Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1877, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. AT THE STAR BUILDING Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th sireet, ar The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres't. ae THE EVENING STAR it served by carriers fo subscribers ot Ten Cents per week. or Forty four Cents per month. Copies at the counte- Two Cents each. fy mail—postage prepaid— Sixty Cents a month: one year, $6. THE WEEKLY STAR— published on Priday— i S2a year, postage prepaid. BF All mail subscriptions invariably in artoance. BF Kates of advertising furnished on application. | eS SPECIAT, NOTICES. UNIV Esa Lista, 8v 10ks— Rest will presen in Ta'lmites H nday Scoot ai 9.4) a. /| DOUBLE SHEET. | . 5O—-N®. 7,669. WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1877. he £vening Star. TWO CENTS. |THE EVENING STAR, TIST CHURCH ome ¢ ip, the Morn’ a the Evening at UNITARIAN S@RVICES—Bey. Cray LEY wit preach at Willards Hall Banday Morning. at It oclork s. m. Sunday Behooi S5e.m Pub 1 a it FIRST BAPTIST CHUGCH. Ita street, Deteeen Gard Haw. Rev br. Cctassat, tor. —Service Morning ana Bveuing ai the a + corner AF. hours 4!) we come iia TBERE WiLL BE AN OUT DOOR BE- > ligous fom perance Mc= rg he'd coraer 15.4 ane Orirecte north » clock Suaday aft~r- noon. Come in the sir Jes i* OS seed EERON PLACE M > SOUTH, co ner of 9h and K . 2) @ fo-merrow (Sa. aude 7: p m.. by the p- Fistey. DD Public inv CHRIATIAN between N and O AX WH preach Te ing af the m«nal « vice a m the Sabbath by jents will he given it Circle end Te rm amal! coil ct 11® Penns; ivania ave Sans DEVELOPHE T= IN BOW s SUNDsY HESAL Comm i.tce op the Waehire‘on A pany. IMPEOV Ss. members BZ. whetber in gc BDER E TAMMANY TRIDE, N ding cr Rot, nad especia.ly EDO 18 the old ed evsyende mbers, are earnestly aud ordimliy requested t vd nex indled on MONDAY E bg alt. at7sockck.inK of P Polk D street. between 6th acd ith © By order of the Tribe CHAS LaHAYNE, Sachem, OFF'CE OF THE COMM'S*IONER OF THE SINKING FUND. Wasnincton. D.C , Octubsr 25. 167 ‘The Interest on the Thirty-year Fauding Bonds, due November B, 1-77, will be paid in coin at this Cflice op and ster FRIDAY, the 26*h instant. oct2s-3t LEWIS J. DAVIS, Presidsnt. 0S ub8 THE SUNDAY ae To- of ¥ OBKOW will contain th ‘all Report me by Commisstouer Bryan f tae Washicgron Market it Committee ai LDEBS OF THE ul KAO 24 VINGS BANK OF THE i BiCT OF . Arpval Nine Trustees of thé Be rop lis Savings Bank of the District of Columbia NM be heid st the Bank, op the corner of Tih street and Denis: . in Washington city. D. O., i + %. 1377, between the hours 1 Ka m ard 3 p m. ‘Ibe Report of the Committee on the Transsc- tions of the Bank for the third year will be read at o’eleek p. M. on the same day. A fu. stterderce is reyuested Samu K GEBM4N-AMERICAN SAVINGS No. G32 F sireet, corner of 7th pdaly bom 10 a. m'toS p.m. 02 Saturday eveniogs fiom 6 to # p.m ,to receive de posite only. After firet dep sit any amount from fiv cots upea Sale Depeit Boxes fo- Test in Fire and B proet V BB avd SWa year, Fur lacgent ot boxes in the city BOCK BEIDOR KE LUM. NYUCKY BLUE LICK, BEDFORD. BETHESDA, And other natural MINERAL WATERS for MILBUSN'S PHARMACY, eepas-tr 24230 be. B. avenue. | ¥. @. 6. a GOSPEL MEETING BVERY SUNDAY AFiEZNOON, zt LINCOLN Halli, AT HALF PasT THBEEE 0 CLOCK. Bbort aud carnest sutreases Good singing by s quartetie. Your g ron come. Breryt. dy welcome. => A OABD. To ell who are suflering from the errorsand in @iseretions «f youth, neryous weakness, early Je cay. loss cf manhood, &c., 1 will seud « receipt tat will i = OF CHA nie sepls-tr. was dis fea. tend self SEPH T. INMAN, ‘York city BusYabi — WaTEs ax CFTALO LiTu!4 WATER, offered by the bottle aso. At lowest - - W.5. THOMPSON. by some tt FUT ih street, =D. MCPARCAN, Demat. 1340 NEW YORK AV® 4 Bor Bew Jerse: avenue, as aevasly prin in vit BAMUEL @ YOURS, NOTARY PUBLIO, Orr cx—fr Boyc rec ory jan ly ret QOPTICIAN. First preminm awarded to te by the Great World's Fair,in Phiied. te Oo ty anven! end ‘patented EYEGLASS, manufac fared in God, Silver sod Fi aa eles, with geaniue bles Also on band @ large variety bib tene MIC, "ADS for the Byes, Re 1. ALEX % 1229 P, ICao- ecté-tristp aveun = BaAzLow's GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, 22325 Pennsy.caniaacenue. Oil Patntings, Engravings, Paotogrevares (e new }, French and German Phoweraphs, Palvtings, due Obromos, &e.; Gilt and Nickel in every style for Porcelaine and Photo- a graph Portraita The public are invited to examine eur stock, mu which will be found all the late pabli- entices of foreign houses. (October Ist will ‘Leather ‘oods, Porteronaie. Frames for and all Wise LARMIe ‘te ¥ te English Crystal Chandeliers AT CosT. oe erin to clove ont our entire stock of LISH OBYSTAL ORANDELIERS we ofer . 2" AT Cost. ‘The above are sil of the newest patterns and of DIRECT IMPORTATION. Stepan M. W. GALT, BRO. & CO., Jewellers. aiuto. F . 2S coats, colts rt © ©. AINSWORTH, Norfolk, Va WASH, YOUR KITCHEN TINS, Ta- 1 a8, mates ant LO! wits | ’ Washington News and Gossip, | GovERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAy—Inte ~al revenue, $352 514.17; customs, $3 SENATOR BLAINE js be.cer to day, al- thongh still corfiacd to his room ard bei. iT Is SAID that Col. Roberis, of New O-- ‘eans is an applicant for the postion of Tolrd Assistant Seereiary of State. PEESONAL.—Mr. A. M. Gibson. of the N. ¥. Sun, eoatemplates # trip to Havana fi his health. IT IS CLAIMED that these is a clear ma- jouity of the Senate in favor of the restoration © the eld s-lverdollar to its former moze. 8.8 Us. THE Two BILL3.—Wnwm. FE. Caardier Is the present cu:todian of the Sianley Mawihews hoiel bill, and the question wo. wi'lhe do with Both Bills now have a history. ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCCORMICK Wil! i2wWain in his present position until aboat December Ist. He .8 sr xious to be relieved of the onerous dutievof the office by that | ime at Jeost. NAVAL ORDELS.— Iteutenant Iseac J. | Yates, ordercd to the Lackawanna, North | Pacific station; Lieutenant B. 8. Richards, detached :rom the Lackawanna, and ordered to procecd home and rey ort arrival. AMONG THE CALLERS at the Waite House to-day were S ors Matthews, Camero., es, Cockrell, Oglesby acd Johnston. and Represen‘atives Dunvell. Bacou, Keffer, Townteod. Garficid. Thornburg, Maish, White, Kelly aud Aidrich. THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE Two BAx- TEKS of Tennessee for the vacant Jadgeship of the 6th judicial district is still kept an, acd the appreheas.ors of the friends of bo'h are that.aver all, Judge Cooley, of M.cil- | acd there} gan. will slip in between the two aud get the Place. UNIFORMS IN THE P. O. D.—An order has been issued at the Post Office deparimeni requirtog each railway post office cierk, route agent, mail route mes:enger and local agent to provide himself a un.worm of blac cloth apd brass buttons, to be wora at all Leurs when on duty. IT Is SaIp that a conference has taken place betwcen Spea:er Randal! avd Vice President Wheeler relative to the leagih o” the extra session of Congress, and that it has been decided betwen them to endeavor to procure the passaze of @ joint re<olution an an adjourrment next Taursday or Fri- ay. THE SExate Jupiciary CoMMITTZE met this morning for the first tire of the re-- sion. The procecdings were secret, bat it 13 known that the Pacific railroad question was under consideration. Jay Geald avpearec before the commuttee, but did not give any injormation under oath. No apy oinimenis were cons.dered, much t9 the dicappoint- ment of Gen. Harlan’s friends. Nava > ES—Tuhe Trenton, fagsbip of Adw‘ral LePoy, was at Marvellles October b. The Vandalia had been ordered to Nice, from Smyrm The Speedwell arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., October 2th, and w.l! be la‘¢ up. The Taliapro:a, Lieutenant © E. Joncs, commanding, left the Wa: hicgton ravy yard at 11 o’ciock yester- day. bound east. THERE is A Goop Dest or CavevsstnG between the eastera ard wesiern democrats The latter are anxious to introduce reio'- tiers on the finaneial question in the Hou op Mon’ay, and the former want them hel! bsck wnt! after the November elections ‘Ine outlook is that in the interests of bir meny (2) the western men will keep qvior vutil atver November 6th. Rorert T. Liscotn.—It is undersi 59! thai ibe position of Third Assistant § -ere. tary of Stace has been tepderc 1 to Robert T Lineo!n, son of ex-President Lincoln. Gov. Campbell, who now bolds "ue pos.tion, fs to te avpotnicd Unti 1 Sivesconsul at s yeriand. Ers rejirement from the St» depuiment is voluntary, and owing to {1l- realth. ir EDWARD THORNTON TO RETURN.— ‘Tre diplomatic and society circles in Wash- ington will be much gratificd to leaia that Sir Edward Thornton will recurn to this capital stout the laticr part of the coming mou, November.) to resume his duties a3 Britich Mivister. We regret todeiract fro: the plessure of tbisapnovncement by aidin: ‘et Lady Taornton ard her daughters wil syerd the winter in England. “TRE Democratic Pottcy oF R B Hayrs”"—An Ohio Representative conterr- plates ofiering a resolution in the House on Monc¢ay tothe effect “that this Honse en- cores the democratic yerigad oft R. B. Hayes.” He says he don’t want his re-olation to eriti- cirethe President's title, because upon thet ot the republicans would dcdge the qu 1 of the polley and vote against any reso- lation cndorsipg it, which aitacited the title. Hence be wants to press a vote stlely on the « policy” question. A¥RIVAL CF TROOrs.—This mornize the f--t-)ine train on the B. and P. R. . brought ihe folowing U. S. troops som W.!kesbarre, Pa., wheve they have bcen on duty in conse. quence of the labor disturbances: Battery C, id U. 8. artillery, Capt. Graves. ard batieries Band M, 5th ailillery, Capt. Ware. They at onee proccedcd to the ar.enal, and on Mon- Gay tbey wll leave here—battery C for Fort Jobpton, North Carolina, and batteries B ard for Pensacola barracks. Florida. ee are about eighty mea in the three bat- eries. Forexp BANk NoTES—The Merchants’ Nazioval Bank of Albany, New York, bas noi.td the Treasury department that the following unsigned notes of that bank have been stolen and placed tu circulation with forged signatures. They are of the denomi- nations of tens and twenties, bank numbe:s 759 to 766, department numbers 43,195 to 45,207, ‘When received at the Treasury depar:ment for redemption they will, of course, re. ary department, on. the opiuton of the ry » OD a e solicitor, that @ national bank fe not respen- sible for the redemption of notes so stolen and put in circulation. THE PRESIDENT’S INTENDED TRIP TO RICHMOND.—The arrangemerts for the en- tertafument of President Hayes and his ilitary and the fire depariment to the Ex- change’! where in the evening he will hold a 5 Wi by eroor ee At bight bon will stale icce an- Sone Oo Bi will bea Presiden ri 3OUNG 3 DETEKGENT, if you would have them Pa, quite ext 2 ‘octié-tr | OD the bank of Tamaqua, Pa., quite exten con sively arrong the To. On a, pos hal eg Chrome Dis: | hended, through partial! Loe eect lezal rowers, one was dismissed “and r. | other let ont on bail. In the mean bag the potsed counterfelt notes were cecurcd b ‘AL—M. CUNNINGHAM, friends (ope of whom was the AM, THE } bie.) by aix and eight dollars to the for the counterfeit ‘pomedaling thus taking away ail the evidence the ep. state of affairs coming cH: a] Tiok the muster to be and the del p yl i Hl USDER WHAT KING?—Secretary Sherman | to-day declined to appoint a steaogr sprer is the depariment because the applic int hailed from New York, although he said the Treasury necde4 four or five good stenozra- bers. Inasmach 4s similar deslaratioas ave been made to Obio, Mas .achusetts and Penusy iva’ ia ay plicants, the query is perci- neot what siate is the proper oue for the o fice seeke.s [0 Ue to. BezaKeR RAND4LL Is dally besieged, in Person ard by rumeroas letters fom mem- bere of Congress, reqnesting to be placed oa committees of their own selection. Of coarse the Sp:aker cannot please all, and there will undonbtediy be many disappointments. The latest with respect to the jadiciary commi tee is that it will be headet by J. Proctor Krot, of Kentucky, bis friends having made the representation that not to retain him tp his old place would be accepted by many ax acensnre upon him for the course he took in the F ne investigation. THE WasHincTON MONO MENT ComMIs- SION.—A meeting of the Joint commision on the Wasbingion Monament was bell to day at poon, at the r.sidence of Mr. W. W. Cor eoran, to decide whetber the work on the monument shall be contioned or not. Mr. Clerk, Architect of the Caplio’. Mr. Hill, Sa- ot vising Architect of the Trewury, Gen. dumpbreys and Mr. Corcoran were preseut. ‘the President, owing to a press of business, was not able to attend, but agreed to concur in whateve ton they shoald decile uoon a esult of the meting waz chat the whole subject nid have to be re- ferred back to Cooeres3, a3 the wording of the act appropriating the fands leaves no diseretion in the matter. It +s pot consi sered advisable to cont'nue the work on the monu- rent wit ening the foundation, no power delegated to the com- mission fo expend the rovey appropriated for that purpose. Consequently farther ac- ton by Congres will be necessary. AGPILULICRAL STATISTICS OF GREAT Briraix.—The Department of State has re- cetved the official agricultural returns of t' United Kingdom for 1877, from which it ap- pears that tbe total quantity of land retarned ior ihe year as under all kinds of crops, bare fallow ‘and giass, wa3, for Great B-itain, $1 006 acres, avd for Ireland 15,427 00)—@ .000 acres, AD increase Of 100,000 1816. The ‘conversion of arable Jand into pasture is noted as rapidly pro gressing, oWing to the scarcity of iabor and the high price of meat. A few of the col- lectors note that this conversion received a cheek during the year owing to the large im- Forts of American meat. The following is the number of acres under the several crops in the United Kingdom:— Wheat, barley, 2 652 Oats, 4,238.95 M; turnips, 2.419.296; clover, ber of live stock In the — Cattle, 9,095 (28; sheep, 79; piga, 421, hors+s, 1,84 128. A’ desrease of 24 per cent. of cattle in Great Britain and 3 per cent. in Ireland is noted, wita an increase in pigs of 8 per cent. for the United Kingdom. IMPORTANT ART SALE.—By odds the most interesting event of the kind Wasbing- ton has ever enjoyed will be the sale at auc tion of the collection of pictures belonging to the estate of the late Hon. Stephen A. tae las, together with that of e-Gov. A. Soepherd, announced to take place in the g@ icry of the last named gentleman, corner of K street ard Connee'icut avenue, on the evenings of Thursday and Friday, Novem- ber “th and Sth. The Doug collection has noi been accessible tothe public for several years past, but is said to be rich in efforts of id and modern masters In what might be cailed the ecclesiastical school of art, and to contain many important and valuable pi tores suitable for a gallery or for cuu uses. and we are told that piivate offers ran- Brg upluio the thousands have heretofors been made some of them, fort parpo i. These were invariably declined, whea ma le, for the reason that tbe iuture of tue collec- tion was not then decided oa, bat now at the sale of the whole lot has been dets-intacd you they will all be offered under the uam- meron the evenir gs above named. With the collection of Mr. Shepherd the abe, and especially that portion of it ia tese-ted in art matters, is more familiar. I contaios, as is knowa, mauy choice ex- #mples of javorile artists of the present da and ils separaiion will afford an opportunity — precenied for procuring piccures weil worth baying. Of those we now recall from Memory we may name landscapes by Mo- Ertee, Cropsey, Sommer, Church, Wiics Hamilton, Gignoux Weyl, Bradford ant Paris, ard figure pieces by Wa-hingtoa, D2 Srakelcer, Hustington Andrieax, Coutarier, Gry EB never, and - e Be 3. which will be out In a few will be furnished to connoisseurs and probable purcbasers, together with cards of adm ssion io the gallery, which will be open ‘or Insp ciion for several days prior to the sale,,u 1 particulars In regard to which will sbor.ly be made public through the news- papers of the city. : RAILROAD DIRECTUES ARRESTED.—Henr; Colony and Samuel W. Hale, of Keene, N. H., directors of the Manchester and Keene Railsoad, were arrested in Boston yesterday and bailed in the sum of $509,000 on a suit for $1,509,000 alleged to be due the estate of Thos. P. Richardton, of New York, for labor and materials usci in building the road. The case involves the point of individual respon- sibility for debts of an incorporated coin- pavy, and will goto the Supreme Court for adjudication. THE NATIONAL LIBERAL LEAGUE organ- ized at Rochester, N. Y., yesterday, with the election of F. E. Abbott, of Boston, prest- dent, and forty vice presidents, amoog them ingersoll, G. . Julian, O. B. Froth ingham, Elevvr Wright, and Robert Colyer. A platform was elopic! advocating a totai eparation of church and state, national pro- tection for national citizens, and universal education on the basis of universal sudrage. INDICTMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA.—The Philedelphia grand jury yesterday found Irve bills against Morion and others for can spiracy and fraud in connection with ihe West Philadelphia passenger railway; Cha: ©. Haines for an aggravate 7 assanit and tery upon Hugh Mutten, editor of the Siuday Werid. and against Wm. Gallaher, charging him witb an attempt (o corrupt a juryman in the case of Bits, the spiritualist. YeLLow FEeveR.—There were five new casts of yellow fever at Fervandina, Fla., yesterd The weather is uniayoradle. A special patch says: “We are compelled to fornisl d To 800 families, business being entirely suspended. There is no other way of keeping the people from starv ition, and there is Decem- oO bi of better times till ber. Total de 18 to date 3.”” THE SyNnop oF New Jersry yesterday voted to susiain the Prezbytery of New Brunswick for suspending Rev. Jobu Miller, of Princeton, forheresy in the doctrines of the trinity, by a vote of 100 to2 The Synod dems female preachers and is opposed to ai- Jowing them to say a word ineven the minor church meetings. SUICIDE IN CouRT.—During the trial of aperson named Savftleben, chargc¢1 with embezzlement, at Moscow, Russia, yes‘er- day, Major Gen. Bartung shot himself in court In con: ence of a witness accusing him of theit. incident caused much ex- citement. A LITTLE Boy's DISAPPEARANCE.—Tho three-year old son of Alexander Mil. re York ‘strcet, Jersey City, disappear:d sud- denly ficm the residence of bis parent: on Toesday, and bas not since been seen. It is supposed that he has brea abductcd. THE AMERICAN MASONS IN LONDON have telegraphed home to their fetlow-workmen that @ strike Pexista in London, and} advi<- ivg them not to come to that city for employ. resignation of the ministry. s7-The the ony. McCk l'an. Richmond Enquirer le of the south love Gen. Geo. ‘Well. why shonidu't_ thew? them.—{Norr. Herald. 4 | viewed tbrough the WHAT OUR ASTRONOMERS ARE D)ING, Recent Observations at the Observat ory. Mars’ Moons, Whi.e Spots Upon Baturn, &e.—The Moons Not Nebular-Need For a New Observatory. Of late moaths many more persons than usual have visited the Naval: Qbservaiory to view the heavens through the telescope roping to obiain a glimp-e of Mars’ sate!- lites. Every ove of them has undonbtediy been struck with the dilapidated coxditioa of the building whica is made to answer (he purposes of & National Obvervatory. Tae teieptific work doue there is of great impor - nee, and the many valuavle observation: and receut discoveries are wiinesses of the excellence of the work. Itis but just tuat the building should present an appearance Wworiby of the work doue in it. Taestrac au e Was not originally intended for an observ: - tory, bat only for a depot for charis and in- MALARIA. The loca bad and 1s unfayora beth forthe work dove and the health of e employed. The building is situated aod lose't for 3S AND is b thes very near the pestilential river nearly every One who bas by any length Of time there isan annual sufferer from ebills ant fever. Tue fos whieh so frequently rise from the river materially t tenere With the success of observations. In the winter this parily cougealed vapor gives a very unsterds position to ike stars when seop2. JARKISG FROM TRAVEL The site becomes more objectionable as the travel in the veighborhood loereases, as it canses a slight jarriag, which toterferes with the ac te @ arrangement of the ts. It would be &n impossibility to make the Uere wovid be propert DO. be r connect dw any where oat likely to destroy valuable 27d Teco.ds, some of which could if is the earpest wish of ali the insiitution to be woved Professor 2 om). 18 an astrono- mer of Whom America is justly proud—who ig not oply Known he able writer and usinker, but whose re ere . tirem was placed In charge of the’ Naulical Abna- nae. the publication of wateh ts of great im fortance. For alopg time be was engaged in making reductions from and a diseussiou upon the observations of the moon before 17.0, ineluding an accurate determinat'oa of the secular acceleration of the moon’s mean motion. This work he las fluished, and it is now In (he hanas of the printer. Prof. New- copb bas charge of the publication of the reductions of the transit of Venus of 74. The Measurements are nearly completed now and the reductions will probably be closed up ina most approved manver before many months. Prof. Harkness has been engagcl with Prof. Netcom in this work. Upon its completion Prof. Neweomb’s connec’ with tbe Observatory will cease, e devote his attention wnolly to the Nau’ icud aimonce, unless some new field of observa- » he tien spall claim it. The commission autho - | ress to make observations of | ized by Ce the transitot Venus now consists of Admi- ral Rodgers (president); Prof ae of ihe Smithsonian Institation; C. P. Patterson, superintendent of the coast survey; Prof. Newcomb (secretary), aud Prof. Wm. Hark- bess. PROF. HALL has bad charge for some Umeof the large equatorial leiescope, avtl tbe receat disco ery of lhe meons of Mars aud his many noted ob-ervations show that he has made the most of his charg of the parties Inve ligating the transit of Verus, 10 t-74, aud was >tatiouc’ at Wiadl. party was among Hall has reeently ealions fa Lie Astron Nachrichten. Ove was upon the rot ton of Saturn, determined from oo 10. mide with the i ge tel nich be Was materially a sisted by the d scovecy jast Deen ber of a small white spot on ire planei. The weather has not allowes him to lake observations © THE MOONS OF MARS sincethe Iib Instant, aud ne fears he will pot be eble toss them again this year, they have been growing Jainter and faicte He bas, uoweve., secased @ very ,oo1 serie) of ob. ervations, fifty cne of toe outer and ‘orly-five or six of thetnuer place, aud ot xed ther times of revoluuon more aceu niutely. His observatio: s. he says, are accu. rate ecough to last till 1 weeo Mars will avain be inoppo ition, al/hough nol so favor le for Observing as the late one, still the rvations tbep, taken Ia Conuection with those already m-> ie, will be very vatuabie. GURSSES OF THE ANCIENTS ABOUT Mars’ MOONS. Ry the way, speakirg of the satellite: of Mars. it is curious io observe how in ancient times there was a supposition, that Mars hoi twosatellites This idea was probably obiain- ed by —-s from analogy. Our éarth has @ moou, and Jupiter four, why should noi Mars, the planet between Japiter and the Earth. have two? And,in the same ratio, Saturv, next to Jupiter, eight? More than two and a halfcenturies ago Kepter. in a lei- ter to h's famous contemporary Galileo, aad invented the telescope, with whic! had made the discovery of the four moons 0: Jupiter, uscd the followiag remarkable lan- uae: me lam so far from disbelieving the exis- tence of the four circim Jovial planets that [ lov g for a telescope to anticipate you, if pos- sible, in discovering the two around Mars, (a8 the proposition seems to me to require,) six or eight round Baturo, and. perhaps, one each round Mereury aud nf IL is possible if no’ proha logical reasoning was ailerwarda introdw Iplo writings as fact. as for iustance. the ob- ser ving e Lwo moons of Mars, menticn-d in **Gulliver’s Travels oltaire, inene bis stories, represents an inhabitant of Sa- making a r of the planets, of which e gives imaginative descriptions. When the tourist reaches Mava be sees the two moons, and says that he knows the astonomers will deny their existence; bat, yet it is so. Their presence uudoabtedly’ was sus- pected, but it remained for Peofessor Hall to prove Lepr reality. The supposition that the re Ol NELULAR AND RECENT FORMATION ix Lot cons/stent with the time of revolution. The inner satellite revolv:s in less than one- third the time that the planet itself does, which would rot be the Case if the satellite wese nebular. great part ofthe work at the observa- tory, and that, too, of fundamental import. ance, consists in making ovsecvations wilh THE GREAT TRANSIT C{RCLE for fixing the exact positions of the stars by observing the time they cie3s the meridian, and their zenith distances; and these obser- Vetions are made every clear night .rom one year’s end to the other. Prof. Eastman is in charge of the instrament, with three able as- sis ants, each ope being regularly on duty every ‘ourth day and night. The result of this work is of great importance to surveying partes at a distance, in making exact calcu- lations. and al<o tothe Coast Survey service wiib wbich a continued series signals is Kept by telegraph giving great avd in deter- mining bo.b latiti aud longitude. These ae hens ogee even onn apo ferent Tibor - jes for ing accurately the difierence Mor longitude. ‘With the same instrument, observations of the sun, moon, apd plarets are made continually to kcep the tables accu:ate. The work on this in- strument is very us and uaremitting. Toe observer is on duty all night, and in winter suffers greatly (rom the cold, for the atmosnhere is of the same temperatare as out of doors. He cannot be muffled up ta butialo robes, but must be uo every sew mo- ments to observations. —Professo Yarpall ts still working on the old transi’, avd mural circle, making re observation< for the star Catalogue, one cdition of which was slightly imper.ect. It is to be hoped that al some future day @ national obiecvatory may de resred, of which the coun'ry will be as proud as {t now ts of the scientists In its employ. SvuicrpE or Hon. Sonrasx: Ross.—A spe- cial dispatch aptounces that on Wednesday, ‘th instant, Hon. Sobieski Ross, ex-mem.- ber of Conzi from Pennsylvania, shot himself throagh the heart to Darn new his dwelling at Coudersport, coun in that state. ho g fire-proof, yet a fire | ientifie | u He was chief of one | | Some New Boos. | Diana; by Saswm Warner. New Yort: G P.Putnam’s Sons. (For sale by Solomons & Chapman.) A pew novel by the author of “Wide, Wide World.” The scene ts laid in New England, and the opening chapter ia- iroduccs the reader to a sewing Society in | Session at a “little brown hou-e” ccmmon in the wilds of that region. Jack OLantern. A Tale. Robert Carter & Brothers. Ballaniyne.| One of the dies for chyldren w York reals by Wm wer vertes of 8.0 try Dwelling Houses. Ry George F. Waring jr- New York: D. Van Nostrand. [For sale by Mohus Bros} @s ao authority upon sanitary matiers, aud 4 desl of necd¢d mformaitoa in regard to that are healtoial | 8 the coretiaction of house: to live in. Cooking Receipts, fron 1 Harper's “ Hali Hoor Series.” J. Bradiey Adams | Cheistianity and Iofidelity; or the Ham Phrey Beonett Discr ssior Rev. G | H. Homphrey,ofa Now Yi. byter an | charch, ard} M_ Bennet The Truth Sceker.” | New This discussion was th | from Rev. rersoll to deb: spor's Bazar (For sale by que believers tn the do as tr for Amer‘ | can independenes as the believers ia ii? | 2. Has inndelity doae as i a3 chrisitan ity to promoie learning aud relen. Is there a siropger probabi ity that mfidelity Is | true than that the Bible is divine? gerroll was too busy ty accept the | and Mr. Renned 11; hence tus v | Each of the di 3 placent cervain opponent in the such coniroy ers Col. In- th jame. at be bas demolieh i tt, and (iat 1s the way 3 generally end. | The We sand I the autho york } Ballantyne. | tells the story of Myrza, a 1.1 | stolen gipsies, and war ic ded by the white cross and dove of praris. The Children of Light. By Rev. Wm. W Faris. Boston: Roberts Bros. (For st y Mobun Bro:) ois 1s the Fletcoer Essay foris7. The late Ricbard i LL. D., of Boston, in his will oTere 1 bieoni- ally @ prize of five hundrc 4 doliars for tae bestessay calculatcd to counteract worldly influences upon professed Unristians. Forbidden Fruit. Erom the Garman of F. W. Hacklander. By Rosalie Kaoim: L ton: Estes & Launat. |For sate mons & Chapman } rom the * e Series of Choice Ficlion” issucd by Esies & Lauriat. Phyllis. A novel, by “Tae Daches PhileJelpbia: J. B Liopinesit & Co. (For sale by C. C. Pursell sad W. A. & O H. Mor rison.) Arizona as it is; or, the Coming Country. Compiled from notes of travel, by Hiram C. H New York: Hurd & Houghton. The Gospel Poiating tothe Person of C By the Rev. Andrew A. Bonar. New York Robert Carter & Bros. (For sale by William Ballantyne. } Winstowe. A novel, by Mrs. Leith-Adams. From Harper’s “Library of Select Novels.” | (For sale by J. Beatley Adams | My Boonie Lass. By Mrs. C. V. Hamilion. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. (For tale by Mo- | hun B.os.) By the autor of “Rope sor Sand.” Crossing the Qaicksands. By 8. W.Co-- zers. Poston: Lee & Shephard. [For sale by Wm. Ballantyne} A siory for boys by the avibor of + Toe ¥ oang Trai! Hunters” Wil Denbigh, Noblemaa. Bostoa: Rob- erts Erothers. [For sale by Mohua Bo | The last novel in the «No Name Se. ie | conceraing Lue anthorsbip of echo! whica ere bas been so Toe AvU-Biled Shire Clad. Tae Aathors’ Poblishing © ve by W.H.& OH. Moret ventures Of a Dr oklya por-y camping on: +2 ibe fisuing regions of Maire Jack Granger s C by Julia A.Ma erts Brothers. {For story sor the Lilie Dole Uneile Joe's Tnavk-g.v- y Mobun Eri y fe auibor of + Dolly, a Love Siory. By Frances Hodgson une. Pbiladelphia: Porer & Coates (Fer sa'e hy Solomous & Chapman) Btrs burnett seews to be taking an assarc 4 posi aithe bead of American womea novel i is, 1f she can be claimed as Amer ‘o" lar ks the power of “That L iss (Lowr.es” on waieh Mrs. Bursett’s fame u rats a, but has a lively ijoterest witbout any higu tragcdy characters. Inthe dialogue and ju the character painting there .cems to bea slight. if uncouscious, imite- Uou of the style of Rhoda Broughtoo. For ibang, the ur‘que flavor is wanting in ” that is givea to The Lass O'Lo e's” by the dialect element, which is bandkd with such masterly effect by Mrs. Burnett, boih in the latter novel aad iu some of her *bo, stories ‘a Se. A Bluc-Stocking. By Mrs. Auntie Ed- wards. New York: Sheldon & Co. [for sale by Wm. Ballantyce}] A rew nove: by the autbor of “Archie Lovel,” “Siephen Lawrence, Yeoman,” &c. ‘ear to Nature's Heart. by. Rey. E. P. Roe. New York: Dedd, Meat & Co. [For sale by Wm. Ballantyne] By vie author of » What Can She Dov” &c. Mercy Philbrick’s Choice. Boston: Rob- erts Brothers. {For sale by Mohun Brothers From the No Name” series of original novels issuce by Roberis Brothers. is Gur Republic a Faidlare? = A disenssion of the Rights and Wrong: of the North South. Ky E. H. Watson, author of © U, Stetes and their O.igin.” New York: The Authors’ Publishing Co. [For sale by W. H. & 0. H. Morrison.) Doctor Papa; by Eophie Mar, Bostor: Lee & Shepherd. [For sale by Wm. Bal auiyne.; A story for children. ‘Taat Girl of Mine; by the author of -Thet Loverof Mine.” Pailadelpsia: T. B Peter- son & Brothers. The scene of this novel is laid in Washington, and is the story of a wivier in society life at the Capital. Tbe Normal Higher Arithmetic; by E4- Ward Brooks, A. M. Philadeiphia: Sower Potts & Company. (For aie by R Roverts.} The work, while aiming ai a sc’entitic treat- moent of its whole subject’ mauter, discusses in the main those proolems which show the application of the science to the actual busi- bess trapsactions of the day. A Manual of English History; by Eiward M. Lancaster, Principal of the Stoughton School, Boston, Mass. New York: A. S. Barnes & Comvany. [For saleby W.\liam Ballantyne} A manual preparci to meei the wants of those schools whose limit Ume forbids an extended course of study. Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c., Historica!- 7 Scientifically Considered; by W » Carpenter, C. . New York: D. Apple & Company. (For sale by Robert Beall.) This beok contaius two lectures deliver-4 at the London Institution, which were atcer- wards published in Fraser's Magazine. Spir- itual.sm is treated ia its scientitic a is- torica! aspects, the aii of the work being to sbow the failure of the evidence offercd by Spiritualists to give scientific proof of the €x'sieuce of any new power or agency capa. ble o/ antagoniziag tne action of the known forces of nature. author alco treats of the relation of spiritualism considered as an ene delusion, to ep'demics more or less siroilar, which bave taken hold o2 the popu- ir Pope Pius the Ninth. By Rev. Richard ro ne? of the Kind The Sanitary Condition in City and Coun- | Mr. Waring is recogeized | this little publication certainly supplies a | Telegrams to The Sta:. THE EASTERN WAR. wibinmennes Panic at Erzeroum. | SITUATION IN FRANGC®?. GEN. HOWARD'S GRIEVANCES, JENERAL FOREIGN VEWS, LONDON, Ove furtuer prorozued ¢ American Stove Masons to r be 1 passa ade contrac eader d themuelves liable by Ny entering vpon Work as coutract | they persist to acting with the strikers.” the Sit ‘ance | Loxpox correspond of the Times telegraphs th relieves £ sident MacMahon has nder the those who are determined t n, bud the cabine bow far such resistance oug The Duke De Broglie, pr 4@ council and minister of Duke De Cazes, minist en. Rarthant, mir i unt be Meaux, minis! ght go as far as a second dissolution of tt hamber of deput but if the senate re- fused this they would resign. There are others who dream of establishing a dictator ship on the ruins of the constitution. The correspondent does not believe President MacMahon will follow them that far. Well i formed conservatives think Uat a majori ty of the cabinet would be please 1 to have the senate refuse a second dissolation and | thereby afford them the opportunity to bow to the Will of the senate insiead of the cham- ber of deputies. The correspondent aids; ifeuch ts really the idea of the goverument, I'hink the senate will bedisposed to facili tate their retreat. (No‘e—It may be remembered that Gam- betta iu his recent speech at Chateau Chibon bitterly attacked tue empire and the Bona paiiists, but spoke In @ very conciliaiory tone of the other parties, and predict: 1 an eventful aljiance between them and the re- pubite ‘aps when present passions had time to ool.) - — THE NEZ PERCES CAMPAIGN. Gen. 0. O Howard's Grievances. NEw YORK, ct. 4.—A special dispaich to the 4 «mes trom Chicago, Ili, Oct. 210, says Gereral ©. O. Boward, who 1s now in this city, taid to @ reporter, during a convers: Lon rezardirg the recent campaign agaiust the Nez Perces, that the newspaper corres. ponden!s who telegraphed upon hearsay ac- counts descriptions of the last battle with the Sudiaps, bud lied In saying that Joseph fuscd to surrender to the “Bible Caief,” they bad been pleased to cal! him. much to agerieve me,” said How: glistening in his eyes ashe spok ernunent nas seen Ot to rob Of a large of money, and I have been too poor to prose- cute my Claims,and my coantrymen bave seen fit lo heap nothing but abuse upon me. 1 have been biamed for writing for the news pers. I have never written a tl jaudation or notoriety. I have written ari cles for movey, in order that I might put shc es on the fee: Of my childven.” The same correspondent say* that General Howard, on his way to Chicazo, teleziaphe 1 to General Sheridan @ repor: covering bis campaigr until the Nez Perces were captar General Sneridaa laid as ov fe in bis office or co ton. Upon General How cAZO Lais report was sar r publicgioc, and also g #emi-cfficial rerort written out by 0: of the cificers of his staff General Sherid: rengon issued @ general order, N ing attention to gen tha: or letter without authority, of allows & copy to pass lote the bands of a person not author- ized to receive it, shall bave his name sab mitted to the Presideat for dismissal.” Siais pursuing Ghazi Moukbtar advanced as far as Khorassan, and that Moukhtar bas retreated to Kopriko!. between Kborastan avd Hassan Kaleb. Erzeroum is preparing for a siege. The inhabitants are &rming and reinforcements are hestening up irom bizond. Ghazi Moukhtar, however, rerotis that the Russians have vot advanc 4 suiiber then Wellidooz, on the westera s'ore of Soghanli Dagb. which is more probable than the first statement. Doubtless a state of nie prevails at Erzeroum, giviug rise to 1 sorts of upfavorable rumors. ———— SEW YORK AOTES. Railvead Receiver. New York. Oct. Presivent Sharp, of the Long Island Railros 3, was yesterday ap- polnt-d receiver of that corporation. A_ Banker Arrested for Swindling. Bo. Curistian Focs.a Swedi 4 oaaker bere, bas been arrested on a charge of swiadliog sailor out of $1,100. es Murder, Robbery Arson. CINCINNATI, Vct. Z.— An vokoown per- E. 8. MeVey, toll- hs son enter-d the house oi gate keeper on the Circleville pike, six mi. north of Chillicothe, Obio, last night and shot McVey through the heart and his wife torcugh the bead, kill both instantly. lie girl, the onty o° occupant of the house, hearing the shooting. jam ocdand eseaped. The murderer, evier ran- sacking the house for pluoder, set fire to it and escaped to the wocds. ——e Augostas Schell to in New York, Cct. Tammany cem- ocrais of the seventh cenatorial district nave pominated Augastas Sebell in oprostiion to Jobu Morrissey. —aeiip ee An Outlaw Captured. LovisyiLue, Ky., Oct. i..—A speetal dice patch rays that Grove Ker ly, ao ou.'ew, was captorcd near Bardsiowa, this morn:ng, by @ warsbal and twelve men. His crimes re taid to be numerous. ——— one BALTIMORE, Os sber, 27 — Vir ia sixes, old, § ed. 59> do second series, 42%; North Carolina sixes, old, 16 bid today | Sugar scewily, 10. BALTIMURE, Oclober 27 —Cotton quist and st 11. Fb and unchanged aud not qaotabl quie. and easier—southern ret, ToR 146 her, a 45a ¢ ast Mor ag steady, western -eready firm—southern white, 63; do. yellow, 60461 Le vember G1; western mixed, spot and October, 6036; November. 61; December, 39% bid” Oats quit and iy YORK, October 27.—Stocks Su. "Got eee teats BR fous, October 127—Fiar dull and d>- ? beat ymict a ~ Corn steady. “LONDON, Ocisber 27-12 Ronde, new fives, 1 Pimtiico Racks YESTERDAY—Aivr our Sed yesterday the fol » work, and | A ORFPGON LAY By « Surviving Sufferer of the War. m that come np to specalate ta stock ame Wa a Star: aman of pie Lt orb a= ‘bail « . are old A dain * »T ath bun Thar wos a bore. which he thonght her She was « koow “ d+ th usmad dot He be , thing 9 s T * {down and “ ‘ a . ' Sats And ieee . P £ aot “ 1 and the horses 4 a . 1 vat are | ar . amd an 4 sa variag Ar “ ation a 4 . » And sw ‘ « tot | ———- +e ____. Sucr Wirt a Toy Prstor — Phe Seram tn Pe K sot Monday says: “A very t dove (hat will serve #8 a territ parents ta the matter ve roralDg wt the © hoy Whitmore, tn Teiracerow, on Wvomine avenue.’ On S..urday a.crocon Mr Wattmore’s tittle son. a lad ten years old, was vy mat»of his, and during the after hed been playing W th toy pistols, in whi blank cariridges are use t. But the boys, in some WRY Or other, managed to procare some genuine cartridges of a size that Qtled these m more > rrkd one Yestersay morniu of s and Master Whit- weve home with bim. ng be loaded the v7 eapon, end then endeavored to cock it, but could not doso in the ordinary way, not aa strength enough in one thumb, so he pl the mozzie against his abdomen, and ust both thumbs succeeded in ra: mer, but did not caich before bis hoid sipped mer fell passed into pain tn the regi rticularly of @ imbe. and the case is being ver; by the ‘amily physician, ever the issue may be, than with more force ing the heme itback far enough to ad the ham- exploding the cartridge. Tae, ball is abdomen @ Stull. The little fellow compl of some of the bowels, bat more nambness in one of his His parents and friends are <nfforing terrible agony of suspense, not 1 4 whether the wound may prove Lah “sauive. What Pe juire. > Ubis lostance asserts words si can, the fearful responsibility resting. ~A rents and otbers sneb implements out of the way of in the matter of Lg chi! Toy pistols, in which yy ye be used. are as dangerous in the sof a chil’ as @ seven-shooting revolver, and as such, great discrimination in the sale them should be exercised.” MURDER AND V for tel. | peenine, Dark o, is in @ Pitman,a leading lawyer of loLENCE.—The My oo or county, thirty miles ate of wild excite- the town, was recently assassinated while riding onthe public rn petable vis have t of cibers pub! y women wiibin hway, Several very the last two outragcd, and a number insulted by au organlecd gang of outlaws tmfesting the community, all« was to ths bid in front of hi a dca.rying a volley was fred, borbo 4. The w rifles. detect them prov.ug uravall- y morning at ch ok Wesley et Of Lbe tow a. livieg om roused by cr‘es at the door Some one askel to see bim, door to find out who at d found # la’ge gang of men assem- is bonse, wearing maske Before be contd 2 rousing the evjire pet fa:sins reader: 1 at once, aod Guyer was jound by his neighbors rid- died wih bullets we covet. 4, mow his body. Orbers th=bouse. The cr Far of aeliement Fovr Starvr children, amos. a: and dying Forty bails tof them pe cing threagh shat'sred the doorway of re Coantry is in an up- s Cnt ead tro DREN.—Four little starvation, were found’ in one of the rear rooms.on the third floor of the tepeme: t houre at No. 510 West Sith stroet last Tuesday night by OZicer Cor- mie, of the 20th police precinct. Not a mor- ke! of food was to be found in the rooms, and Julius and Emily ents, were ly ing u, Sterer, the children’s par- pon the floor drank All ibe furniture bad been pawncd for liquor. i Gustave, aged Rove, aged idren, Ernestine, azead fifween years; eight; Minnie, aged four, and ‘ove year, were taken in charze by the officer,and the drunken father and mother were locked up for the night. Ernes- Une appeared againet ber parents morning in court asked sf ber father yestorda: 8 complainant. ‘Waes ve her anything to eat, bez- she said, «We got nothing to eat, except The ein’-catin’.” children were given 110 the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Childrer beld jor trial by J cfs200 bath ch. and the prisoners were ustice Morgan in default ¥. Wor'l, 26th. ONE OF THE Most Romantic Eprsoprs ot urine one fore Biela. As the ing back beforea di enemies a young ¢ Of the batteries, boldly envouraging hi to stand thelr grou rallied the troops, to be endeared. “Th ebtreated bim to ft and at lési be stocd alone among the end the dead, until bis heart. struck ry, singled out the jor ii was jovnd that the young hero wasa Wheat strange secret man. renownee the c give up ber life in ¢ mnains untold. AN ACTRESS B: apce of the “Shaugbraun’ Ky., on Tuesday plays the part of Conn’. the | the Russc-Torkish When the Turki:h commander, y the youths war occurred last of the blo. dy combats be- e Russian troops were fall- eeperate onslaught of their ofticer was gen behind ene S und. Again and ag be but the fire was too heavy ey feli'on thelr knees ant y, but it was of co avail, Turkish bullet p bod. onora ie burial ¥o- compelied berto irsuits of her sexand storm of batile re- oT —During the pertorm- Louisville, at lest Mre. Whiting,