Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1876, Page 1

i THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, Sixty Cents a month; one year. $6. env elon anata Py : Sei gecoaty nates | Vo, 42—N2, 7,400. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1876. TWO CENTS. —————————_—————_——__ ew SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 Society. | THE THREE DISPUTED STATES. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. srdnner in which the elections wore con- ree wo ements ote eneen a _£VENING STAR. ipemre Seen toenunre ar | South Carolina. FRipay, Decembor 15. Hhutas the citizens there had been Tmpagned, he (Mr. Cox) as a representative in part of New York thought it was their duty to in- vestigate the bare facts. As to Philadelphia, it was proper to say that that city was Lo serted at the request ‘of Mr. Randall himself, because the original resolution, as offered by Mr. McDougall, was understoad to be for the purpose of inquiring particularly into the inanner in which the election was con ducted in the Speaker's district. He was of INAUGURATION OF WADE HAMPTON AS sane 2 athe tern ier Dea Washington News and Gossip, | triends. Yestentay most of the Senatorial | FB ‘S SENATE—The following were presented Phe Leds perc bent families who have residences in the city were | _ The inauguration of Gen. Hampton took and referred: . s | om lace in front of Carolina Hall in Columbia | By Mr. Chaffee—Bill_ to authorize the cit!- NavionaL BANK Notes received to-day | at ody eget ane Mrs. vanerday ‘afternoon. The square in front of | zene of Colorado and Nevada to fell ant re- for yedemption amounted to $696,137. Among the number may med Miss | the hall was densely packed with persoas of | move timber on the public reservations for 5 GovEENMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY awxp | Morrill, of Vermont, and her sister, Miss | hotn races, to make arrangeme ite for the ee = % the house tops were crowded | mining purposes. To commitice on public write Beater, A.M Tavtox, Puveral | YESTEKDAY.—Internal revenue, #700. Swann; Mrs. and Miss Bayard, Mrs. El- | with spectators. At3:30 Gen. Hampton was | lands. day at! 3tp. mw. Members of Sister Codges cor- | eustoma, $465,659.87 | mounds and Mrs. Howe. There were & great | escorted to the stand amid demonstrations Mr. Thurman asked and obtaine! leave to ted te attend. many ladies and gentlemen making calls | of great enthusiasm. Members of the gen- | have Senate bill 984, to amend the Pacific a " « | during the afternoon. eral assembly occupied the sj immediate- | railroad act, set down for consideration on | £!ad to hear the gentleman from Matne say a THE Hovse committee on foreign affairs | “irand the Misses Frelinghuysen have | fy surrounding ine stand, with the crowd in | God eae of January, 1877. that he was now anxious for an lavestiga~ a Ai at pablic ene | R2S agrecd to recommend that a new Vene- | returned to the city. e rear. Gen. Hamptop then read his in- | Mr. Windom, from committee on appro- | tion. That gentleman should have been here UMD Y cot MONDAY, Deember 16 | zuelan commission be appointed. Mrs. and Miss Logan. the wife and daugh- | augural address, in whith he says: We in- | priations. reported House bill 4, on the first day of the session, and persuadd 10 ° eg epemargrs o ter of General Logan, have arrived. tend to prove tg, the world the sincerity of TO PAY ELECTORAL MESSENGERS. his friends to agree to the investigations AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House | “"py senator Carpenter and his family are ourdectarat { the sole motive which | it provides for payment of 25 cents per mile | Now, why should not the gentleman take his tolay were Senators West, Logan and | occupying the residence oceupied hithertoby | inepired the grand contest we ave so sue- | for one wav. : ee eye oe gn ft me Sia papere " i c entatives Platt, | the Brazilian legation. cessfully made, was not the paltry ambition Mr. Boutwell moved to amen iy ng 7 Ne’ IF sto 2 the et 3 caaeriggrednige deer Davy, Hancock | _ Mrs. Totten, the daughter of Senator Hows, | for party supremacy, but the sacred hope of it 25 cents per mile foreach way. required by the Congressional committee, so None but Bpet viass gocds will be oRered, cad every | Husk’ Piullips, arsd Gexernor MeCormack., | is much improved in health since last win: | redeeming garstate,’ Irwas songht torrent | arene ber mile for system of paying by | that Congress could have an opportunity article te faity warranted. as represented or the | Us: Plullips, ter, though not yet so well as her friends | the fruits of this victory by & gigantic fraud | the mive in these days of railroads was a very | setting this whole matter ax specdily and as woney returner. Among the large ageortment isa | Prnsoxat.—Senator Morton left last eve- | could desire. z and a base conspiracy. When the members | unequal way of compensating persons eni- | intelligibly as possible. vats ae ee, Dimchd Cage olitaire Tie: | ning for Indiana. ----Hon. Ben. Wade was | _ The wife and daughter of Gen. Watmongh | elect of the general assembly repaired to | ployed. by the government. A messenger | Mr. Hale denied that Gov. Wells and hh Se oer eee tren at to.” | on the foorof the Senate to-day. -+--Hon. | Teceived yesterday. the capital to take their seats, armed soldiers | f) information to Earri ot With 69 rose diamonds. & = THOS. DOW rom the Pacific coast would make about is two weeks’ work in coming from Virginia and Mary- Md hardly receive enough to pay had refused any oe There are several changes in thediplomatic | of the federal government confronted them, a Bt Wm. S. Groesbeck, of Ohi: is been an at- | corps since last winter. Senor Ybaiez, | and their certificates of election were exam. == ASSESSORS OFFICE. ao tentive listener to the debates in the Senate | the minister from Chill, was elected | incd and passed upon by a corporal of the tS Wasnixato x. D.C. Dec. 18.1575. | for several days past. i Senator in the Chilian Congress prior | gnard—it was amid these appalling scenes | their hovel bills iM Columblessuiectto | SENATOR CONKLING was interviewed last | to withdrawing from the mission here. ‘This | that the members of the eeperal aesembiy. | at Bee eald he had offered the are required. tom mae bases ¥ gentleman merited the kindly words inter- | were callcd on to assume their duties as rep- | amendme: inake the bill conform to ex- Prcperty to this office om or before | night as to the rumor that he proposed to re- | changed regarding him between the Presi- | resentatives of afre> state, and that state one | isting law which wis now oo the statute ~ 7. or the y had coull copie Of all papers that wer -s0e- Political Facts and »vernorship of Obto, sessors will proceed | tire from political life, and said:— I have | dent of the U tates and the President | of the original thirteen, Who Won our inde- | books. Tom Young, lieutenant govers Will be aE ie which pro. | thought of it; there ts some fonndation for | of Chill: He and his two bright young daugh- | pendence and framed our Cozstitution, was | “Nr Alcorn thought this was not the way | hissu-eessor. Tom ts a rexular lager beer Fenporstion, wait | the rumor.” ‘Further than this he essayed | ters will be much missed by all who knew | ebarred the free exercise of her Fights | toll, Toparsan appropriation bill came. | sdoser™ and cocktail Iintinelatey eet “asin | no information. 4 them. 2 by the presence of an armed force. | ing the law in a single instance. and leave | Plain Dealer, Mr. Corbin, whom the “a for. 1 oma ere Sefior Don Ignacio Zenteno is now charg: | A great task is before the conservative party | the law still on the statute hooks. Chamberlain legtsiature in South Carolina m the Pe a as Tue House committee on appropriations | qagraires trom Chili. He and Senorita Caro- | of this state. They entered on this contest Mr. Edmunds said he should to what | has elected U. S. Senator,is an old Ver Senene MENS Snel Berens. firm. oF Sorbesstes: | this morning begun the preparation of the | lina Zenteno Gana are at Wormley’s. with platform so broad, so long, so liberal he had avowed, as good principle atevery | monter, a gradnate of Dartiaouth in’, and fifty per centam 7. RU: legislative. executive, and judicial appro- Capt. W “BRACE, Wormiey's. M pra nlnd priation bill. This does not look as if the from Venezuela, is a} LL i . Gore Jones, R.N., is also at | that every honest citizen could stand upon it. | session of Congress. He did not approve of CAR Dalla Costa, the minister | They ri it the same hotel. a lawyer at Wells river. There by rased a company of volunteers for the war. was its GEORGE A WILLIAM D: ognized and accepted the amend- | tinkering the law every ume an appropria- ments of the Constitution in goo faith; they | tion bill eame in here, and would oj Houxe intends to delay the appropriation : ; ; pose the | caplain, was wounded in one of the Vin decid [RK eh. Journ uo tier how the Presidential problem | . Fhe Brazilian’ minister and Mme Borges | pledged. themselves to work reform, and 10 | amendment, This was good tine todo it, | butties, taker helsoner mad be Sa ee inh and Mr. Benjamin Franklin Toreio de Bar- | establish good government; they promised | for the messengers were so equally divided | Libby. Detailed at the close of thy is solved. ros. secretary of the Brazilian legation, are | to keep up an efficient system of public edu- | in polities that there Was no polities in It. the freedman’s bureau in South Cs Fine Tvs. Co.. CoNFIRMATIONS—The Senate yesterday | at No. 6% Madison avenue, New York, occu- | cation, and they declared solemnly that all | Mr. Hamlin defended the amendment, and | has since lived in that state, aint hae beet bas wX. Dee. 12, tae. rd French flats. Mr. Borges hopes, how- | citizens of So ‘ : i ith Carolina, of both races, | said the original law read 25 cents. pe Fenew their | Copfirined the following nominations: Alex. | ter. to returif here with his wife later in the | Sid of both parties ahauld’ be keeundnlas | ene way, and the committee to re M. Blair, to be collector of internal revenue | winter. and will take a suite of apartments | equals in the eyes of the law, all to-be fally | for the district of Kansas; Charles Redfield, | at the Riggs’ House, protected in the enjoyment of every political ) the amendment only proposed to restore the to be receiver of public moneys at Colfax, The return of Seftor Garcia and his agree- | right now possessed by them. To the faith- | lag to its original language. Washington territory; Jaines L. Dyer. to be | able wife, after their four year's residence in | ful observance of these pled fr mile ise the statutes changed it surreptitiously, and ° senator or office all the time eit v ¢ credit of listriet attornes pies a democ: we stand | Mr. Conkling said he sat with some impa- bold, unserupa receiver of public moneys at Wachita, Kan- | Europe, will be welcome news to all who | committed, and I,as the representative of | tience and heard every little while some crit- | cious. ----The ease of the Ori eMY¥ —All Musical Ama. | Sas; also. a number of postmasters. enjoxed the acquaintance of the minist-r | the conservative party, hold myself bound | icism upon the action of the committee to | commissioned by Gov. Grover hes its par- heabove Society and |, on 1 fiom the Argentine Republic. by every dictate of houor and of good faith | revise the laws. He spoke of the disadyan- | allel in Maryland under the republi weet at $ oclock, at THe SITUATION IN SouTH CARoLINA.— Senor Don Vicente Dardon, who was ap- | t6 use ry effort to have these pledges re- | tages and labor under which that committe | gime. Judge Franklin, a den streets northwest. to | Some members of Congress think that as | pointed minister from “Guatemala in 1872, | deemed fully and honestly. Let us show to | performed their duty. The phrase, ‘and | elected judge of the judicial cireult: over +. Masical Director. | Hampton's attempt toexercise gubernatorial | ind from Salvador in 184, now represents, | all of them that the true interests of both | he formed at lew | functions will necessarily bring him in con. | in addition to these two nationalities, Costa | races can best be secured by cultivating peace ran and the | tact with the Chamberlain government, the | Rica also. He is Envoy Extraordinary and | ard promoting prosperity return,” intentionally omitted in the revision, in re rd to this part among all classes Mr. Thurman satd that Gov, Spence, republ accusations of he legislature heard isloyalty against Judge lary from the first, M Franklin and declared him ineligible, and k decl2-e* Preside: pose by dis ny | Minister Plenipotentiary from the first, Min- | of our fellow-cilizens, | Zranklin and deciared him ineligible, and wr bot pof mon ciation To exercies legisiatlve ister Plenipotentiary from the second, and | “At the close ot the address the oath of office | young man, and after forty-five years of use | away. They therefore seated his opponent, : y Chief Justice Marsha ee ee WA Werhingtim tals. te Catgiver ot Me. Pestminiterss THE STORY 18 REVIVED that in ease the | Carlile Patterson, carried oi all the honors | f), Simy thern men show a disposition to aceept | At the = bal tion and make noactive antagonism | OTK) by uguration of Gov. Hayes, that hot an error had been discovered. Mr. Swan ral Hampton as governor, and to W. | did the same thing at a later day, and now, hone mm as lieutenant governor, the crowd | after thirty years’ use, they were found with- given at Delmonico’s, New | standing uncovered while the ceremony out error. iwardis; five genth being performed. The chair in which x the houor of dar Hampton was seated was then wrapped in the german with Miss Patterson, she w Judge Spence.a republican, and decided that Judge Franklin's election was a nullity. Baltimore Gazette. ++*-Perhaps tt will be ne- cessary. before long, to send a copy of every telegraphic dispatch which passes over the Wires, to Washington for Congressional use. GOSPEL MEETING LINCOLN HALL, SARRATH AFTE WON, AT 3 OU CLOCK oor esl SHORT ADPRESSES Mr. Conkling said he now understood wh the President went te Ohio for his Chief J is | the national colors, and he was borne on the | tices, having appointed two from that state. | It would save hunting them up afterwards, SINGING. LED BY &. C- Lamar, of Mississippi, is to be accord, compelled to give each a fraction of the | shoulders of adozen men to his hotel, escort- | It was because all the citizens were so well | and those sending sages would know CORNET AND ORGAN. "s a cabinet position. This Is as near the truth. | ance. in | Od by the entire crowd. Several prominent | qualified for that service, and the other states | what to expect.— Boston Herald. ----The dem~ TOCHG MEN WELCOME ___ Sc 0 | Perhaps as the report telegraphed away last | senator Sharon has in his employ and will | gentlemen sddressed the multitude from the | Wumetsn con. ocratic statesmen who tried to lead the Pres- > Wt Micos night that President Grant is to be Hayes’ | pring to Washington with him, a remarka- front of the hotel. The Congressional com- Mr. Thurman said he would not undertake | ident gently by the nose are about in the GOLD MEDAL Seeretary of War. ft Bn rer re ae aoen a ene nes mittee were occupying @ prominent position | for a moment to, say that every republican same fx as the bewildered gent man who em a - ; e ier resid n California twenty rs, and c Se | appointed by the Pres} 10 office was not | got ho! the w end of the mule.—N. Y. PURE RYE WHISKY. DEATH OF G HARDIE.— Inspector Gen- maid dnee cus of ths naan seat sean thePa. | the balconies. prointed by ‘ident t & of the wrong end o! mo Y eral James A. Hardie, U. 8. army, died at | Cine coast, j aes Bong his residence in this city, at half-past seven ecere nesta 2 yestord ment, . . oF: N.—There was an The Congressional committee yesterday Slee on Liebig’s Tonie Bitters. | O'Clock last evening. He was a native of | THE INDIAN QUESTION discovered wheat in willeand to bean Also, Proprietors of Baron Liebig oe ie Bitors. | raw York, and was a cadet of ta military | interesting conference last evening in the of- | ‘liscovered what is alleged to be an J. W. BARNES & ©O.,» veaden West Point from 18 to 18%. | fice of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of aprecinet of 1 . 7 . ep Among his classmates were President Grant, | between the Sioux commissioners and Indian | lation. the demo SCE UN(OM will bold Prasee Mectngean | Generals W. B. Franklin, Win. F. Reynolds, | anairs committees of the Senate and House. | cover seventy ct ane a De Pe IbaY Ev c. C. Augur, Rufus Ingalls, J.C. McPherson | The members of the commission were, of | ute size that w re found { NINGS of next week, at the Methodist Protestant J 26¢ others as prominent. During the war of | course, in favor of the cession of the Black | democrats charge that thi Charch on Mth stree balf-past six | the rebellion he served as aid-de-camp to | hills by the Sioux, but they were divided in | hidden y duty. yas then taken on the amend- y yeas and nays, and it was lost— yeas ¥. ae 31. Mr. W¥ndom said the bill as reported eon- formed to the law as the comm) under- stood it and as the Treasury officials under- | stood it. the box. The | Mr. Edmunds moved to strike ont every- » tickets were | thing in the bill changing existing law; and | which motion was lost. Tribune. For eale by all leading Grocers, Druggists and Sa doors, Confagrations. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LITTLE ROCK Dispatches from Little Rock, Ark., last night, says:—A terrible fire is prevailing in the heart of the city. The Metropolitan hotel burnt, including the Merchants’ National and Gleason’s restaurant. The city hall, in which are kept the steam fre engines e int n folds of the regular tickets, ‘ and hook and ladder apparatus and the city g clock, in connection with the Union services now | Gen. McClellan. opinion as to whether the ‘Indians should be | thus smuggled into the box. The interpola- | The bill as reported, providing for paying offices, is now burning. At this hour (10:15) Feeeerarce are farived tebe present,” “decs | AN INDICTMENT AGAINST CHARLES A. | Temoved to another point on the Missouri | tion was charged on the ground that citizens | twenty-five cents per mile one way was then | the water has given oul. ‘There are great ri ror into the Indian territory. In the | of the precinct fail to identify any of the sev. | passed. fears of the flames extending across to the NEW hOOKS. FL ESTATIONERY, and | DANA, fourd by the grand jury, November course of the conference, which was very full | enty-two names that appear consecutivel The morning hour having expired, the | north side of Markham reet. The fire orig- FAN BERT S DOOKSTORE Tole hice. | 2% Was filed to-day in open court. It charges | and free, the commissioners expressed their | on ‘two pages to themscives,and fron the | Chair announeed the regular order ai Mr. | inated in McCabe's Icchouse at $45 0n the More New dork rene NS FORE: 1010 Woe.’ | that he on the 7th of October charged A. R. | firm convietion that the Indians were per- | fact that the poll-list at this p Mitchell's resolution in regard to the Oregon | back of the river, and communicate! to the Pee RES = Shepherd with having Mrs. R. F. Morsell as | fectly capable of civilization, and expressed | numbered as at all other precincts e electors. i Gut houses, thence to a laumiry, and across SFECTAL ROTICE. as a concubine, who was put into the bureau of | the opinion that our treatment of these | publicans claim that they ean explain these Mr. Dawes asked that it be laid asite tem- ater street to the hotel. A heavy gale is Sanit natty all bavine seeds depooned | printing and engraving by Shepherd and re- | Indians hax been imore savage than thelr | facts satisiuctorily te-merrow, “These rorarily to twke up the resolution providing | prevailing, the wind from the nora Mowing Sak en cicree Mateos on ccamtiion ool eaae # tals there by Grant when be well iw 1 @eatment Of us. court proceedings were stopped witil 8: ior the pay of Witnesses attending mivestiga- Efarys across Markham street to the Denehile her lth, Igb.ur the same'will U2 wohl at patie | po scrvice whatever. “There are ax crane, | THE Honipay Itrcess Hoth Houses of | (#y next. Louisiana. Mz. Edmunds said he had givennotice that | Griffith building, corer Markham and Main nding to law. within the thres following | and A. R. Shepherd and A. S. H. White are | Congress have made special orders for Tues- | rare coxcrrn ee gsrigattos he should call up yesterday the resolution | strects, opposite the Metropolitan hotel, is on Auctioneer. corner 1th | 271 A. Ht’ day and Thureday of next week, so that if it the Congressional commitice yes. | ofered by Mr. Morton last March to provide | fire. There are some hopes of stopping the GOLDSTEIN & CO. ——— holid: 2 Clover, thé supervisor of East Baton | for and regulate the counting of the electoral | flames at the Herald building. The butidings beng a Ecoxomy.—When the House appointed | |S proposed to take a holiday recess, it w! who testified the day previous, was | \ote. He did not call it up yesterday, but . Several men not be for so long a time as in previous years, ci nearest it have been raze hb: its southern committee an appropriation was MILBURN'S : . by Gen. Hurlbut. Clover submitted | thought it ought to be taken up once. ve been severely injured by falling bricks. anes Ror eee made of €21,000 to meet the expenses of the | {28% penne Caeaenae a Nae ee a copy of the affidavit which accompanied | By consent, the witness fees bill was taken ne loss wil be fully 150.000 if the fire § COFFEE. AND CHOCOLATE same. It went to the Senate, and tha: body | asain until about the ad or 4th of January; | Bis ner ip eg ee a eter ly ere eg men dl Po ge at whieh the x x . It went te a y 3 ‘el adding a , - | ing. ng te > en y Si hpcan tien MINERAL WATERS all the Yoar | 2™€nded it by appropriating $50,000 for the | but in view of the important questions de- | fear, dread, and terrorism throughout the is P fire started, all of the guests escaped from the hotel, most of whom, however, lost their bag- gage. INCENDIARY FIRES © SOUTH CAROLINA. A large portion of thriving town of Blackville. Barnwell county, S. C., was burned yesterday morning. ¢ fire started in H. Asher’s store, and consumed over twen- ty stores and residences, with the South Caro- Mpa railroad depot and kheds, telegraph and express office. Estimated loss #s0,000; insur- - : > d i se i Senate committee. It came back, and this | manding the attention of Congress this year. | Part*h on ihe day of election. He did not | sled that witnesses residing west of the 105th morning Mr. Holman, chairmanof the House | It is not deemed advisable to let members go | Withess any violence, but was informed of it | meridian be allowed ¢ cer i age priation commiitee, added $9,000 forthe | away from Washington for any great length Ha ee pee oe Srcansiner te seehene | Tio camesnisneist wae ehighed aia the ball » to cover the expenses of the com. | of time. Members of the House committee h ned. b quently ap pera pig wots New on appropriations take the ground that they | W@8 prepared in the custom-house in New a en took the Roor, but yielded to Iphia and elsewhere, and fu- | can keep at least a quorum here, because one | Orleans. Hugh J. Campbell assisted in pre- Aaa te eeliow’ss , nto election frauds. But while adding | party will not trust the other, and that, there. | Daring it. A number of witnesses were ex eA T, So ae the Semaine <oete appropriation he eut_the Sen- | fore, they can act at least upon the appropri- | Amincd. The committee gave notice that | I0m: | yw ot ine cammittee on pubile tion “down from $50,000 to | ation bill. ‘The probabilities are that a short | (hey would hereafter meet In the hall of the | | Tite ae eens be anthorizcd tones [estou ble Moaaone over the holidays from e proper planks upon the west steps to the Cap. 1429 PENNsvLvANia AVERYS, Near Willard’s Hotel. th. ; ain Cloth, Silk and Matelasse. Also, paks for Misses from four to sixteen years, all at mcet reasonable pricesat M. WILLIAN 8. Drecete made in the most caperior strto.and at rea- — prices by MME. WASHINGTON, up stairs, ovis tr TNE AXE TO FALL AGAIN.—The bureau aes = Why Troops Were Sent to Petersburg. | it0!. ance unknown. There is much excitement = ea awetet - ‘. <i 3 4 He said that the present covering to those | in the town, ax the fire is believed to be in- SAMUEL 6. YOUNG, of engraving and printing was closed yester- List of New Books. ENCLOSURES IN THE PRESIDENT'S Mi steps was an old tombie down rickety set of | cendiary. An incendiary fire also took place NOTARY PUBLIO, day afternoon, for the purpose of making | Principia of Political Science, upon a Re = yesterday at the town of Florence, 8. C., burning’ several buildings, including the store and dwelling of D. Soniurger. Insured for $6,500; total loss $11,000, steps that had been put up there each winter some necessary repairs upon the boiler, and | erent, Moral, Liberal. and Progressive Fou Accompanying the message of the Presi- | for four or five rs, and were really inde- in consequence, all the employes were grant- | dation; by R. J.Wright, Prof. of Ethics. Met- | dent, sent to the Senate yesterday, settir gl iurloughs until to-morrow morning, when | aphysies, and Church History in the Chris- | fort why troops were sent to the Petersbur: they will report again for duty. Many of | tlan Bibiieal Institute. Thir’ edition, re- ; n oetiT-tf Orne: Star Buit.1 cent and such that no farmer in Vermont or Rhode Island would put up to a cow crib or yPTICIAN. ; a barn, or oS Pe ¢ 7 " “3 Va., district during the late election is a s 2 5 7 " THE Baron Von PALM IN Cot. O1- a = them, however, will not come to work vised. Tacony, Philadelphia: R.J. Wright. : be lect Mz. Hamlin wanted to amend by adding | (THE Baron Vox Pata 1x Cou. O1- Faria Phisd-ipiisson my invented g=ammga’ | after to-morrow, for the list of decapitation: | \ The Readings of Charles Dickens, as con- LETTER FROM GFN. SHERMA that the steps thensclves shoyld be kept in | COTT} FOCKET—At 3 o'clock this afvernoon and patented EYEGLASS. manufac S°"GM | which are necessary for want of work, has | domed be heeele, Hann pee Shepard. | t© the Secretary of War, proper order and free from ice. itppery side or Gallons ttt ae ee ese, othe ane on tama criarsen eemune | already been made out, and the death sen- | For sale by E. M. Whitaker & Sop. This ts | COMPANY B, Capt. Brocicebridge, of Tr. Anthony said it seemed to be a con- | SUppery side of Gallows Hill and unlocked Brazilian Pebbles. A band a large of | ten . SPECTACLES. OPERA GLASSES. “wicko- Dry tag LSE inen Me how great the redu SOOPES cnt SHADES fer Be 7S Po. oon tion will be, but it must necessarily be a ‘ave. tion of Dickens’ readings, brought out = a camer 1 originally by Ticknor & Fields. was eqealied to its proper station, jet of auth Arms, the Are the back door of the cremating house. Col. Olcott carried a new sweeping brush, and when the fireman and assistant arrived’ they between the Sergeant-at- itect of the Capiiol, and the Fort | Commissioner of Publie Buildings, as to 7 = pte " - S " vork. - | & own “tort. Leetemn | SS Pe tee | | Lady Emestine, or the Absent Loni of Ing of ine case L will add that on the atiey | eats arch Soe ick aes | mae oyen tas coved etaeaeceeia te aaa ee RANKLIN & CO No sEsstox of the sub-committee on priv- | Botner nig i Pein cara Tos ated. | of November a gentleman came tome from | trams gen ho ee aes ne jon the ashes of the Baron lay in little —. Col. Olcott took the Hindoo vase from the top of the brick furnace, pushed the long-handled brush into the retort, and slowly and eare- fully swept the ashes toward the front. There they were taken up in the hand and put into the vase. near], ling it. The door of the No. 1227 Penxxsvicania AVENTE. pectacles Heges and elections, remaining in Washing- | Kory by’ the author of “The Heoseboider | ¢ Attorney General representing that there | riven off on, the, principle of the Hone pe Rracilian Pebbie , = was reasov to uppreiend a breach of the me ma * because I ton, was held this morning, owing to the | Bouverie. peace at Petersburg, Va.,and asking ade. | fou Seon ments aatee cone ye dn failure of certain witnesses from New Jersey A_Manual of Parliamentary Practice; by | tachment of troops to be sent there. You | one to light the fire. So he (the Senator) to report and testify in regard to the alleged | P- 1H. Mell, L.L.D., Professor of Ethics and being absent I saw Judge Taft in person. and himself went and drove her off. Reduced Prices. ineligibility of Benjamin Williamson, one Metapt ysicx, and Lecturer on Parliamentary | advised that a company of soldiers be sent "Tie reshlation wae ‘adepted. ef the deanocratic presidential electors. | Mr. | Law intne University of Georgia. NewYork: | to Petersburg if practical, and the seat Charles G. Stifel,a republican elector in Mis- Sheldon & Co. For sale by Wm. Ballantyne. ane L ee ae 23 = retort was in the corner, Dr. Le Moyne , le day, being in New York city, J saw Gen. | _HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mr. | turned the key, and Col. Oleott walked down HEAVY BLUE CHINCILLA OVERCOAT, souri, contests the seat of D. M. Frost, a dem- | 4 concise set of rules forconduciing business | Hancock in person, and after some inquiries | Swann, from committee on foreign affairs, | the steep, sli, ; Snowy hill with the mor- 6. Se Fong ground that = Perel in deliberative assemblies. rs to (eecigoihreenonl I ordered him a send | submitted a resolution acknowledging the | tal ier en Earon_ von Palm in Ao! = that 4 “loxis ; by Sophi y, author of e above designated company to Peters- ned . overcoat ‘ket. e cs ve al GERMANIA DIAMOND FUR BEAVER, eal disabilities had not been removed. Mr. un peas piece sighies. Heston: eee | burg. to remain during the election of Xe | Teceipt from the republic Pretoria, in South | left tor Washington; there is not even “A ead DOBSON 'S STEIPED FUR BEAVER, Fecelves copies Of tne protet gat Dior eee | Shepard. For sale by Wim. Ballantyne, A | vember? and then to return to its post. Tin | Africa, of a letter congratulatory of the | gyed member at the cal 7 ‘i 316. filed with the ptradnrnd a ‘of state of Min story for girls. close a copy ofhis orders, also copies of gene- | United States on its Centennial, and direct- left for the natives to wonder at. Baron von Palm, adieu !—{ Philadelphia Times. YouNG LADIES SHOOTING AT A TARGET. At the fair in aid of the Seaside Sanitarium, ee... wt ta Eighteen Presidents and Contemporaneous | Pa! orders Nos. 3 and %, which include ail h eS Ae en ee NAVAL OnpEns.—Pay Director J. H.Wat- | Rulestby Wok Taglon. Pane Bea | reine Oe toe Se ee ar, | RRowiedamens of Unit ered enka FLORENCE BLUE, BLK & BROWN BEAVER, | ™OUgh, ordered to resume duties as general | mn Singerly. Giving, in cheap form, a suc- | T¥ing in Wistricts where disturbances were | like resolution was also repo! ackno' ft Shs. nN 1 Inspector of provisions and clothing Gace | cinet history of the various Administrations, | #bprehended. | edging asimilar compliment frora the Ar- ing the Secretary of State to tender the ac- it of United States. Adopted. A cotel " ph he enclosure enrbraces aftidavits | gentine republic, and it was also adopted. in the Academy of Music, in New York, SIBERIA BEAVY RIBBED FUR BEAYER, mander Henry A. Adams, detached from | #@0f the sean peraneous rulers'of the pein- | i idtive to the nee ity for é : | Mr. Roberts introduced a bill for relief of | Wednesday evening, a number of aristo- st . command of the receiving ship Potomac and | oe pentons of Suanwe: ae burg, covering some thirty p | William Bowen, of the Distriet of Columbia. | cratic young ladies shot at a target with air- IMP'D WEST OF ENGLAKD PLAIN BEAVKR, | ordercd to command the training ship Con- | 4) nwood Cliff; or, Oscar, the Sailor's Son. | seript.. The Referred to the District committee. guns. The score was made by Miss L. : "$20 stitution; Licutenant H.C. Nielas, from the | By Daniel Wise, 1) Ballantyne (one: | SWorn STATEMENT OF GEO. N. MARRLE Mr. Buckner introduced bill to amend the | [at—<5 out of @ possible 36. Miss A. Stein- L ERMINE FUR BEAVER, receiving ship Potomac and ordered to the | Sid. For sale by Wm mtyne. A new | is to the effec 2th day of May | charter or the Mutual Fire Insurance com- ck scored 31; Miss Emma Granzier, 30; ROYA 2 BE . Constitution ‘as executive: Licutenants A. | Story for boys. last he was engaged in a building a short | pany of the District of Columbia. Referred | Miss Emma Faber, 29; Miss Minnie Schu- 7 BA Lillie, FE. H. Green and C. E. Calahan, ae ae hg Spiritualism, distance from oe polis distributing republi- | to the District nm ittec. ag yg willbe Ensign W. C. Heacock, Mates Harry Setly, | epUfically Explained and can tickets, when an armed b assed for the removal of politi. | @ match a s ev ween ee C,H. Thorn and Frank Holler, Surgeon W. | the Rev. Asa = Mahan, : position, with officers and m lian Sharp, Lloyd J. | Young lady rifle teams. Among the teams wannepes pe er H. Jones. Assistant Surgeon Robert Whit: | Pr: ag a Cs ae w York: | assaulted a few colored m poard, all of Virginia. which have entered are those representing ing. Pay ster C. A. MeDaniel, Chaplain FP. «ie rm J » Pui a the | building with clubs and mere impositions of the so-called “spiritual | used without remblane | mediums,” Dr. Mahan comes to the conclu- | shooting one man in the fa to the bill making appropriation to - Sion that there isa force in nature which he | knocked bim down with a’stone. Marble, , Day the expenses of special committees ap- ARMY ORDERA—By direction of the Pres. | denominates the Odylic force. which force is | who lad escaped from the building at the | pointed to investigate the recent elections. BURLINGTON BLUE MOSCOW BEAVER, ident the follow. ug officers will be relieved | identical with the cause of all the mesmeric | beginning of the attack, was Immediately | The House bili original propriated $21,900 : . a a ’ rc of these ion, who committed him to jail for “inciting | The Senate amended it by putting on $50,000 =zDW Anes yeas pee CASSIMERE, peg ey mg a oe \festations on the other. All the spirit-phe- | a riot” without any hearing whatever. When t the expenses of the Bonate, investiga- the English, Scotch. Irish, French, German and America A TEN-YEAR OLD BURGLAR eyed boy was before Judge Bixby yesterday, arged with burglary. The evidence showed that he had forced open the basement win- dow of the house at 23 west 2Ist street, and had then stolen eight napkin rings,valued at @ominittee on ap- VELOUR'S scsi - papa AL WORSTED, | R. Rose, from the Potomac and ordered to vorted back Senate amend- the Constitntio: ELBOECF FRENCH CASSIMERE, S20 to meet the " = ~ 10. The little fellow, in ‘wer to the stere. J c y Int, a Prederick | LOMena of every kind are thus accounted | brought before the mayor noone appeared | ting commitiees, Since then the House hes | #22: <HASE ENGLISH STR Fob ety unt Lieut. Frederick | ror, without. the supposition of the prosenee | aeaterehicn ries Complaint. and Marble | authorieed another comuaitien tien tre pra RG "to school, is 8 Vermont, Buriiaguse Vee peeinlversity Of | or agency of disembodied spirits. was discharged. He adds that he firmly be- | York and Brooklyn. The appropriation for | he pleaded guilty to the charge by sexe RMOV'S CHECK WORSTED, M. Lancaster, id artillery, at the Bishop Sea. “Ibow-Room, a Novel without a Plot; by | lieves the republican voters of the city will | the House is therefore increased to $30,000, big boy threw my hat into the base. 15 bury mission, Fairbauli, Minn.; Second | Max Adeler, author of ‘Out of the Hurley- | not go out at the fall election unless the gov. ald the committee recommend that the Sen- Paty poe dogg 4 afiee Mt oma teen GLOBE MILLS FLAID CASSIMERE, Lieut. J.8. Rogers, ist infantry, at the De- | Burley,” ete. Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart | ernment will furnish them ample protection | ate appropriation be reduced t0-839.000, which He was held in $1,000 bal troit high se ool, Detroit, Mich.; First Licut. | & Co. Quite a school of writers of humorous | by sending troops for that purpose. Other | the committee deem sufficient. WLLOCK 'S BLACK AND BROWN PLAID, A. D. Schenck. ‘2d artillery, at Iowa state | POnsense of about equal powers has sprang | affidavits in relation to outrages in May, and | r. Hale o| e pro reductions $13. university. to take effect upon the arrival of | UP inthe path of ‘Artemus Wanl” Browne, | expressing belief that the presence of troops | of the Senate appropriation. ‘The Senate, as LONDON BASKET WORSTED. First Lieut. James Chester, 3d artillery, who | @%1 of these, next to “Mark Twain,” the | Was necessary to protect republicans at the | ithad an undou right todo, bas ordered a is ordered there. By direction of the Necre. | W'iter of this budget of fun makes the best | polls, and which were made public about the | investigations, and it knows its needs. RUSSELL DARK PLAID CASSIMERE, tary of War, Capt. B. H- Gilbreth, ordnance | "gure in book form, bis humor having a | time troops were sent to Petersburg, follow. Senate has al summoned witness- ‘Sit. ° storekeeper, is relieved from duty at the | Certain flavor of wisdom and insight into | Letters from L. L. Lewis, Ui | es from and other distant places, and pee is Watervliet arsenal, New York, and will re- | ®uman naturethat makesit beara re-perusal. | trict attorney, and C. P. | they will require a large of money. 3BONH CLAD ASSIMERE, for duty at the Watertown arsenal. Edina; or, Missing Since Midnight, By | Siates 5 also a yt Were some things the American i jass.; First Lieut. E. B. Savage, sth infan: | Mrs. Henry Wood. Philadelphia: B. Pe- | Telate to the same subject, and algo to the | people henives more than raising 620,000, and WOODWARD BLACK RIBBED Casciunne, | 0°") to ~ | terson A new & ‘author of | later disturbance on the 30th of October, when was the ascertainment of the facts con- e Bk I A EE eer Sy nae Messrs. Segar, Ball and Desendor! were as. | nected with the late elections. ‘There was « Ain Wee WorTEn pambataeue, viee to _ its to the 4 Oh, wh ‘Should the Spirit of Mortal be | *2uUlted, and the iblican meeting broken | condition of affairs in the state of Louisiana From $2.30 0 gS iilis | Proud? Hy William Knox. Boston: Lee & pe b Pag nore epepapers Sad seine — ep Sn oe bs in: month. | Shepard. For sale by Wm. Ballantyne. This — eee oe do: | Sectionien._ ts euler tak = ——— - | partment are also embraced in the enclo- | be known he would be willing to double fall and Eramine. THE Cask or Mx. BUTTZ—The first case | {irgeporm, the favorite of Abraham Lin- | Eurex, appropriation for the House committees, and —e before the House committee on elections is | with illustrations by Miss LB. Humphrey, he a. 8 AUS. ‘of C. W. Butz, of §.C. ‘y- Ponitical. Figurs tx BautTiorEe— . Unat . W. Bauz, - C., who has ne con- Christ, the Teacher of Men; by A. W. Pit- | Fatal POPULAR CLOTHIER, Gestant, but whose credentials were referred | zer, author of ” Philadel- bs 2 the committee on elections en account of re J. tippinects & Oo. For sale ye Bove tr 1O11 Pennsytvania sernus. the retention of = protest Ginsa the citizens of '. Pursell. . Pitzer, whose “Ecce s OUUEE oe oe Ime d strict. Mr. Buttz has the certificate of | Homo” has been well as an iptures, has the present work tory to the republican members of the com- | the same spirit, and to combat ‘the wide- Bebe eTee ge COlSES, Co beter pas A and Caroling suy see Ss chairman of the committee, Castleman. Philadelphia: Porter ae ian Improved, Machine, which ie war- | said they ‘were yet the private property of | Coates. Forsale by €.C. Purell, A stort i rest characterized the, board of canvassers and regular ereden- | able and devout defence of the Christ of Fee eee ET coptng | ta i. te a are : as Be Sporpeed Been at tweeter titer, but the democrats demanded he unl of this day and generation in be x ; | should'exbibit the proceedings of the the authoritative, intailible, aad” Dicie gale by the 87 Uae pear ipreme court. jg ong lesus of Nazareth.” fort 1294 I street eae Ne has obtained. en a & Frank ing the Forecastle; or, the IDE AND SPACE PLEATING = | See fps, as demanded seamsicecg, | Peianeenn Cinb Among ihe Whalers; by a the Mr. Butz. “it fe understood that Uredemns: | Sone, womsteb be 14 f he te —— - = ? RZ Baetauee b ‘breeunabers. pina rot been act N 4S Beek SEATIONERY AND PE- RLODIC . Ne, ‘Teh pordvce teece ead Sa + _— AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenur, cormer Lith street, 7 The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 'g r I 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. : oe, ——a TRE EVENING STAR ts served by carricrs to : subscribers at Ten Cents per week, or Forty- > Two Cents each. By Prepaid | x i —————————— Telegrams to The Star. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Dual State Government. THE OREGON CONTEST. | Repeblicns Electers Coming to Washingtes, CABLE DISPATCHES TO-DAY. Se SOUTH CAROLINA. The Vote ee Sonne. as Procinimed NEw York, lec. i.—The * Colam en The wots Simpson, Simpson's majerity produced and Matement from the secretary of state: Vote for governor, clectad I= ampton, 92.261 votes; Chamberlain. ot OFrric THE SPORETARY oF STATE.— I,J. H. E. Hnyne, seeretary of state, do here by certify that the foregolag i« a true and correct statement of th for governor, at the genera! of 1X76, a8 appears by the commissioners’ returns, now on file st this office. Given under my hand and the seal of the state, at Columbia, this wth gay of December, and in the Wist year of American’ Ir merce J.-H. EB. Haynn, Secretary of State. Angu Christian stenogray Sena Lost at Sea. Loxpex, Dec. Capt. F scaman of the bark Emma and Carl. which capsized off Orkney Island on the 3th inst., while boaud for New York for Settin, Were saved. Seven persons perished. A Dying Cardinal. Rome, Dec Cardinal Mishop € tine Patrizi. Dean of the Sacred Colle has been fl for time—is ne al his recovery is retarded as impossibl sl extreme unetion erdort aud five deciaration in the may by M. Simon, president of the conneil avd minister of the anterior, reganting his policy is received favorably nearly all the newspapers. The Reputtique F isterial prog? ar putios ye “The declarations made by imon are excellent and ofa nature to satisfy and re- assure public opinion. They justify the ex- pectation of a new era ‘The Brussels Bank Defalcation. trom Loxpon, Lee. 1 on i dispatch Brussels to the Pall Mal! ys. loss to the U falcation of its preside: 4,600,000 francs. The w aitempt at suicide, wax unsuccessful. The absconding president ix namei Meriques. Before leaving he wrote a letter seeking to plain bis operations, and said he had in- tended te commit suicide. His son- law. who has just returned from Paris. says that M. Meriques is in that city. MICHIGAN. A Memorial About the Ineligible Elector. Ew YORK. lec. U.—A Detroit dispatch Says a memorial ng forth the facts and the state law regarding the alleged imeligi- bility of Benton Hanchett, one of the repub- liean electors, ix being prepared. and the sub- ject will be laid before the Congressional mittee. SAN FRANcIsCo, Dec. 15.—A private @ix- patch from Portland, Oregon, says that Udell, Cartwright and Watts, the republican pres dential electors. and George A. Steel, ehair- man of the republican state central commit- tee, will leave for Washington on Saturday. Rescued at Sea PROVIDENCE. KR. i., Dec. 15.—The brig Bs- peranze. from Princs Edwards Island for Philadelphia, has put into Newport in dis- tress. She lost ber satis and received other daimage in the gale of the th iustant. On the 1sth, in lat. long. 70.45 she fell tn with the schooner Auntie Jones, from Brunswick, > ‘, for Ler d —" water noes, and took off the captain and’ four men, and brought them to Sewer Join Logai and James Higdon, colored seamen of the Annie Jor were lost. Safe 5 ConEsEs, N. ¥ Five burglars » Dee. 1 were surprised af no police rai — ing, rating on the safe in the Fork Central and Hudson River Rail- New captured, Haggerty being tly wounded. No booty was secured by the burglars. nenaeriiproenpeans ~Fighting the Tiger” ia the Courts. y Dec. 15.—The cms om of Briggs + Proprietors of a faro in this city, has been attached at the sult of bankers, who charge that their defaulting cierk,one Voa Mier, who was recently arrested in Mazatlan, Mexico, on & warrant of extradition, lost some: of the funds of the bunk al the gaming tables of the defendants. jean Train. ALBANY. N. Y., Dec. 15.—While four prix- oners were being bronght from St. Lawrence county to the penitentiary here, two of them jumped from the cars near Amstentam, and were supposed to have been killed, as the train was in rapid motion. The CINCINNATI, Onto, 5.—Up to this ad (1 P. m.) Py to last night’s dispatches Little Rock fire has been received. There is no direct connec- Uon with Little Rock. and . Dec. 15.—F. A. Beam: ish was to day convicted of commit~ ted When he was secretary of tee ath district school board of Scranton: He was charged with the embezzlement of $10,000. 2 ey middling, 1 Facer que “oud “om hapa, * our quiet and une . Wheat suict—No. 2 westersy ret, 1s6al3s: No. 3 > 125, Pennsylvania red, 1.381 44; red, fo prime, 138a1.45; do. amber, 1 do. white, 1 2501.48. Corn—southern dull ward tendency —western. F southern white, fas; do mixed, old, spot, 29; p< baal Oats qui Clo Steady and dcwand good—Mary lap! aud n . als. “Prov ‘ Bull seeto— packed be ties a. apoulgers,TaaDbe elent ik aides, a: hams, 16) aids. | Lard—tcfined. iTyaliie. Ci mE and active—Kio co i = bing. Maz.