Springs at once. The work is to be completed in twelye months.— (Harrisonburg ( Va.) Old Dom. peed AD ee Eek nw SARATOGA RACES.—At Saratoga, N. Y., Saturday, the mile and @ half dash for beaten horses was won by Romney, Preston second, Gray Friar third—time, 2:33x%. Tne mile dash for all ages over twe years by Brother to Bassett, Courier second, Gray Nun third—time, 1:45. ‘The four-mile dash by St. Martin panting Viator—time, 7: Th juarter mile race e three by Derb; 1:204; and steeple chase by Trouble, eax second, and Standford i—time, DEATH OF A ForMER NAVAL OFFICER. sy t a re cm mone pont =. week, of apoplexy, whilst taking At the breaking out of the late war the de- ceased was first lieutenant comman: tae feceiving ship Peansyivania st Moriblk, an, but resig and entered the confederate service, where he was promoted to the grade of captain in the navy, and commanded the Selma in the naval ep; it with Com. Farragut in Mobile y, Where he was Wwonnded and taken » THERE doesn’t seem to be tting into ® panic abont the etter rding the use of soutb. It is @ matter of regret tha’ things, we want a fair ion, in which each voter rp oe honest convic- llops. If wecan’t have it without troops, Weare sorry. If they are misused, the peo- a see @ remedy applied.—{ Boston Her- THE CHEts TOURNAMENT at Philadelphia ‘was coptipued Saturday. Barbour lost two games, one to Davidson and theother to Mae son. A contest between H.E. Bird and P. Ware, jr., postponed from Friday, resulted ipa draw. The game between Elison and Roberts resulted in a draw. Mason won a pkg game from Martinese. Thus for Yaa is abead, with Davidson a good eecond. Com. MAGUIRE, bow serving out & sen- tence of six months’ imprisonment for his counection with the whisky frauds, writes tothe St. Louis Evening Dispatch to cor- rect some misstatement as the period when his term will expire, and threatens to make it lively fur certain moral reformers when he regains his liberty. PERSONAL DirFricuLty —We learn from private sources that SS aigeme difficulty oc- cured in Danville, Va., on Saturday be- tween W. T. Manning, of the News, and Daniel Dechert, of the Ex , in wh'ch Mapping attem; to cowhide Dechert, and < hot, though not seriously.—[ Lynchburg ( THE WAGES REDUCTION to employees on pany feeling, among? sreone interested at mu minent points along t the line. Saturda: Ee, aa aet sor phen ies mont, ser Grafton bogey ot omaployees to pen ee eee eee determfne' upon action in th Telegrams to The Star. THE TUREISH WAR. FIGHTING ALL YESTERDAY, ——9— SERVIA'S LAST STAND. — RUSSIA'S LITTLE GAME. PORTUGAL'S FINANCIAL SMASH. A DESTRUCTIVE HURR’OANE. Se THE ORIENTAL ROW. Merocco Goes Back on Turkey. Panis, Augast 21.—Intelligence recei vet here states that the Emperor of Morocco has declared his bility to send his customary subsidy to the Sultaa of Turkey, owing to the heavy drain on his resources, caused by repression of disturbances in his own do mipion. The Servians Last Lonpon, August 21.—Tue Daily 2 & special dispaten from Alexinaiz, dated the 18th inst., which states that General Tcher- nayeff has removed his headquarters to Deligrad, where be bas 30,000 men for a final stand. The abandonment of Alexinatz is contemplated. The Peace BaL@Rabe, 21. im ie. —Sinee the cabinet council held here on Saturday last, the peace party appears to have gained ground, and an early a Of @n armistice is thougnt Pprob- able. Fighting All Day Yesterday: Fighting was proceeding ali through yes- terday in the direction of Alexinatz. No official account of the result has = been communicated here, from which it is appre- hended the Servians were worsted. Russia im the Back Ground. A special dispatch from Berlin to tne Pall Mail © azette says. “It is stated that General Tebperayef!s — of victory have ebanged the peacefal aisposition of the Ras- sien egg — the ag confidentiy expecting vorabie cha: in the posi- tion of the Servians, has avendoues Tasdia- tory efforts. It is asserted that the possesses undeniable proofs that the Rus- sian consular agents have been inciting in- <arrection In Bulgaria. ee FOREIGN NEWS. ‘The “ Dory” Centennial. LIVERPOOL, August 2i—The Dory “Cen- teppial,” from Gloucester, Mass., arrived here to-day. Failure. LONDON, Anvgust 21._James & Lewis Fraser & Co., East India merchants, of 3 White Lion court, Cornhill, have suspsnded. Liabulties are at present uaknown. Killed by Lightning. Parts, August Zi._M. Camille Claude, republican member of the chamber of depa- ties for Toul, department of Meurthe et Moselle, was strack by lightning yesterday and killed. Silver. LoNpom, August 21.— Silver today is quoted at 514d. Another Fa! David Martin, Eder & . export mer. chants, of No. 61 Basinghall street, have failed. Their liabilities are stated at £2,000, The Financial (Crisis im Portagal. LONDON, August 21.-Tbe Times in its fivancial article says the fvancial crisis in Portugal originated in the failure of some financial banks in Oparto, aud is @ revival of the revival there in May last, when some weak banks were assisted by the stronger institutions. The gov: rnment also advanced money. The bilis then discounted for the —_ banks — — run their —— @od ir position is unimproved, ‘stronger banks refuse to renew their bills. The blun- der of the Bank of Portugal and others Penge cash to meet the run aggra’ nd so for the want of a few thousand @ number of banks were compelled to close their doors. It is it the large @mount of sover- eigna (not silver, as tated) which have gone from the Bank England will May crisis the restore confidence. In the goverpment imported goid, bat the iow rate ted it ‘away; hence its searcity, which banks perhaps might bave prevented by reimporting gold ten days ago instead of now. A Great Strike ef Railroad eapeares. Nzw York, August 21—The —— of New York and New Jersey railroad, the. }, Conductors, brake- Three Peopie Drowned. ITHACa, August 2i._By the upsetting of ® sail boat on Cayuga lake. yesterday, James, son of J.C. King, and Patrick Gar- vey, of Ithaca, and Jacob Lick, of Rochester, were drowned. The bodies have not been recovered. Frosts Last Night. NEw YORK, August 21.—rrosts reported last pigbt from Port Jervis, N, Y., aud M.l- ford, Pa. ———— per, 4.0085.00; do. family, 5.25a6 Mills super, 2.75a3: . € Rio Brands, 6.50a6.75; de. fam: active and firm—western red, 1.158121; Maryland red, 81.20; do. amber, 1.22a1.23; 125. Corn—southern steady—western, duli =e 4 southern brag do. By yw , western x Spot; ae 3 posthera prime, 30035: westera 6 ly — sou! * a white, 34035; do. mixed, 30833 Rye steady, Guat. Hey steady and demand good — eae srpamaan et lean, peer Kumar ce the Balt eader tow incouse 3 rink whea eee See eee | a Cam paige Ratha Parson Brownlow pertinently asks: “What right have Tilden and Hendricks, both sym- pathizers wite rebellion, to arraign the party which saved the Union for lerying taxes to pay the interest en the national debt and make anpoa! redactions ‘rom the inctpal? It ie rot those who but those og oon @ debis taal sbould weareigeea Invevtion—one , the other Nw. os ry ag Brequtrer (dem.) accuses ® politi- SLct'EaT ieprcent et teas oat TD | epg? oy ee ee publican candidates next November. Mosquitoes are wearing Hayes and Whee) Dadges between the shoulder blades. ---- The soodene O. Teoeepees sant at Armeat the House of Represcmtatives, is tn New York. He carries ® razor, and ix liable to Face THES matey tage-—(ohe ae —_———____. TSE ORDER OF AMEKICAR Uston.—Mre VanNortwick, a member of the New Jersey sevate, on bebalfof the onier of the O. A. peony ne @ long letter to Gov. respect *sventh piank of the Oinel pau atform, referring to public schools, and eae ot Mr. Hayes - a Was the seventh plank of the Cinctnnatt latform merely 1Dserted to J. and similar nizations into the sup- ort of certain ees’ Is isoniy a deius- on, ® spare, ® lie? Were the men who so uproariously greeted its reading in conven. tion only 60 many ciaquers hired to gel ap a cheap demonstration” Was the recent con- test In the United States Senate over thi very last issue only another act in the play of deception? With the highest possible re- spect for you, sir, I ask these plain qaestions for the enlightenment of myselt, of the or- ganization with which I stand And Of the hundreds of thousands scattered from Maine to California who sympathize pin its principles and approve its mis. sion.” Mr. Van Nortwick concludes: “A mere Platform declaration is not sufficient for the earnest workers of the O.A.U. It must be supplementet by sharp, decided action om the bustings and through the prese. The membership of the organization is pot the class of men whom politicians can juggle or catch with chaff. ‘They are men possessing the ability to think, w reason, to jadge, to act. ge yy of the yore of party fealty and dare approve the right wherever they find it. Such men have an interest in understanding whetner the 7th plank of the Cincinnati plank means busi- bess or otherwise. If the resolution be @ &mere wordy exhalation, then the: must their time. If on the otner hand, it means that the school question isa line issue in the present canvass, then the: pert that the word will be passed to m ight along the whole line. Until that word is given and the movement begins In eara- est they will necessarily feel that they have BO part or lot in the matter.” ment, how Turks govern. The a of the living by sponge febing. belooged te site te yy sponge , Delon 0 1832 to the & of Greece, but were handed ey al the final settiement. They were, however, allowed to continue their self government till, in 1867, the Porte sud- denly subjected them to Turkish officials, => ar a om, ~~ reason whatever, of a vileges, and imposed & variety of new = ne islanders fea almost €D masse, the sponge fishing boats sank from 450 to 150, and the prosperity of the islands disap |. The people are ruined and the Porte not benefited, the whole transaction peeling only in pay fora few officials. This is way in which the Pashes eat up their own resources under the status quo in Turkey, which Mr. Disraelt calls upon all wise Englishmen to protect. Suppose the Southern Sporades go back ta Greece, who except pashas will be ine losers? | wondon Spectat A CoaDIUTOR AROHEISHOP oF BALTI- MORE.—Right Rey. James Gibbons, Bisho; of Richmond, Va, who, it bas been stated, Will soon be transferred to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, as coadjator of Archbishop Bayley, was expected in Baltimore at a late bour last night, and will remain at the resi cence of Rev. Father McManus, church. Archbishop Bayley is at Seaton Hall, N. J., wnere be has been so- jourpingsome ur« rhis health. Recently be spenta few days at Long Branch, bat the need Of quiet &nd retiremeut Induced him to return to Seaton Hal coadjutor. Though the arcbbisnop has not as yet done what Pp credits Bim with baving done, it is believed he intends to cure the appointment of the B: of mond, Va@., a5 coadjutor Arch! of Bal- tUmore cum jure successionis. No iclal in~ timation of [the fact, however, has besn re- ceived from Archbishop Bay ley.—{ Balt. Sun, AN INNOCENT MAN LYNCHED.—A spe- to the 8t. Louis Giobe- Demo- crat says: me nag: egy on committed Basque coun! ‘cas, & few days young ma&nof good standing from Soheson county, named Dixon, was paying his devo- tions to a lady, and became jealous of the attentions of avother young man. The latter circulated the report that Dixon had of girl left. The ther and fol- lowed Comanche him on @ fictitious charge, ‘4 took bint im. They that Dixon after the slecomy wed, Tne maurder- CONGRESSMAN SOoTT LORD Is in town to- day. He paid @ visit to the democratic headquarters, and had something to do there to Fatisfactorily €: pain his “Southern out- rages” resolution. 8 reasons for tai! pro- ceeding were very elaborately state, oat ~ informant could not say positively he succeeded in convinelc a brethren Of its wisdo.n or expetiency ere is to be a meeting of the Tammany people at the wi, Unis evening. and it is under- stood he bas rensived au invitation to Bo t—(¥. Om. Phila. Ledger, ih CHEERFUL Cares. yh A party of Philadelphia police sur- ene ae M county, Pa, ~ night, Yeaac Dayton, Joun Faliea aud Sohn ill, the alleged murderers of Chisiett at Eimwood, N. J., Augast 5. whereabouts was discovered & let. ter from Hill to his mother, who |i ves asa domestic in Philadelpnia with a brother of ®@ policeman. They deny the ——- and it yesterday si: aking ib tbe central stations Batlateipsio. ? A SANGUINARY DUEL —Tw2 Communist Other with Batsres.— A A a Estee ‘ i Inoompetency, or & cesses Deighvorhood. 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