Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1876, Page 1

ee Two Ceniseach. By matposage pr Sixty Cent & monte; one year, 86. Tue WEEKLY STAR—puhiiehed Om Priday— aaa your, postage prepand. 70 ores BF AL nibserspisons trwartab'y im echemee. Voz, 48—N2. 7356. BT Rates of catvertiovyg furmisred on appitcation, ree ___SPECIAL Novices. _| EVENING STAR. 2OF THE (RECTORS of S'S HOST SL wi'l be bold t s° | Washington News and Gossip. “GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.—Inter ‘oal revenue, $244,865.40; customs, $303,521 a) tg of the Booed tx requested. mer (ker) Lectere t rs sof Tempersuce ! ” Tisksts 2 octke® days. sae absent several days. FADBATH AFTEBROOR, - AT 3% O'CLOCK on €d to Sri04,567. E en specialty tuvited. | cer LY OF Lapa. { four avd @ half pe ts. substituted. L Con. J. M. Met ae avente, TUSSDA Peon 3 By order of tne Goa M October 24, at 23 3 street, between Tand © or information re cal matters in connection with tne National owed vance of tras tives om ele ee WRIGHT NEWMAN,” | Republican committee, and wiil not proba- Cems 8 Chatrmas Executive Committee. | bly return unili after the Presidential elec- ton. TO VIBGIN(A VOTEBS —All peresns thie District who are entitled to vote ta Viz will, and residence t A Scaae a. Bei tat turned to this city this morning from Phila take an official part In the exercises of [is- trict and Maryland day st the Centeanial exbibition. , fl be fureished upon applic ee wil be furni pom emi TIONAL SAK DEPOSIT corner .Sth street and Sew THE oomras packages of Sonds, silverware sed otber valaables Qt very mode: ate charge injurious to her Interests, adverse to South Carolina The decision is ATTENTION. VOTERS Democrats ee ; who ore, eatitied to, vote, in the Segroseting PERSONAL.—Hon. John M. Francis, of the ‘reside ntral election in the various states are Troy 7imes, is at Willard’s. ----Superinten- Beard of ‘Tiece soome, =19 Market Bpace, whore | dent Vall, of the Railway Mail service, has information will be furnished im relation to trane- | returned from a somewhat extended official portation, ae. tour, and 1s again on duty at the Post Office department. -**-Grace Greenwood contem- 9ce rooms, =19 Market Bpace, — Tusoas 8. WALK “| plates spending the winter in Washington. airmas hecmen =~ sean 5 BESPEOTE ye ORDER octi7-0t HE LADIES ak invires 20 LSP) wo BOE G es—which consist of the se fe tour- | Charles A. Gore, Charles F. Pood and Wm. Sn gearns Reune and Hote restenting tae bat | Evaunerarenter to the Penaseoia,at Panama, #” Cadergarmeats, the J.B. | per steamer of 3ist instant from New York. sts; Gossamer Warerproofs; | Ensign Rogers H. Gait to the Huron, at Nor- i Gimbrolderies; - Flowers: 7 Bows: Ties, and ail the latest | *, V- ind ek gxnt sesortment of Milli- ‘TON ap stairs. 7 Cite Pres ise, Paris. 997 Penasyivanta avenue, octlo-tf Washington, D. OC. ne NEW YORK ‘FIV bas completes arr a for reduced whole correspondence in reference to this a ep te matter will be given to the public in aday = Gaze de = or two. : \ : ae Fo Oatandaigna do . " 60 IT WAS EUMORED to-day that the Presi- Calldren bait fare. tickets good for 3) daysor uD- | dent yesterday requested the resignation of . 13.1876. These gui be western fiche Bene can vat Picfaiolotre for ageuuten, | Eimer E. Washbune, calet of the secret i. Ail other informarion and orders ets can | service division of the Treasury Depart- Dopettmen:.0° MSBTIS, 34 And.'s Ofice, Tress. | trent, and that Secrrtary Morrill bad recom- dest and most reliable inthe city. point Colone! Peyton. This rumor is not 8. po ey SE oe by Assistant Secretary (oes = r. Washburne. The former says it may be seh Nay tans eed ny Nentabls tae” | so, but be has no know lodge of it, walle the cepts-im * latter says he don’t Know anything about it. we THB BEST. ARMY ORDERS.—The leave of absencs MILBURR’S SODA WATEE, granted Captain Dangerfield Parker, 3d in- BATUEBAL SPRING WATERS on Drevght, fantry, bas been extended one month. By and CHOCOLATE | direction of the President First Lieutenant Joseph Garrard, ith artillery, hes been de- fessor of military science and 1OB-COLD TEA, COFFE: 1499 Pawnsrivanta A — = a opie near Willard’ Y wa BERVOUS EXHAUSTION IA crating, | 1aCtics at North Georgia Agricuiturai Col ig. SEBVOUS bpm mpeg medical | jege, Dabjonega, Georsia. Cay at i Rahn Wusech ofA master of that department. Orticia {bat Mr. Fisher made @ previous visit when @warded to me by t 1; | dore Howell, the Acting Secretary, refused Worla's Fair, in on amen’ | to sliow him to enter the bulIdIGg on any ‘patented BY EOLA: such mission. It is to have the order of Com- ing and Fisber did not see him. ———-++e—_____ — eh TRIAL OF THE “HAZzERS"—Cowrt Martial PRASSLIN a co., at the Naval Academy.—The court martial for OPTICIANS, the trial of the “hazers' Bo. 1227 PENxstLtaNia AVENT sions in ove of the rooms Of the observatory Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spectacles. deci-ivletp | or ihe Naval Academy, @t Annapolis. It is com) of the ——— officers: Co! — re L der e, president; Commander W. T. — te Sampeon, ‘Lieut. Gonimaniere joe) — " eCalla, Chief Engineer C. aker. an’ See ee Lieut. J. B. Briggs, judge advocate. H.C. BANHRUPTCY. Powndstove,of West Virginia, cadet mid- shipman of the second class, has pleaded guilty, =< Lsont ype gtd trial wef none — : shipman Garrett, o! an@, of the secon: Se ee eae class, Was in progress. Cadet Best, of the WEHOLESALE MANUFAOTUBING FIEMS fourth class, stated on oath thathe was in aie bis room upon & certain night tn the latter IN THE OCOUNTEY, | cell a oe. poked en bears iu . the room, after asking him a question, Recently Bankrupt, cavght bold of his ear and pulled if; that he i. then arose with the tatention of defending =e bimeelf if tbe indignity was repeated. He 8108.000 was told or ordered by Garrett to sit down be complied because he supposed he had to Worth of obey, a8 tbere were others beside Garrett. . ‘The latter then took a seat to his right, and ELEGANT WINTER CLOTHING, | jor ten or fifieen minutes interrogated’ hiat ‘With positive instroctions to force immeatate sales | 18 Such @ manner as to cause laughter on the ef every Garment. fp order that the affairs of the | part of the spectators. The questions were | firm may be at once settled ap. hot intulting, but made sport of him. Just before Garrett left he apologized to the wit- The Stock Comprises = said he was ory phoney bat been hurtin any way. Witnese did not (nink Soneeel Hendred Verietion Liat the apologizing was to make sport of {t Styles of bim, but it failed to allay hts resentment or See eee to convince bim that Garrett was realiy sor- OVEROOATS, ry for what be had cone. OF EVERY CLOTH AND QUALITY. TWEED'S TRAVELING Comranion.—T! New York Herald says that the man tra A Most = madee the name Hunt, who gras acres ed with Boss Tweed at Vigo, Spain, has Megiliows Galection of been identified by a photographer ‘as bei: ulTs, Mr. Maginnis, weed's, son-in-law, . marriage took place during the Boss’s rule Of Bvery Pattern, over Tammany, and was @ very brilliant Of Bvery Style. Sflatr. At that time Maginnis was a prosper- Of Every Grade, 0: 8 New Orleans merchant. Tweed made bis And for Every Purpose. escape on the ith of December, but the Rare certifying ‘Secor’ (Tweed) and a aa seems, early Wh Apne te * rT 5 e Handsomely Meda, where had be been in the mean: Pen ——— ae . TEE MAIN BCILDING To STAND.—The commissioners of Fairmount Park have *greed to allow the main exhibition build- - Prices ing to remain in the pare, the proposed in- etnally Lees ration to remove it in two yea ‘Than Coss of Materials. vetlee from the commission, to use ts tor @n exhibition, and that the maximu: charg: {ssion ys e of adm: be 25 cents five Leok Through. each week, and 10 cents on Saturday. “— _——— A SENSATION has been created in Jersey HABLE BR City by the discovery of 8 gold mine waile OTHERS, cinking aweil. The workmen, after passing FINE TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS through & vein of iron ore, struck ® quartz olaner yelp containing gold, at a depth of 900 feet. A ___Srnet It 02 Detrovte._ | Geologists suppose tiat this quartz belongs tothe Appalschiaa range ruouing from Nova WATCHES, Scotia to the Gulf, and having outcropping in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. A EATTALION pumbering eight compa- ENGLISH, SWISS AND AMERICAN nies of sailors and two companies of marines, ae ae penene er tines — under command jeut. o- WATCHES, burre. visited Fort Monroe, A yesterday, and rent througa regular drill and parade, mak- itable appearance. S7 Next Saturday is the last legal ‘and evening for political processions A Lege Assortment at Very Low Prices. | delphi. in Fate BY ALL THB MOST CELBEBSATED MAKERS, M.W. GALT, BRO. aco, | FiseTeph company, has been ill at New octet JEWSLEES. THE EVENING STAR. } PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, $ AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Peunsyivamin Avenne, cormer LIth street, i m t The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 4, H. KAUBPMANN, Pres't ° —— TEE EVENING STAR w served dy carriers (0 y mdserwers ai Ten Cents per week, or Forty- four Cents per monte. Copies al the cownier, > — wo WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, i876. Isvaguration Extior of Star:—Your article on the first page of yesterday's STAR, headed “Why Tildéa if elected will the fourth of Marcb,” is interesting for its historical facts, and the information im- parted in referenpe to the 4thof March (iu- auguration day) falling on Sanday. writer, bowever, kas fallen into two errors, which I am sure he will pot be sorry tohave corrected. The 4th of March, 1793, was Mon- day, and not Sunday, as the writer ; and the 4ib of Mareh, 1:05, will D> turdey, and not Sunday. would seem to indicate that the writer had overlooked the fact that the year 1800 was not @ leap-year,and that t be inaugurated on 76. SECRETARY CAMERON left here last night for Philadeiphia, to be absent three or foar ATTORSEY GENERAL TAFT left here last r -. ~ “— | night for Phiiadetphia and New York, to be ‘These errors Tue NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to- ww inauguration day at the Treesury for redemption amount- until the year fter that it will every twenty-eiguth year until the year 2985, when a peri years will again intervene. ment showing the years in whieh the stb of March (inavugnration day) has and will fall commencing with the year 1821 that being the first year in which tt occurred after the adoption of the Constitution. m day falls on rt 1917, @ period of forty years; occur regular! DS WiTHDRAWN.—$230,000 six per - bonds held to secure circulation were Below isa state- octt-tr Withdrawn from the Treasury to-day, and , Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, today submitted his annnal report to the Secretary of the Treasury de- mi0mMs constitute @n Annuity, the whole of which is the consideration for the entire as- surance for life, and the ecoudition is & con- ee partment—nis report being the first sab ; TO | mitted by any bead of a bureen. snes Sl MeaY Cano | SFCRETARY CHANDLER goes to New Tt is to be hoped THE STAR'S article will not again start the Sunday inauguration day controversy, which bas ran through the newspapers Feveral times within the mem- ory of midd! e-aged readers, with all the acrimony which attended that other well- remembered controversy about whether the new half century began January Ist, 1850, or January Ist, The Sitnuati ON, Ho 605 ith | York again this evening to look after politi- If failure to pay the annual premium be caused by the intervention of war be- tween the territories in which the insurance pany @nd the assured respectively re- | Slreedy side, which makes it unlawful for them to DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DENNISON re- hold intercourse, the policy is pevertheless deiphia, where he went about a week ago to im Seuth Carolina. DISBANDING THE GERMAN FUSILEERS. A Charleston, 8. C., dispatch says: Gov. Chamberlain has sent a writien demand to the German Fusileers of Cnarieston, one of the oldest military organizations in the the state arms in their whether or not has disbanded in obedi- vaine is thé difference between the cost of a new policy and oo) pores value of the pre- | take it. et to be paid on the forfeited layed forfeiture occurred, and may re- covered in an action at law or suit in equity. The doctrine of revival of pended during the war is one based on con- siderations of equity and justice, and can- THE U.S. SUPREME CouRT yesterday de- cided the case of South Carolina against avenue, rents Sates for @W per year. Takes s@all | Georgia, in which the former claimed that ‘Umiee hoare 90. | the improvement of toe Savannah river was and {inquirin their organization ence to his own and the President's mation. The Fusileers were organized in 1075, and served throughout and war of 1812. would be upjast or inequitable to revive—as twomonthe. The Renter company where time is Of the essence of the contract cont this statment ly, except as tions of the which baw d Say are made as con- tions, not as ruggest! it the revolution Similar written demands have been addressed to other volunteer orga- nizations holding state arms, and will be promptly com plied with. ARRIVALS OF U.S. TROOPS. Eighteen companies of U. 8. troops, agg! en, have arrived in jent’s proclamation was is- Military posts have been establirhed at Blackville, Summerville, and C., dispateh says: Troops thirteen compaaies are nd twenty-four in other parts of the state. Affidavits affirming peace and submission to law are received daily. The political campaign is vigorously con- ducted by both parties. clnbs bave all disbanded. Ua is still organized. FASTING AND PRAYER. it was ar nounced tn ali the white churches of Charleston, S. Con Sunday last, tnat Thursday next, the 26th, would be observed asa day of fasting, humi'iation and prayer for the success of the movement for good government tn that s: ment was based upon the request of the chairman of the demceratic state executive committee, and it is understood the request will be observed throughout the state by the white and colored demoer: AN IMPORTANT ating 1,200 mi .—Lieut. R. P. Rodgers, C. T. Nye, Midebipman DeWitt Coffman, 3S sued additional made y }OUDE—the prices being to | Wasbington I Chambers, Henry C. Gearing, are arriving conclusion: now in Columbia sare = of the Gg maeedbypeceancrs 4 first, ibat as the companies elected to insist upon the condition iat these cases the policies in | Vatz runs, is still to be done. question must be reyarded as extinguished | The Standard’s Belgrade corres; yment of premiums, though caused | represents that unparalleled distress pre- (ence of the war, that’ auvasiion wil | vails in both armies aud taroughout Bervia. Peace is speedily prociaimed, the that svech failure being caused | country will be utterly rained. There is no oy & public war without fault of theassured, they are entitled sequo et bono to recover the equitable value of policies with interest from ciose of war. It resuits from theseconcia | their summer linen uniforme, and have no siovs that several judgments and decrees io cases before before us being iu favor of plain- Us for the whole sum assured must re versed and the records remanded for fartuer proceedings. “We perceive that the declarations in ac | Das ton at law contain no common or other counts applicaole to the kind of relief watch, TRE IRISH CENTENNIAL ADDRESS.— Tue tmming Departm ut 18 com- ery preach fod. Fringes sre made to | Fresident has not informed Hon. Messrs. fometch. 2 “Beds oF combiuations, with batons | parnej) and O'Conner Powers that the Irisu Dre-emaking Department of Mme. WASHING- | address must be presented through the 4 British Mipister, but the Acting Secretary of State has notified these gentlemen that - | Sir Edward Thornton bas informed him ATTENTION, BAW YORAEBS that be considers the contents of the address objectionable, and that consequently the BM ASSOOIA: | President cannot recive it from them. Tne The so-called rifle ‘The colored mill- Lot be for the amount insured thereon. Sec: This announce- ECISION—The Original Amount of a Note Altered by Chemicals Can not be Recovered —The supreme court has sent down @ rescript in the case of the Citi- zens’ National Bank vs. Richmoad. This was a suit to recover on @ note for $500, made by Lucius W. Pond, of Worcester. It appears that in August, 1375, Pood applied to the defendant to indorse the note, bein, no’e for $500, and the defendant indorsed it for Poud’s accom modatioa. Pond thereupon, by the use of chemicals, rendered invin-bie the worgs “five hundred” and the figures “30,” and wrote over them the words “two thousand,” and the figures “2000.” ‘hen procured the plaintif’s bank, in the O'dinary course of business to discoaut the note, abd the bank did so, being eatireiv inpocent of the iraud. became due Pond wes arrested and im- pr soned for @ large number of similar trane actions. The plaintiff bank, after ihe ma turity of the note, applied to tae writing which set forth the amount for which the as given @ solution of natgalls, and pplication reveaied that the evange had been made from $500 to $2,009. The de- fendant was present aud did not object when ihe nutgall was applied. Tne note was de- mandeo and protested ai for $2,000, and the defendant was duiy noti- fied as an indorser by two potices, one treat- ing tie note as $500 and another as @ note for # ‘The case was tried in the superior court for Worcester county, and the court ruied that plaintiff could not recover, and rhe plaintiff alleged exceptions. court has given judgment for tie defer bolding that ‘the defendant never note for $20. which was the only one that the plaintiff accepted.”—| Bost un Herald, lulled todemand. Butas the question is one of first impression, in wolch the parties are necessarily somewhat in the dark with re- gard to their precise rights and remedies, we Unink ft fair and just that they shouid be al- lowed to amend their pleadings. In the - equitable suit perhaps prayer for alternative | Circle relief might be sufficient to sustain a proper decree, but never be allowed lo amend their bil, if they shall be 80 advised. “In estimating the equitable value of a polley no deduction saould be mad ibe precise amount which calculation: % as is sometimes doue where policies ar+ rs —— Lg ip neg of se coger r. Benson, to fi 6 Vacancy, bul e FF eee co eeok tas. , COMMISSION | President bad siready geterBilned to ap: ol ptain J... Lee. assistant quartermaster, has bee. or- dered to report to the department of the south for temporary duty as chief quarter- APTEE THE ASSESSMENT.—Mr. Fisher, “apl-an | CONNEcted in some way with the Republican Campaign Collecting club, was at the Navy cCepartment this morntng to see Secretary Robeson and obtain his permission to make Ovrict—Svak Betietme; | aN asseser ent for political purposes from the cler) s employed under him. It appears note for $500 and “Mir. Culel Sustiee Waite dissenti id. r. ustiee Wai Dung, said: | when Mrs, Green returned to 1 agree with the majority of we court 1a | cused her of unfalthfalness, After some the opinion that the decree and poe ey pother, she admitted it, and told the story of th abou cow Akers bad begulled her. The husband pay the annual premiums as they | proposed ae should retura to ber mother's. mature put an end £0 policies, nos witherand- to which she consented, but first visited loned by war; but Ido | New York and had a farewell interview (sne Rhinebeck, aud packed her travis, to relive iy inebeck, an ic er trunks, ire the company to pay the assu: what bis | toa nunnery with her relatives; but it ap- peared in the sequel she met Akers by ap- Wiel romero te, | poipiment, and the two are now enjoying Secrtary Robeson was absent, but Commo- The supreme ing default was occas! think that @ default, even under such vofactured in Gok, Silver and Frameless, with ed Fisher to-di tne Brasilian Pedb! ns pg eth oS re nod circumstances, raises an implied promise by bend gesuhe | made his visit, whereat the clerks felt blue, x &ec, | | Secretary Robeson was at the Cabinet meet- DE policy was equitably worth at thetime. I therefore dissent from that part of the judg ANTHRAC TRADE was without special feature last week, cept the fact of a public sale at New York of 100,000 tons of various sizes of coal by the Pennsylvania Coal Compauy. Tae p) realized were about one doilar and fifty than at corresponding date last year,though an average or fifteen cents per ton higher than at the September sale. Private sales in the open market from ten to twenty cents per tou higher than the prices realized at auction. Ci coal waa in largedemand, and sold vance on the September public sale of 53 So large an advance was | in consequence of its very limited supply. The larger sizes of coal, those which make up the bulk of the trade, solid ata ver: 4 ling advance, the egg size, indeed, dec! ‘eare glad to learn, how- ever, that there is @ good demand for coal, most of the operators being full of orders, work al the mines active, aud the supply of cars full. With theexception that the prices | of coal are unprofitably low to the producera, the trade bas not presented a more spirited aspect than just now.and especially ts this so in the Schuylkill coal region.—{ /*hila mgent just announced, is now holding ses- “Where the es toan executory money contract live in different couatries, ana ize | pasnloi governments of those countries become in volved in public war with each other, tae contract between such ‘Lies is suspended during the existence of the war, and revives A MISER'’s when peace ensues, and that rule, in my judgment, is as applicable to a contract, of life insurance as to any other executory | Jersey City. contract, consequently lam obliged to dis sent from the opinion and jadgment of te court in this case.” Mr, Justice Hunt concurred in this dissent. Justice Strong, dissenting, sald: «While I cobeur In several Of these judgments and the decree, I dissent entirely from the opinion | charecter, and Sled by a méjority in the court. I think it | his whereabou! has never before been decided that surrender value of the policy can be recovered by au | to ihe Mi essured Unless there has been agreement be- | in 3d street, between Monmouth and Coles tween the parties for # surrender, and cer- | «treets. On examination r tainly it bas not before been decided that a wenger gre supervening state of war make a contract belween parties or raises au implication of oo cents per ton lower 60 cents per ton. ——$_____. ENCOUNTER IN A RAILWAY cable dispatch from Londoa m, &@ Belgian, who rrested July Jast op board an outward- bound steamer from Liver, robbery avd murder of M. and bis bousekee; AN [:XPLOSION OF MELTED STEEL.—A terzibie catastrophe. and one which will probably result fatally to some ofthe injured parties, cecurred at the Vulcan Iron and 8 rl ogeagae ee — St. Louis, at 630 last _————— evening. @ accident took place in what is THE DANGER termed the “converting” department of the Onpemaee tates Fp etn found dead in bis room in the South Brook. & building at Clinton street and Atlartic avenue, Brook; iterday morning. He had been s1 im neu- gia, and accustomed “Leonard Amb! 1, Accused of urant, a banker, ry, near Brussels, was delivered on Friday to @ Belgian officer at Dover. Arriving at Ostend the officer | and bis prisoner, the latter manacied, took a pariment in the Brussels train. On the arrival of the train at Brussels both were missing. The compartment they had eccupied was deluged with blood, and bore marks of a terrible struggie. The body of the officer was found besige the track with ulland face battered. All his valu- ables were missing. It is conjectured that Amblam watched an o; the officer with his wi to death, after which he unlocked the man- and escaped. He has not yet been re- uee tts nacwolyar ni asfollows: A quan- Uty of convert atee! nae been poured into Ban! an ingot monld—at the bottom Bf which was oe note @ quantity of wet saud. As the metal was ¢mytied into the mould from the ladle, it made @ singular not Ung, but pothing was thought of it lume. The mould was gradually filled, the ete — — to burst and fly in every direction. Six men were ver: i, burried.— (8. Louts Times. veo ‘tunity to attack irons aud beat him A MOTHER’s LIFE, ARD THAT OF HER Bacge.—Mr. tt Russel, the fath his fami ly consisting of bis wife aud’ truss Sicovered wagon, and srecut ees a ‘wagon. way PREACHERS anv Tosacco.—The Metho- track, tbe wagon was struck square bya monting, cont Milling the mother and Gangster’ ata moe” . rr, man; o the father and eldest sou. At the tine accident the mother held in her arms ‘onference, at its last seasion in Baiti- | 8n infent eleven months old, but as the More, in May, recommended to the anu conferences that aii candida io ‘tes for the min- istry be compelled and all acting ministers Tequested to abstain from the Some ind that if the candidat C injected to the same. a ‘think under this rule the wagon went down before the ‘with ma- al instinct she threw the child from the on. and it alone of ihe little family es- caped upbort. Rum Dip IT.—A few d: met ap old gentleman in an corner of Da kota’s great pine forest who once was the peipal editor of one of the most ani neutdally then, as now. in one of the middle states. t request wii connected. In hisown words, his fall was strong Paul Pron rd i # Important Supreme Coart Decisios. THE SOUTHERN LIFZ INSURANCE CASES. ‘The life insurance cases from the south, which have been pending for some time, z were decided yeaterday by the United States | fhe Nuselan Embassador at Constantinopie, Supreme Court. These cases were: Tbe New York Life Insurance Company, Sppeliant, = bag c. be onge a. lia A. Dudley, former rme! - Stat- h bam, aeoeas fone the’ etrenit court of the | 8entations will be moderately couched, and United States for the southern district of Mississipp!; the New York Life Insurance Com pan y, plaintiff in error, vs. Charlotte 8. Eyms, in error to the circuit covrt of the d Sates for the soutbern district of Mirsiseippi; the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, plaintiff in error, vs. R. 8. Back, execntor of Charlies I, Buck, deceased, in error to the cirenit courtof the United States for tbe toutbern district of Mississippi. ‘The pointadecided are as follows: A policy of life assurance which stipulates for te peyment ofan annual premium by the a sured, Wilb @ condition to be void on non- payment, is not an insurance from year k be relieved against in equity. rage rate of mortality is tae fundamental | to :he ponnr og § eee oe Pao is — ver v to assu: @ option to revive weir Suiclesor notafver they have | denies that Russia bas sent an ull been suspended by @ war, (since none but | The Times’ dispa! the sick and dying would apply.) it would be unjust tocompel a revival against the compavy. Mr. Justice Bradley delivered | ™an Empire is the opinion of the court. The court made a very elaborat: review and Srgament, Ppresevting many points of Ad The less complainant should from ve. id be reversed an at the fruits of an illicit love together in for trial upon such @ promise. ada. Ni Two broken-hearted fam- Justice Clifford dissenting, said: | ilies, two miserable victims of thelr own bune. » bubbling and spit- the , Wher 0d Crossing the rail ble to “love of eer Press, The Outlook ia Europe. LAST NIGHT'S DISPATCHES. A special dispateh Nord, the organ at Brussels of the Rassian pvernment, announces that Gen. Ignatief!, Will insist on A SIX WEEKS’ ARMISTICE. He is instructed to explain Rassia's motives to the Porte. It is believed that his repre- not take the form of an ultimat Other powers wi)! support Russi if RESTS WITH RUSSIA A dispateh from Vienna to the London Times tass the most touching harmooy reigns again — the powers prising - | ADSWer uttered with that almost cynical common fire policy, but tue pr: frankness which bas more thauonce startled diplomacy, may be credited with having brongist thenew understandingaboat. While | te: sbe saw no objection to the six months’ arm- te a aticaeeS Sa e Mie of | istice, the only chance for preserving a cca. payment in such policy is material, and of | mon ul the essence of the contract, and failure | the to pay involves an absolute forfeiture, which inderstanding and common action of ranteeing powe:s was to deciare with in favor of the equally unobdjection- ix weeks’ armistice, because Kassia’s committals might not leave her free to com- decided to accept this basis for the restora- Hon of so called barmony, by offering m0 op- "4 ition to the six weeks’ trace, bat having Cee eek Tae ate LE eTEaE te otek | Sk Uubuamn Stine ditalaluhed tee tenn eit to equitable value of the icy arising from pe Ged = a oe —_— orte, the in Y aR Paine fa Tub eTDaeneal Eetinkan tr Chien | cin, ana Gemmeal Eqantiedl new Yesunoel oo THE PORTE’S POSITION. In & semi-officia! = that the — = is a = — ‘trac! armistice, su; ng & fur’ rolongation ‘paved on com. | of aix weeks, if at the conclasion of the rst _ a are ones a. = i 7 6 end of twelve wee! DO seltiemen' OURS be Cajeat or NET eItS Ci re oe at | resched, tbat there Dee furtiser arasietios of the Port ands provided the integrity of the Otto- BAD CONDITION OF THE ARMIES IN THE FIELD. Settee oe a says there was no on Sunday. following ie the text of their Tcka teas on 4c Unless suffering in Belgrade, bat in the interior thousands of people are starving. The majority of the soldiers are wearing blankets. There are 150,000 Bylgarian and Bosnian refugees in Servia. The same correspondent reports that Kus len! A sien diplomatists say that General IgnatietT been instructed te inform the Sultan tbat Russia makes the English — Porte We elo ome a oer r nth : | Por em, in! tion wi muaad. Hates tits quectine teary | kun Simultameomely ly Seemier cremnce ana ‘which it is proposed to introduce jesrath, is regarded in diplomatic in error of judgment, as Austria's ill adcesion to the triple alliance, A MIXeD CASE OF ELOPEMENT AND Ex BEZZLEMENT.—- One of the clerks in the Cheapside ary goods store of woe A & Son ts involved in @ double case of and embezzlement, in company with ade tely vamed (ii should have been feraeet) ately pamed (it shor ve been voluntarily surrendered for the purpose of o discouraging such surrenders, the vaiue Green. The clerk's name is Akers, should be taken as of the day when the first default occurred in payment of premiums by which the ee! Leora ae each case rates of mortality and interest | ¥, nosed in the table of the company will form a ope her, is & mystery, Wat i oasis of calculation. Toe decree in tne equity sull @nd the judgment in actions at law are Teversed, and the causes respectively re ms nded to be proceeded in according 0 law and directi »s of this opinion.” . = ae opinion tagger ge mf ustices Swayne. Miter, Davis, Field and | | ‘The other four members of the bat be was gg | eget a jadelphia uestion, tat policy and he rst met the woman in the capacity of a chaser for ber store in the village of Rune. beck on the Hudson. She dealt with Akers, but whether she captivated him or he capti- certain he ped large amounts of | his employers to her address, without charg- ing them on the books, and also claudestine- ad Mead joa ‘aud ped centenni er, GO ata board- ing house ae'man’and wile. wife, and children of bis o upon bui ps, @ defrauded mercantile firm, anda battled sHeriff who bas been hunting the em- nezzied property.—[N. ¥. Cur. Chicago Tri- MISERAB Carter, aged about seventy years, was found dead yesterday afternoon in an oid cellar in been i @n extensive oil peddler in Jersey City. @ amarsed money, and In prosperous times ne peddied oi] in a large doubie-horsed wagon, and his customers were numerous, as gas was then but scarcely used. All kpown by everybody, he was a nondescript pul they remained a mys- lery until yesterday, whes & report was sect Ld the floor was covered with dirt, while frou the ceiling hung @ curtain of cobwebs. The body was taken to the Morgue and buried in old St. Peter's Star. TWO CENTS. from Vienna to Le aad that 's proposals. A dispatch to Reuler's Telegram Company from Constantinople aouoaness that the —_ overnment has ¢iscover cena: == - A conerinacy To MUMDER THEGRAND | RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. VIZiER ee eae and Midbat ——a has ener a ~ rested two nlemas of high rank aod Ramla Pasha. ‘The cuiprits have beeuextiel to va- | A FINANCIAL PANIC, rious islands. Other arrests are expected. = trty of action, Keved Gagiand, wales had erty of action. Even England, wi > Ki a 4 ted the six months’ armistl One Killed and Six LoNpon, ©: Constantinop! jtatement the Post an- ions. The London Post More Christian timatam Lonpom, Oct. 4.—A dis; Berlin also says | trom Th: a announces a it Russia's latest atrocities is a di worse criminals are moderate men are in di ir headquarters spondent Stantinople, but from tot the leadership aed A Tyce dipntse fiom Bertie ate that 8 Reuter’s telegram from Vienna states that ee region - the interpellation relative to the Eastern | “nancial of the most serious character War, are expected. LonxDon, Oci. Cla! articie, sa: belonging to Recently they visited the . Akers has a wn, and pretended reacked. Tehernayef in something wrong, and, Futtgobeck, ac: Doon to-day, says: “‘It is the Turks have army will be in great DeatH —Jobo Carter for years has pie often speculated as to of Hemiiton, slight, iitop, and Mi. Telegrams to The Star. THE PRESIDENCY.: ELECTION EXCITEMENT IN MISSOURI. THE EUROPEAN CRISIS. THE PRESIDENLIAL COYTEST. Miection Supervision im Missourt. Sr. Loum, ct. 2..—A few days pe Hon, signed by Hon. J. K. Hengerson, ex- Governor Thomas C. Fieteber, Em! Precto- | rious, editor of the Westlicne Post; James Withrow, .@irmDAN Of Lhe repudi ican coun! ¢ -mmittec; ex: District Altorvey Dyer. to Judge Dillan, U. ® jadge ef ents cirean, Jad tllen, realt, senting’ t ‘Of election be u.s8 district of Missour!. Yesterday the peti- tow was received by J Treat with in- +tractions from Judge Di to make te tmen " neither Colovel Broadhead opposed ‘Ube petition on the ground tnat there was no law ting the course proposed. Tae gRaranteed toevery state by the o va- » And he would like to see them dare to enforce it in Boston. A fier considerable dis- cussion apd various suggestions (com difer- = gy Treat appointet MAHOMEDAN INTOLERANCE. MORE CHRISTIAN BLOOD WANTED RAILROAD DISASTER. CENTENNIAL EXCURSION TRAIN SMASHED Wounded, a THE EUROPEAN Ci Some Prospect of an Routersiopates from it 1s stated that Russia ted ber willingness to prolongation if neces- armistice. It is hoped thatan agreement will be reached on the basis of Turkey's acceptance of such av arm. istice as announced in th statement in this morning's P: Austria's Difticaity. A special from Pesth to tne News represents that there is Intense excitement there and strong hostility to Russia. lo case Russia commences war it will bediMcult for Aus- tria to preserve reutrality. Mr. Baring, ry the British legation, is about to return from Philippopolis, belong con- vinced that the commission for the ment of the perpetraters of the sion and mockery. The bumace, and The old panic is renewed, and @ most trastworth; man has travelled with the utmost haste to Constantinople to inform the British Ambastador that the Turks threaten new masntacres, and have even 7 for beginning the slaughter. A Vienna dis- patch to the Times says: Notonly from Coa- _ heey S hoe European Turkey is there news o! excitement among the Mi Conventicles, beld in Mosques, and of Ar- maments. The ministry is divided against itself, and the Sultan is too mnexperienced a Russia’s Advani Thus the position is most favorable for Russia’s diplomatic action. Gen. ign the Russian ambassador to Constanti may carry everything before him, fails, may induce such an outbreak of Mo. bammedan feeling ay — jJastify aimost | apy step on the part of Russ is threatening in Russia. The p biic vesiege the banking houses tosell Russian govera- ment and company stock, but as arule the Officers are deciined. On thi instants nothing was saleable at any price, apc worse wiil happea should General igna- Ueff’s mission take a warlike crisis is worse tn the south western contiguous to the possible seat conference of bank directors a few days ago at the office of the governor of the National Bank, decided they could do nothing to stay the crisis. Accordingly fresh issues of in- convertible paper assignats, already more Plentiful than at the time of the Crimean character. Tne Austrian Fimances in a Bad Wa: Only profound peace @ great revival of trad: can prevent a fi cial catasirophe in Austria. these we doubt if the hopes of the Austrian fivance minister can be realized—that b Isis the end of the period of deficits will be LonDon, Oct. 4.—a dispatch f: grade to Reuter’s Telegram Company, dated reported taken Djane’s and Saint Nestor. If this is true Gen. Tchernayefl’s danger.” i Man Killed and Several Wo . MIDDLETON, N.Y , Oct. 2i—An accident to @ centennial excursion train on the mid- die division of the New York Midiaud rati- road ai Sandburgh, about twenty-three miles west of Middietowo, last night, re- sulted in the death of ope man and the quite serious wounding of six other passen The excursion train of twenty-eight running in five sections, left Norwich atz o’clock p.m. yesterday, with 1500 gers. Section ove passed Sandburg ali section two, conducted by T.C. Pard lowed about fifteen minutes behind. some reason unkcown, Mr. Purdy stopped bistrain at Sandburgh and soon after gave the signal to start. but when the engineer bad calied the flagmen in, and before the signa: stop, and &t once called but even before the frain could be section three, Coming round a curv: rate of 2 miles au hour, ran into train No. 2 The evgine was totally wrecked, aud the rear car of section 2 badly damaged. Two cars of section 3 were thrown from Une track over an embankment sixty feet in height by the sudden stoppage of the train. Manford W. Boomer, of A ams, Jefferson Y., Who was standing on the bum rear car of section 2, was instantly killed Superintendent Purdy was slightl; On section 3 the foliowing name were irjared:—J.A. Younglove. of Hamil- top, Madison county, seriously; —— Lam, — White, of Ham- iss ee, his sister in-law, 'y, the latter seriously; . W. Overton, of Adams, Jefferson county, badly; Mrs. F. M. Darrow and if the fame of supervisors for the respective districta. The matier has been the cause « {a good deal of comment here, and wil! probaly coatinue to be £0 until the close of election day. — A befauite New York, Vet. 4 —Thos. Ellis, the pay- ing teller of the National Park bank, * « defauiter to the amount of &%, supposed to bave taken a package of money in $500 and $1,000 bills. It ts supposed that he quietly slipped one of the packages of mouey from, the pigeon hole in whien he kept it Into bis coat pocket while bis assimt- ants were not watching. Th issing paw consisted of Unite) States bank notes of $500 And $1,000 each. He left a memorandum ofthe amount with the other mooey. He bas not been seen since Saturday. A re. Ward of $5,000 has been offered for his arrest. je bad been connected with the bank 15 years ——_e The Trial of the Fighters. Satam, N. J., Oct. 24.—Tne trial of the Peansville pri. Dgbters, which was set iy gown for to-day, bas been tponed ant Wednesday next. ne Fg BALTIMNO: Det. 24. — V: RE, Oct. 24.— Virginia oe, de. ferred, €\,; do. consolidated, 6; do. second series, 344; North Carolina 6+, old, 1; do. new, 6. Sugar active and frm—ti ,. BALTIMORE, Oct. %—Cotton yuiet_and shade easier—middling, W\al0\. Flour steady and unebanged. Wheat steady—No. 2 western red, 1.50; No. 3 do., L.25; Pennayl- vania red, 1.42a1c; Maryland red, good to prime, 1 3501.36; do. amber, 1.408145; do. white, 1258140. Corn — southern, fairly active @pd #l-ady; western lower and active at decline; southern white and yellow, 58a pp LI KE vember. Oats steady, demi fair—south- ern prime, 38; un. al; , 6 asked, no bid... aiet and upch . rm, 1.15). 40,000; corn, Shipments—corn, 55,000 aw Toax, Oct. én active and strong. Money, 2. ) 9%. Bx long, 4834; short, 485. Governments active apd better. New YorK, Oct. 2).—Fiour dull and unchanged. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn dull and unchanged. LONDON, Oct. 24, 12:30 p. m.—U. 8, 1867s, 108 |, ; new fives, 105%. ee ee A CONSTABLE WHO THOUGHT IT A Joke To Have Two Wivss.—Constabdie Andrew Love met Miss Mary Wilson in Justice Garrick’s court, ee ~ 4 City, on Weunesday, and proposed lage. He bad known her ouly two days. The ceremony was performed and tbe sanerings certimeate made out. They parted on the or the court room, the constavie treating the Marriage & & joke. A neatly-dressed = Woman stepped toto Justice Garrick's yesterday, and inquired, “Is this @ joke about Mr. Love's marriage by you yester. y2” “No, indeed,” replied the jastice, “tt is solid fact.” 8 two wives!” “No.” replied the justice. She said the was married to the coastable in Brooklyn ip 1873, and he lived with her until 1e75. and then suddenly deserted her. Re- cently she sued for divorce. aod the case is in the courtof chancery. She has two chil. dren by the constable. While she was re- lating her story the constable walked ta snd ordered ber out of the court. She tarned a8 abe went away, @od spitefully said, “1"l) make !t hot for you, sir; I'm not, the meek ‘woman you think me.” She is to have Love arrested for bigamy. He declares that he was bol married to ber. Misa Wilson, or Mrs. Love No 2, intends to insist upoo ser rigbts under the ceremony performed Wed- besday.. Y Sun, DEATH AT A TOURNAMENT. — Satarday last Peed’s Mill, in the southern portion of Kaufman county, was tbe sceneof aa acci- dent, by which Hiram Millsack,a young MAv about 2] years of age, came tos terri- ble death. A tournameat grouac with track and poles had been laid of @t that and last Saturday was tue appointed {). for the gallant Knights to test their ski. Prot. Townley, & writing master of te tances poem 1 taking tbe rings. He Foae iD rode ® fierce, powerful and un: apd upon starting to run Lhe other not to follow him tnt Be bed ene ceeded in stopping the fiery animal. Milj- » however, disregaried the advice, and started after him at fuli speed on ty a Prof. Townley succeeded in catching alt the — but one, and in turning his borse at full speed ran against Milisack, who bad turned op &@ sharp angie. The — flery borse of Townley struck Millsack with its head, Knocking bim from his pooy. Tae jJarger horse struck tue pooy and threw it With terrible ferce upoa the fallen younc man. Milisack was crushed to deain.—|Gai- veston News. ae EIGHT MILES SQUARE OF FIRE.—A dis. ie to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from jncoln, Neb., Octoder is, says: * A coarier from the south west ine county, Just in, say terri = rie fire took there yesterday, burning a section of eight miles square nearly clean, destroying out- bouses, Stables,a number of dwelling bx agricultural implements, bay, and grain in stacks and corn in % On Swan creek the wife of Peter Vlesou, a Swede, burned to death. Ste saw the prairie fire Spproaching aud ran for broken ground, but slopped to let the hogs out o: the pen. She i &iso reported burned to death on Spring creek, Dve miles from the other locality, bul particulare not xiven. The wiod was blowing heavily from the sonth, and the fire was stopped by Turkey creek. or it would bave been much more extensive, and biy accompanied with greater loss of Ife.” insractok or Brass Bawps Pao. xX Sr. LOUIs.—A St. Louis ex