Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. LISHED DAILY, Except Sunday aber THE ST4a= BUILDING Pennsylvania AY , cormer Lith street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Qompany' 8. H. RAUFFMANN, Pree’t. THR EVENtNG STAR is served to subscribers In the city by carriers. on their own account, at 10 gents per week, or “44 cents per month. | Copies at We counter, 2°cents each. By mail—postage pre- paid—60 cents 2 month; one year, 36, ‘THE WEEKLY STAR—published on Friday—92 a , postage prepaid. 10 copies for $15, 20 copies ‘4g-All mail subscriptions must be paid tm ad- wance; Do paper sent longer than so paid for, aa Kates of advertising made known on applica- | ‘won } °, 7,833, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1878. ore SRS ASE PT A SPECIAL NOTICES MASONIC. LOLGK, No. The + WF. HOME AND eceives deposits WM. H. STEWARD. Sec. i ; e “TATION issues and grant it iren. and ring tO free them= are requested to oA; CORBY. Acting Gao © LeDroit Building, eorner my %6t ANGELIST at Dunbarton ren, Georgetown, D.C. nterest in the Ki i= Owing to re there will be TWe G_ ASSOC! ATION. The seevnd regular monthly meetin; “BUILDING ASSOCIATION meni of dues, &e.. will be hell ats ColHouse. Tit street mew.. hel en THURSDAY on close. By order. u L_ GRADY, President, DANIEL DONOVAN, Secretar Leeat. JOHN F. RELLY, Trew =» HATHORN uBS AND BUFFAL® LITHIA WATERS, Just received, fresh from the iH be W. 8. THOMPS( 703 rer. my4-5 apIs BUFFALO LITHIA. sd BUNY ADI JANOS, 44 LINARIS Aud APPOLLS SG WATERS, Just received AT MILBURN’S PHARMACY, , 1429 PENNA. AVENU HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON ‘S17 OTH STREET NORTHWEST, ‘eh very extensive facilities for mauufac- Mring. sie now showing a. line of Marbleized Bantis unequaled for richvess of design and color ivaling In extent any esiablishmentin the Pountry. Rrehitects designs “for. 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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-Da’ Revenue, $575,200.35: customs, $105.4 SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to- day $130,000, A TWENTY DoLLak Covscrence. — The Seeretary of the Treasury today received from an unknown party the sum o7 #20, to be placed to the eredit of the conscience fund. AMONG THE CALLEns at the White House to-day were See’ ‘y Thompson, Senators rdon and Burnside, and Representative al, Evans (Pa. ely, Smalland Rainey. THe SENATE CoMMITTEE on railroads had under consideration to-day the biil proyid'ng for the establishment of a. national freight railroad line between New York and Chicago. M. Feldthausen, of Chicago, one of the origi- nators of the scheme, argued before the com mittee in behalf of the enterprist Internal THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS this morning agreed to report favorably a bill to aid the constrvetion of the Portland, and Souta Pass railroad. x Gov, THE Nomi New Orleans, to be U.S. consul at Liverpool. Packanp, of TION OF was reported favorably to the Senate in exee- itive session yesie regular mesting of the committee on », to which the THE GENERAL IMPRESSION among members of Congress is that Congress will ceviaialy ad journ next wonth THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.—It is ex pected that the army appropriation bill will the bill contemy discussion three w will report 1m person to th it Fort Monroe, for instruction. bis ge y school, «ve of absence for one mont . 7.8. Kirtland. 7th eavalr: 1 ‘THE RIVER AND Hannon BILL.—The Senate committee on commerce, at its meeting this mo) bing, discussed informally the river and ppropriation bill. Individual mem. bersof the commitice have studied the bill fully. A member says that no great anges will be made in the bill as passed by the House, a few appropriations for ary improvements of important rivers rbors being imereased, and some of the minor items of no especial importance be eliminated. THE RESOLUTION 1TO INVESTIGATE THE FLoKIDA ELfcTION RETURNS.—The plan by which the ‘lution for an inquiry i alleged fraudulent count of the vote of Fiorida for Hayes and Wheeler is to be brought into the House, Was agreed upon ata mecting of the dem neressional camp It is brie! npon the afternoon. ommittee—a aryland le ure referred » report esolution in the House when ied, requesting the authority of the House to couduct an inquiry into the mode in which the ele ed fe | vote of Florida was count Hayes and Wheeler ai the e@ Presi- 1 election, to ascertain if, by a Lraudu- eturn, the voice of M aud oF any other Te was ven its true expression in the ctoral college. It is believed that reso: lution will be introduced to-morrow. Tue BILs. regulating compensation to rail- roads for trans jon of mail ma was considered again to-day by the Senate com- mittee on post offices and post roads. No deci- sion in regard to the bill was reached. It is ble that the seetion which provides ior stablishment of a standing commission of arbitration to settle Heulties between the department and the ads, at an annual mse of $30,000, stricken from the DETACHED FROM THE WASHINGTON Navy Yarp. — Lieutenant Commander rles McGregor is detached from the Washington navy yard, Ist of June next, and granted tl months leave. Lieutenant Frank Courtis is ordered from ordnance duty at the navy yard here to Newport, R. I.. June Ist, for insirue- tion in torpedo service. SoME Cvriovs Deap LETTERS.—A letter has been received at the Dead Letter office, re. turned from Japan, with its envelope profu: ly decorated with post office and carrier stamps, and with nine slips of rice paper at- tached to it on which the unsuccessful car- riers and persons to whose houses the letter has been sent, have written brief statements of what they know or don’t know about Mr. K. Omuja the person to whom the letter 1s ad- dressed. The Japanese carriers showed con: siderable persistence in their search for Mr. Omuja, but were entirely surpassed by seven: n German carriers, who endeavored in suc- cession with commendable perseverance to de- liver a letter addressed “Santa Claus, On the Hartz Mountains, Germany.” The joke did not pierce the German official head, and the letter was returned to this country’ with the names of the 17 unsuecesstul carriers pasted conspicuously on the back of the envelope. The Germans do not seem to recognize Santa Claus. Another letter sent to him at Berlin, Was also treated seriously and returned to the Dead Letter Office, peppered all over with stamps, printed statements, and written sen- which the postmaster and carriers have given vent to their feelin: The fame t m to have reached some portions of the United States. A letter addressed to “Sauntie Chiause, North Platte, Neb..” was strangely enough unelaim- ed. It was thereupon advertised, but no re- sponse being received, it eame to Washington, and now makes up the trio of curious Chinst: mas dead-letters. SILVER FOR GREENBACKS.—The action of merchants in New York, Baltimore and else- where in purchasing silver for greenbacks only for the purpose of paying the latter back for customs duties, in order to save the slight Premium on gold, if persisted in is likely to result in the rescinding of Secretary Sher- man’s order to pay out silver for greenbacks to the amount of the monthly retirement of legal tenders. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION for positions in the Surgeon General's Office, in this city, has been going on in the Medical Museum building for the past four days, and will close to-day. There are thirty-two vacancies to fil. AN AMERICAN SHIP BURNED AT ‘The State department learns from the U consul at Cork of the loss by fire at sea of the bark Charles T. Russell, of New York, on the 18th of Mareh last. The vessel was on her way from Liverpeo! to Bombay with a cargo of ‘val. In latitude - 15 min. n., longitude 25 deg. w., smoke Was discovered Coming out of the hatchways. The hatches were fastened and signals of distress were displayed. The fire soon increased beyond control, the eabin Noor becoming very bot. At five o'clock in the afternoon a French steamer, believed to be the Orenoque, passed elose under the stern of the burning ship, but paid no attention to her sig- nals of distress and repeated hails for aid. No smoke or flames were, however, as yet visible from her decks. The steamer’s deck was cov- ered with passengers waving their hats and handkerehiefs as she passed. “A sailing vessel coming in sight Was signalled, blue lights were burned and a boat put off to her, when she bore «down aud rescued the crew. She proved to be the ship Charles Cotesworth, of Liverpool, F. Browse, waster. Soon after midnight the Names began to burst out of the hatchways of the Russell, and at 1:3) a. m. she was aban- doned. The officers and crew were treated by Canta Browse with the greatest kindness, and taken to Cork, whence they were sent by the consul to Liverpool for shipment to the United States. PACKARD WILL AccEPT, lf CONFIRMED.—A prominent gentleman from Louisiana now in the city, who telegraphed to Gov. Packard to know if he would accept the consulship at verpool, to which he has been nominated by he President, received a reply to-day to the effect that he would, but threw out 4 slighi doubt as to the Senate confirming him. SE. THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS are now ac- tively engaged in the inspection of the schedule of purchases by the Indian office for the ensuing year. __ TEMPORARY CLERKS.—The Commissioner of the General Land Office has been authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to employ twenty-one addi'ional temporary clerks. Part of them were assigned to duty to-day, and the rest will probably cemmence Work to-morrow. IN THE ARSE: £ of Judge Tyner, and of his Chief Clerk Mr. Marr, who is kept at home by sickness, Mr. Brady, Second Assistant Fost Master ‘General, is the acting First As sistant. ‘THE NAVAL ACADEMY.—Secretary Thomp- son to-day appointed the following board of visitors to the Naval Academy, An- napolis, Mg., 10th of June next, to witness the mination exercises and repor : Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U.S C,H. Wells, U.S.N., Capt. KR. R! ‘. ngineer_B. F. Isher- jor Gen. John. Po} A. n. Wager ne, Toledo, Ohio; Rev. Dr. A: Wheeler, Pittsburg, Pa.; Hon. Jolin Hancock, Austin, Texas: Col. Isaac H. Reed, New York € Vnn.H. Parker, esi. president Maryland eultural College; Dr: P. 0. Hooper, Ark Ch K i : Rev. George M. T. Dwight, Rochester, Minn., and Daniel Ss. Printup, Rome, Georgia REPRESENTATIVES KELLY AND O'NEILI, are both from Pennsylvania, and both w r. Wood's tariff bill defeated. They ha’ nt views, however, as to the manner in h that consummation should be reached. & motion was made calculated to Dill in its cradle, O'Neill voted Neill chided Kel- ther of the House ly for his vote became er i and denounced his colleagu little blatherskite,” and that if he (O'Neill) ever spoke to him (Kelly) again, he (Kelly) would make it a personal matte O'Neill sent back as hot shot as were fired at him, and fora time the gestienlations of the two statesmen amused the galleries, although the sharp talk passing Detween them was ho audible. Laws rok ELECTING THE PRESIDENT AND Vice VRESIDENT.—A meeting of the joint commiltees of the Senate and House to ta! into consideration the state of the law respect- ing the ascertaining and deel ion of the elections for President and Pre was room t the S mori eneral inter aud the several plans hi conducting Pre: N lined i TUE Star fo Hal elections were brivily discussed. ¢ision was tea Mone P.O. D. Ixvestte Represen- tatives Jere N. Williams and Brogden, sub- committee of the House committee on the ex- penditures of the Post Office department, commenced to-day an_ examination of all the heads of bureaus In the department as to the details of the work done under their diree- tion. Superintendent Burnside and Mr. Par- ker, chiel of the special agents, were éxain- ined, PERSONAT.—Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Galt, aml Mr. Win. Gait, left town this morning fora protracted and extended tour through the in- terior and Pac! M. Shiskin, th ¢ states and territories. + Russian Minister to this coun- try, is #bout to remove his official headquar- mi Washington to New York, with a bably,ot being a ser 1 affairs in th nd and Russia. ce Com. Wheeler, of New York, is in town ‘iting his health. °*-"Peter Cooper, ha and hearty, ambled abont the corridors of the | Capitol to-day, with his patent air-seat under his . "Morton, the ex-special agent of the Tost Offic Department, who was instru- mental in geiting up the Florida ‘‘confes. sions,” is in the city, but dodges newspaper interviewers. TUEY SEEM TO BE SHAKING Orleans offices pretty lively. all the talk w bout the collectorship. Next the fight over the district attorneyship was begun, and continues, with the chances favor of Gen. Williamson. Now the talk that the collector of internai revenue will have to give wa His name is John Cochren, and he is a protege of ex-Senator Wet, having been appointed at his request. Jude Morris Marks, of New Orleans, appears to be the man who is to sueceed Cochren. THE NEW RECORDER OF DEEDS.—George A- Sheridan, nominated yesterday by the Presi- dent as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, is a native of Ohio. He is about forty year’s old, and served in the union army. After the war he went to Louisiana and lo- cated in Carroll parish. Under the reconstruc- tion acts he was appointed supervisor of elec- tions by Gen, Sheridan, and held the office tor come time. He was then appointed to a place in the custom house, under Collector Case: during General Grant's first term. Unde Governor Warmouth he was made adjutant generalof the state. This office he vacated for the position of state tax collector for the Ist district of New Orleans, an office worth about $30,000 a_ ye In the Greeley campaign he ran for Congress on the liberal ticket, against Pinchback, republican. The election was con- tested, but, finally, decided in his favor, and he was sworn in only afew hours before his term expire He is a warim personal friend of the President, and canvassed the state of Ohio for him during the great Presidential oe a He also did allhe could to bring about the recognition of the Nicholls govern. ment in Loui: Since then he has been in Washington for the greater part of his time, but has also been etaring throughout the country on the late Senator Morton. He js an eloquent orator, a ready writer, and his spec hes are noted for their wit. Itis thought that he will be confirmed. PRESERVATION OF FORESTS IN JAPAN. The Department of State has received from Mr. Bingham a law recently issued by the Japanese minister of home affairs relative to the planting and cultivation of forests in the empire. The preservation of the forests is siyled a matter of urgent necessity. To en- courage it the government will lease tree-less hills and plains to tenants, free of rent, receiy- ing its remuneration in time by taking certain proportions of the timber raised, the amount reserved vaiying from one-fifth to one-half the yield, according to the means of transporta- tion and the quality of the ground. Leased lands are to be sown or planted as speedily as possible—within three years at most. Govern. ment appraisers and importers are to be ap- pointed to carry out the provisions of the law. EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.—Minister Bingham sends to the Department of State a very inter- esting, paper on earthquakes in Japan, read before the Asiatic Society of that country b: anative savant, Mr. J. Hattori, The reco of all earthquakes occurring in the larger cities of that empire for the past fifteen cen- turies has been Fert, with singular regularity. The number of slight shocks is very large, aud that of disastrous earihquakes i8 great. In Afteen centuries 149 destructive earthquakes have been recorded. The ninth century was most prolific in these, 28 having oceurred, while there were 15 in the fifteenth century, 15 in the seventeenth, 13 in the eighteenth, and 16 the present century. The recorded average is one great earthquake every ten years, but the nineteenth century gives one every five years. Unusuaily high temperature and ‘strange at- mospheric changes have been noticed as pre- cursors of great convulsions, especially in the earthquake which desolated Yeddo in 1855. Mr. Bingham adds that there had been severai shocks within two months, one of which, on the morning of the 23d of February, lasted fully one mixute, oaring which time the house envied by him rocked like a shipon an angry sea. Ur the New A shori timeazo STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN CHINA ,AND Peru.—The Department of the State has re- ceived a dispatch from Minister Seward, reporting the PRening of a steamship line be- tween Hong Kong and Callao. Messrs. Oly- phant & Co., an American firm, are the pro. moters and agents of the enterprise. he object of the scheme is to facilitate Chinese emigration to Peru, under the auspices of both governments. MAJOR ALEXANDER SHARP, paymaster, U. S.A., will be relieved from duty in this city and ordered to Yankton, Dakow, by the 10th of June next, to relieve MajorG. W. Candee, who will report for duty to the paymaster general in this city. 4#%-The race for the two thousand guineas’ stake at the New Market spring meeting as terday was won by Mr. Gerard’s chestnut filly Pilgrimage. . Prot. 6: | | i FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Tuvespay. May 9 SENATE.—The Chair laid before the Senate | & communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of General Q. A. Gil more relating toa ship channet at Charleston harbor. Referred to committee on commerce. Mr. Ransom presented several petitions from citizens of North Carolina for a reveal of the ten ver cent. tax on State bank circulation. Referred to committee or finance. Mr. Dorsey presented a memorial from Council No.2 Sovereigns of Industry, of Wash- . Praying for the enactment of a law to full Weight to purchasers of coal. Ri ferred to the District committee. . . Mr. Anthony, from the committee on print- ing, reported a bill for the priuting of 300,00) copies of the agricultural report for 1877, With an amendment reducing the number to 200,000, and restricting the publication to 600 page instead of 500, provided by the House. O: nted and placed on the calenc tion of Mr. Da took up the of th is, (IIl.,) the Senate to provide for the distribution opposed the aS by the fi é th section the aims of Benjamin Weil and the Le Abra Mining company were suspended. claimed, was an ‘injustice to these claimants. whose elaims had been as fairly awarded as any other claims before the commission. While tne bill was under consideration the Senate, on motion of Mr. Edmunds, at 12:45 p. n., Went into secret session. The doors were opened at Senate proceeded publicly w SS. ‘alls introduced a bill to regulate the railway mailservice. Referred to commitiee on pes offic sand Post roads. | This, he r. Burt he Senate to participate in the memorial services, under the auspices of the Department of the Potom: ALR a Arlington, on Ma; don the tabi Wh: _On motion of M tion authorizing Lieut: LS. to aecept A medal conferred by the king for extinguishing a fire on a powder was | Dorsey introduced a bill tor sale of Goal in the District of Gol Referred io the comniitiee on the District. The Indian appropriation Dill eame up_as the regular order, the pending question being on the substitute for the 3d. it nd Sth sections of the bill permitting money appro- priated tor certain. specific ebjecis ne quired by the Indians to be applied to other purposes as the Commissioner of Ind Aflairs, with the consent of the Indians, m: deem proper. The Substitute adopted is as follow the several appropriations herein 1 millers, blacksmiths, engine Physicians and other persons, auticles provided for by trea the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses tor the benefit of the said tribes respectively, within the diseretion of the Pres- ident, and with the consent of the said tribes, expressed in the usual manner, and that he cause report to be made to Congress at its next session thereafter of his action under } this provision, HOUSE.—Mr. Goode, from committee on education and lator reported a joint resolu tion to provide for the enforcement of the eight hour law. (‘The joint resolution deel: that according to the true, intent and mean- ing of the act of Congress, approved June 25th, ses, entitled, “An act constituting eight hours a legal days work. for all laborers, mechanics and workmen in the employ of the United States,” eight hours constitutes a legal, ys Work for ali such labo: , Mechanics nd workmen, and t ction of the amount paid by the government shall be made ou pecount of the reduction of such hours of Mr. Cox, (N. Y.,) moved to add as follows ‘That ail heads of departments, officers and agents of the government, are hereby directed to enforce said law as long as the same re- maips unrepealed.” Mr. Goode aceepted the amendment. Mr. Eden inquired why the law did not ap. py to all laborers and mechanics. Mr. Goode replied that Congress had no real control over any laborers except such as Were in the employ of the government. Tiis bill was framed in accordance with petitions of Workingmen. which came up from all sec. tiens of the country. Mr. Eden stil thought it, should apply to all and nottoa few of the favorites in the gov- ernment employ. Mr. Goode replied ag: that Congress had Vo control over our private workshops. r. Beebe wanted to know the necessit: act if there was a law on the statute for OOK . Goode said that in this form it would be more idily enforced. He referred to the history of the passage of the eight hour law in ‘1808, and said the discussion of that day would show that while some held that it would cause reduction of wages the great majority held that there would be no reduction of wages. It was argued also that the bill should pass on the ground that the development of the brain and muscle and intellectual power, by reason of the reduction of the hours of labor, would more than compensate for any loss of time. Mr. Cox (N.Y.) said the departments wanted an interpretation of the law, and they would enforce it as itwas interpreted by Congress. The proposition now pending would indicate the original purpose and intent of the law of is68. By cutting off one-fifth of the hours of labor there would be an opportunity for the employment of one-fifth more men, and Con- press, therefore, could not perform a more eneficent act than to pass this bill. My. Butler said that he had voted for the original law when it was before Congress, and upon this theory. The question that’ w then agitating the laboring classes of the country was whether eight hours was not as long as men could work attending machinery, the sametime keep up their health atid ts. That experiment could not be tried in private establishments, on account of compe- tition. But the govei ent could make the investigation, and had in some instances ex- periirented to see whether as much work could be done i ight hours as inten. The Hot has neve ied for the reports on these experiments. They should be called for, and he believed that within a slight per centage it would be shown that as much work had been done in eight hours as in ten. Mr. Dunnell inquired what was the necessity of this act if the law had been enforced. Mr. Butler said that it had been enforced in some cases, but not in all. - He would keep the eight-hour law on the statute book, and would insist upon its rigid enforcement. There was too much disregard of law. He would not only pass this bill, but would like to impose a pen- aity upoe any officer who would not carry out e law. Mr. Banks said the reason why the bill did not apply to all workmen, was because we have no jurisdiction over private establish- ments. But if the law was enforeed upon government work, it would soon affect all other work. In 1840, the President of the United States of his own volition, and with- out any act of Congress, issued a proclama- lion declaring ten hours a days work in all government workshops, and the example was speedily followed and adopted by private establishments. If this eight hour law proves advantageous to the government, it will be followed out in private employ. But the law must be enforced. We have heard much about the workmen and Jaborers of the coun- try disregarding law, and we are setting a most pernicious example if we fail to insist upon the enforcement of this act. When the law was passed it was never intended that the reduction of the hours of labor should aflect the rules of wages, and it was of the utmost importance that the law should either be enforced or repealed. . After further discussion, the bill was passed as amended. The House then resumed as the regular order the consideration of the bill to regulate inter-state commerse. Mr. Reagan said he had a proposition to inake. The dill was now in the morning hour and would block the way of reports of other committees. His proposition was that the House consent that the bill be made the spe- cial order for Saturday after the reading of the journal. He would call the previous ques- tion at half past three. The morning hour would thus be relieved of it. Objections were made to this arrangement by several gentlemen, and for various rea- sons. Mr. Reagan.—Very well, then ; I will keep it BD ine PCrene, hour, and. you ‘will soon get sick of that Mr. Beebe fhought this a good time to test the sense of the House, and he moved to lay the bill on the table. Kejected. on Thompson then spoke in favor of the Mr. Reagan again made his proposition, modifying it, however, to bring: the bill up after the morning hour, and as modiiied it was ‘agreed to. ‘The rest of the merning hour was taken up pte reports from the commitiee on pubiic ands. 5 Mr, Patterson, fvom that committee, report- ed back the Senate bill authorizing eitizens of Colorado, Nevada and the territories to re move timber from the pubi and domestic purposes. Mr. Smith (Ga.), from same committee, re- ported a bill subjecting the Fort Wayne mili- tary reservation, in Arkansas, to entry as ott er public lands in said state. "Passed. Mr. Sapp, from same committee, reported a bill restoring to settlement, under the home- stead act, certain lands in Iowa heretofore granted to certain railroads. Passed. The morning hour then expired: On motion of Mr. Wright, Mr. Peter Cooper, of New York, was granted ‘the privilege of a seat on the floor. Mr. Lockwood rose to a personal explana- tion. In the Record of yesterday he was re- evided as uot voting on the motion of the gen. tleman from New York, Mr. Woed. to go committee of the Whole on Tuesday on the tariff bill. The result was announced as 109 yeas to 108 nays. He voted no, distinetly, on that proposition. He was convinced that he had so voted, because gentlemen around him Solicited him’ to change his vote to the affirma- live, and he steadily refused, because he be lieved that the country was’ tired and dis. with this dis that it had better be stopped at once. About ‘State Associations.” _Editor Star:—Referring to ae sue of this date rela sociation,” permit me to say that, in common with a great many people who de- spise shams, I give President’ Hayes great credit for requiring department clerks and messengers to devote their time to work for which they are paid rather than to showing themselves at cheap mutual admiration soci eties. Persons here who 2 h the departments reeognize the fact that, as a gen- eral thing, the more conspicuous the member of a state association the more Worthless the government employe. ‘This remark will apply 4s well to one political party as to the othe lands for family Passed. Briefly summed up, the headquarters of state association in Washington is a lodging place tor aspiring, toadying clerks and other , smail employes of the government. where the boots of suel Congressmen as are oceasionally are licked. Yours truly, ANTI SHAM. A CLUB FoR Wor! is in progress to € ub on the ; uston street, by Which it is hoped that the comfort of the men ean be materially ad- ministered to, while the inducement is’ heli out to sueh as ck of a beiter place to pass odd evenings in drinking place ofa more rational form of amusement at less cost. The clubis to be self-supporting, small fees being & d from t mbership, While extra charges will be made amusements, Which will be furnished in the form of popular lectures and conceri The ciub is not to be in any wa cf with or under the direction of au ofthe representatives of any chureh, efiort is to be made to inculeate religious dor trines, except indirectly—that is, by the in- fluence of proper associations. Projects simi- lar to this have been successfully carried out in Liverpool, London and Belfast. MURDER C SIONS REPUDIATED. —Six young men who were arrested at Detroit Mich.,on suspicion of haying murdered An- ton Miller, near that city, April 20, have been acquitted. The confessions of two of them, in which they declared that three of the others were the murderers, Were repudiated by them, and they declared Y them by pressure from detectives. Immedi- atcly alter the discharge of the prisoners one f the party. named Aldons, and acting dete live Sam Moore we rested for conspir: SERIOUS CHARGE chenectady cy AGAINT A MINISTER. peole are greatly excited by the arrest of the Rev. Mr. Sehneider, charged with assault by Mrs. Ella Bowers. formerly Miss Vagner, of Gloversville. An examination was held, upon whieh the p testified that the crime took place on Thursday last at the clergyman’s house. soon after ler marriaze, when she called for the purpose of obtaining her marriage certificate—[/Zudson Repu! lican, s To BE USED IN THE SALMON FisHERY.—Mr. Clyde, president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was interviewed in reg: reputed Sale of the steamer Great supposed Russian agents. He. slip had been condemned and ¥ rd to the public to id that the Ss sold to a PAaRPONED.—The President has pardoned toseph H. Rothrock, who was convicted in the hited States District Court, in Baltimore, ebruary 8, 1876, of embezzling letters con- taining Money, while he was clerk in the Bal- timore post office, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary A ComMuUNIsT BroucutT To a Hat.—Ed- ward Megy, the recognized leader of the commune in New York city, and who is said to be the individual who caused the death of Archbishop Darboy, of Paris, and chief of po- lice Greyboy, was afraigned in New York yes. terday in court, charged with threatening the life of Harry W. Marks, an attache of the World pewspaper Justice Smith soundly lec- tured Megy, telling him that the commune was not an institution of this country. and its prin- ciples would not be tolerated here. He held him in $00 bail to Keep the peace. THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION of the National party, in session yesterday in Phila- deiphia, adopted a platform proposing that no candidate that has any affiliation with the old parties should be recognized. A tumultuous scene ensued, forty delegaies being on the floor at the saine time accusing various candi- dates nominated for governor with party pro- clivities. Samuel R. Mason was nominated for governor, and James L. Wright for seere- tary of internal attai ANOTHER HIGHI- Y RESPECTABLE DEFAULTER has gone to a hospital for the insane instead of to the state prison, whither influential thieves, whether sane or insane, are usually sent. Ex-Alderman Henry S. Moss, of Louis- ville, Ky., is the lunatic, and he has bee guilly of a number of forgeries, the discove! of which is alleged to have been followed by mental derangen v. ¥. Sun. Potato Bves. —Potato bugs have made their appearance in large numbers in Staten Island and have already ruined many potato fields. The farmers say that the bugs are on the surface of the ground and destroy the sprouts as soon as they come up. In some sections the farmers are preparing to plant corn where the potato vines have been de- stroyed.—[. ¥. Heral: SUSPENDED FOR COUNTENANCING DANCING. The Atlania (Ga.) Presbytery has decided against Deacou Frank E. Block, who appealed from the sentence of the session of his church, suspending him from membership for per- mitting round and square dances in his taal lor. bighteen mei TS of the Presbytery voted against sustaining the sppen, eight 1 favor of sustaining the sPpeal in the whole, and eight for sustaining it in part. Mr. Block will appeal to the syn THE EMIGRATION TO AFRICA.—The African Colonization Boclery. met in the Broadway Tabernacle yesterday afternoon, when the secretary of the society said that there was much interest felt in the south concerning the colonization of the negroes of the United States in Africa. He hi received letters rep- resenting thousands of them who want to | emigrate to the land of their fathers. The ‘eneral reason given for their desire to go is that social equality for the colored people in this country is too far in the future; 260 of them have gone to Africa under the auspices of the society, and 400 more are expected to go this year.—LW. ¥. World, st Count E. ALEXWEFP, of the Russian navy, one of the Cimbria’s officers, has arrived New York, and will soon leave for Washing- ton. = guess Victoria will review the troops at Aldershott on Monday next. &#-The Delaware democratic convention for the nomination of a state ticket will be heid at Dover, August 6. &#% California crop reports abundant harvest. 4%-May brings the usual gloomy predic. tions about the peach eel ‘tet 4@-The Atlantic and Pacific Tel ny, yesterday elected Gen. Ecker presi- Fontana H. M. Twombly vice-president. 4#%- Alter Y.Shindell, of Danville, Pa., and W. C. Kohler, of Hanover, Pa., students of the indicate an com- theo'ogical seminary at Gettysburg, were ac- cidentally drowned yesterday by the upset- fing ofa boat on Spring lake.” ©) Be wl nara ae ao seh 3 now deste in New ork ie = a pent $ commune on the last night its existence, 4% Gen. Crook’s chief scout reports that a portion of Sitting Bull’s band have erossed the line into the United States, and itis feared they will prove troublesome this a assion, and he believed | si side, in New York city, below | they were induced to make | ‘Telegrams to The Star. | THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. | Preparing to Invade Canada. | THIRD PARTY INHARMONIOUS. Row in the Pennsylvania Convention. CALIFORNIA WORKINGMEN DISAGREE EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD. | England and Russian Preparations. LIVELY TIMES AMONG TIONALS. ‘The New Party Inharmonious. ay THE NA HILAL —The National eon tions until 2:10 | thisa.m. The cause of the session being pro: longed after midnight was that a bitter dis cussion upon the platform took plac in | order to gain more time for deliberation the convention adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning, ui it Was W o'clock before the cv | vention Was called to order more than half of the delegate ~ W. Hughes made with but litth the labor ques: ht hours for the working and deprecating the employment ef chil dren in the factories. He was followed by others, who Were interrupted several times, and unph of the delegates to each othe | stances. Hon. F. P. Dewees, ch | Staie central committee, r | ative platiorm than that read | Whiel’ was loudly cl 0 Beaver, moved that it. be when there loud cries of “No gag law! hold nt” A delegate from Fayette allud mob of Luzerne, whieh brou Uieir feet, Exception was taken toa portion of a read, Which proposed that in many in irman of the 1a more consery the ni Mr. E ehtt lopted as a whole, THE GREENBACK LABOR PART ad of the National; and a vote upon the ion to strike out that portion of the plat- jorm provoked the liveliest discussion. There were distinetive lines drawn between the lavor and K elements, and the speeches all to “the two elements in the cony " as pul. to strike out “greenback labor party,” and was lost_by an overwhelming vote. A ‘resolution Miat the convention condemn any lawlessness or Violence Was adopted, as was also THE PLATFORM read this morning, with a few amendments, and Which may be briefly summarized as fol lows: That the party advocates a high pro. tective tariff, a mov e reform in the hours of to be regulated by wise legislation: opposition to diseriminating monopolies in th carrying cade, and the substitution of the nation’s money for that of bank notes. It de- mands the wiconditional repeal of the re sumption act, and the recognition by Con | gress of eftortsat internal improvemeuts, and {the encouragement of ship-building | aud 1 oceanie transportation. It disavews any countenance of lawlessness or violence, advocates the maintenance of the princ Of the party by the judicious use of the box, and changes the name of the party that of National Labor Party to National ireenback Labor Party. Hou, F. 1. “Dewees was re-cle | manol the state central committe | xeon chairman of the natioi utive eoin mittee, delivered an address in answer to loud cails, and after tendering thanks to the press | and the officers of the body, the convention adjourned sine die. | FENIANS THIRSTING FOR BRITISH DR: eparing for the Canada Campaizn. EW YORK, May S—A special from Syra «i -Y., says: The Fenian meeting heid in | thiscity last night was largely atiended. Let- ters were received from Gen. O'Neil, stating that, he was on the line of Red river, with 10,(00 men, ready for action. Dispatches from Buflalo were read, stating that 5,000 men that city were under arms. Five steam tugs, and a number of canal doats have been se cured in Buffalo to transport Fenians to Cana- da. Letters were read from Col.Mulligan, now in Oswego, stating that he had secured the steamers in that city. To-day te organization will receive 200 oe eaaieg rifles from the West. Robert McCarthy and John Moore, the two police commissioners of Syracuse, and Alderman McCarthy. son of Senator MeCar- thy, were appointed treasurers. A hall capa ble of holding 500 men, to be used for drilling purposes, was secured. Not Much of a Shower. SYRACUSE, N. YW, May 9.—There is som fear for thé reported Fenian movene this locality. Probably 2) men are eng: in it. claiming connection with a movement along the frontier. Some has been raised and men armed with pistol better class of Th to the movement. THE EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD. eus give no sympathy NDON, May 9. ition of the ‘As the result of the mobi- ny and militia reserves, sand trained and effective sol- diers have taken their places in the ranks. There is little apparent decrease at the Wool wich arsenal in the activity of war prepara- tions. The laboratory department bas received an order for thirteen thousand casks, to con- tain each forty-eight pounds of biscuit, (crack- .) to be carried on pack saddles. hundred tons of preserved meat have bee! received from the United States, principally trom Chicago, In weil informed ‘quarters ai early dissolution of parliament anticipated. The conviction begins to find expression that a too sanguine view is taken of Count Schouvalof’s journey to St. Peters- burg. Itis argued that he cannot have a mis- sion from the british government unless the latter has consented to abandon the idea of puropesn concert and will treat directly with Russia about special British interests, which is entirely unlikely. If the government had de- cided to formulate counter proposals, the; would probably have submitted them throug! the regular channels. It is conjectured, there- fore, that Count Schouvaloff may have had a rsonal object in wising to visit St. Peters- ure. SAN FRANCISCO WORKINGMEN. The Split in their Ranks Widens. San FRaNcISCO, May 9.—The workingmen held a mass meeting at Horticultural Hall last night, in response to a callof the county com- iitee to test the question between the com- mittee and Kearney. The latter announced in advance that he would take charge of the | meeting, but what may be termed the consti- | tutional element of the party asserted its as- | cendency. A strong force of police were pres. ent, andthe Kearneyites finding themselves in the minority adjourned to’ the number of several hundreds to the street, where they held an opposition meeting. The proceed: i the hall were conducted to a peaceful and sat- isfactory conclusion. The result is accepted as an indication that Kearney has lost his hold on the larger and more respectable portion of the party. —_—_ RUSSIAN CRUISERS. What the Czar’s . This Country. NEW York, May 9.—The Sun says:—From a Secret agent of Russia, now in this city, it was ascertained yesterday that the steamship Ham- monia sailed from ners last we ona similar mission to the Cimbria. Her depar- ture Was not telegraphed in the press reports. The agent also says that the Hamburg si ships Westphalia, Thuringia, Franconia and Rhemiana have been chartered by Russia, and will be employed in ti gy Mg oe na- val forces to American waters. The Thuringia will be the first to follow the Hammonia. Rus- sian agents have been among the New York pilots familiar with the coast, aud if there is war a good many of them w fl be permanently engaged for Russian cruisers. . Steamer md. PROVIDENCE, May 9.—the steamer Bristol, of the Old Colony line,from New York, got aground in attem} toenter Newport har- bor at 3 o'clock morning, having missed the buoy. ae See ae eae, her _as- sistance, and also struck bottom. The passengers and mails were taken off at 5:39 ‘a. m. by 4 Providence steamer. The Bristolis probably uninjured. ~ A Frightful Ride Death PoTTsviLLe, Pa, May 9—While the mine Wagon, containing eight was descending into the shaft of the Gate Vein Colliery, near Pottsville, this morning, it jumped the ‘track and was precipitated to the bottom with great rapidity. Frederick Borizell, of Y Was horribly mangled and tstan and Geo. Schoot, of Pottsville, was. se injured. The remaining six men escaped with Dut slight brutses Two Students Drowned. GETT Pa. May s of Danville, Pa., and _C. Kohler, Pa. students of the TI al Seminary at this place, were drowned this afternoon while boating on Spring by the upsetting of their boat. Thi xtaduates of the Penn. sylvania Cx . and Were members of the class of am Stanley Matthews Not a € al from € rH, Bateman has Y om Hon. Stanley Matthews, date n, May 6th, tn which be Slates that he is not a candidate for Congress in the 2d Ohio distri Broken Bones. May &.—J.& 5. Bones & Co., oldest firm ot hardware suspended. They Habilities, e174 spe to soon open and resumes Engage: ment in iron Works speculation embarrassed them . Liverpool Failures. Livekroo., May 9.—W. Winter ton broker, has suspended. improvement in cotton. The ve wii, is also announ mw failure of Dun- rier & Co., provision merchants of rd. Their abilities A Suspended Nation: Lewisnexe, Pa. May9.—Thi al Bank has Suspend particulars mi thought that di Bank. Union Nation for the present. No but it is The Markets. BALTIMORE, May 9.—Virginia sixes, ot. 25> do. ay 3 do. consolidated, 60 «lo, second series, coupons, 83; N » Carolina sizes, 0: ew, B bid to-day. Sugar shade ] Ramer, 8 sad). | BALTIMOKE, May 9.—Cotton quiet and shade more st middling. 20's. Flour quiet and pominally stead). Wteai—southern dull, weak and | lowe Western Cull and weak—southern red, 1. iba | 1.285) do. ainter, 1. | al.28) Ne. 2 winter ree Pennsylvania red, i.¥6 . Spot and "May, July, 1 2281 ant names Were applied by some | ‘They say they await orders from O'Neil. The | | Great Britain’s Active Preparations. | Fifteen | is Not now | 1,26 ya1. June, 1 Com, southern a dat and Steatly ; be: id Butter dui ane neminal—refin a, fee firm and bi | Migher— Kio cargoes, «Whisky: firm: | 106M106 5. Roceipts—tour. BuO: whi | corn. 61.000; "oats, 1/600. Shipine | 20 060; Freights to Liverpool pei x stand flour, 25.20 \ed. 5 NEW ‘YORK, 9.—Stocks about steady, d: Gold, 100s. Exchange, { 9 4884884. “Goverum .— Flour dull an and 1 cent lowe: ull aud lower | LONDON, M. | 9 or" both mone vnds, 1867's." 108%. | New Jersey Ce | cl oe | AND PARIS GREEN- an Strauss, F a son of M a wealthy cigar qanufacturer of 150 Avenue C, y. took Paris green in the barber sh Law rence street, Brooklyn, last evening q been estranged from'his father since New | s ctiy., He hi Year's Day, and having spent ail-of the | | he had, threatened repeatedly that unless his father took him back he would He exhibited a pistol several id that it Would be his friend in .if no other Mriend it 4. He was in love with a pretty , Bertha Wolf, of 4 Myrue . Brooklyn, and he | frequently told her of his intention to kill him- | self,but she thought he was in fun. Last night, take his life after swallewing ose of Paris green, he sent a note to Miss Wolf, telling her that he had taken the poison. He asked her to forgiv | | | him, and bade | and lav | boy who | | adieu he r hed heartily over it 1 aS Messenger re He at one t fo. 1 the letter, he barber's ted this to tinted and fell. Anam and he was (aken to the 1, Where the pl nic and removed er of fatal results.—[ ¥. Strauss, bulance was se Long Island Colleg sicians administered 4 us they think, all dan ¥. Sun, th MINISTERS.— RI0US CHAKGES AGAINS Gull routine of the proceedings of the rican M. EF erence Vesterday Was some What enlivened by the cropping out of charges against Rev. Joseph H. Kobinson, of Cle | Spring, Md., and Rev.Jd. Hurley, both of whom | had been suspended during the year by their | presiding elders for conduct unbecomin: ] isters of the ge ‘he case of Mr. Robinson | first taken up. The specifications | rges were not made public, but it is un od that they involve drunkeunes: | s other serious indiscretions. | Were referred to a nnittee of five, which will report during the session of the confer ence. ‘The ¢ inst Mr. Hurley were similar to those iu the case of Mr. Robinson. and his case was also refer | Charges of indebtedness against Rev. John R. Henry Which will also be referred to a committee, b were passed over until the return Bishop Brown. These ministers are char with ng private debts bey abili a vice that is strictly hibited by the of discipline.—j Bal ette, Sth. ed Wo a committee. were nd CC, i ok N.Y. Herald from Reids- 7, says: A most atrocious jer by anegro nurse occurred yesterday near Madison. Amanda Roseton. a negro girl, was employed by a well-to-do col. ored man named Anthony Dalton, to and take care of his children. She had en his youngest child, an infant just able to walk, some distance from the house, where for some | cause unknown she whipped it in a cruel and heartless manner. The child, who had just begun to prattle, threatened to tell its mother, | which so enraged Amanda that she seized it by the neck, and, giving ita sudden wrench | broke the neck. In a moment more the child Was a corpse. The murderess was arrested, and will be tried at Weutworth, the county seat, j this week, for the murder of the infant, A “SOLAKIUM,” OR SUN Room, for conyales- cents, has been established in connection with the New York Hospital, with the best results. | The upper story of an old mansion adjoining the hospital proper has been made into one large room and arranged so to admit as much light as possible. There is a lange sky. light in the center of the roof, and there gre several large windows on three sides of the room. The windows are left without shades, and on clear days the room is flooded with sunlight. Much of the space is occupied by plants, of which there is an extensive variety. | Cages with canary birds are suspended from | the ceiling. Benches, upon which the patients can sit or lie down at pleasure, are arranged about the room. The surgeons regard the solarium as a valtiable addition to the hospital, and encourage convalescent patients to visit the place and take regular sun-baths. STORM AND FIRE, WAR AND FAMINE.—Ad. vices from China state that letters are pub- lished exonerating Vice Cousul General Brad- ford from the chat ges ‘of opening mail letters, but leaving him still guilty of purloining and copying private correspondence. A at tornado visited ton on the llth ultime; thousands of houses were destroyed or dam- aged by the wind, and an immense tyre gwd that broke over the Se fa the midst the confusion four fires broke out, supposed of in- ‘Ol cendiary origin, as many robberies foll |. Five hundred Chinese are reported ‘eile, The western Chinese army is overrunning Kashgar and annihilating the inhabitants, in- cluding the women and childre: The famine distress continues unabated. No rain has fallen in the provinces for years past. JOHN MORRISSEY used to say that he we to Congress in order that he mip ht leave his boy a better reputation than that of a ~ fighter, but he made up his mind, after bel “in Sousress awhile, that there was very choice, A COLORED Giz MuRpEKep.—In_Baiti- more, Tuesday afternoon, a difeul oc. curred between two colored servants, Speaks, aged 2i, and Tillie Richards, a girl, a 16, at a boarding-house in Charles street, wl ed a knife into the bosom of the from which she died te ¢ from which she died In. tw ; aan 9 hour led, but was subsequently a Dr. Henry T. HELMBOLD is now sojourn- ing at the country house of a friend on Isiand. His friends allege that his recent ness Was caused by a powerful drag, admipis- tered to him by some of his enemies for the purpose of exciting bis mental and qe, and that certain reports have been clreulated with the intent to prejudice Dr. Helmboild’s interest in litigation that is ene ing in Philadelphia. The physicians of x vue hospital, after examination, ah Dr. Helmbold, certifying that he'was not sane.—[N. Y. Sw #*@-It is rumored that the Evans’ Rifle pany, of Mechanics’ Falls, Me. is filli Giders for the Kussians oui board the imbria. &@-A private letter from New announdes that Parliament has pe to encourage immigration. 4@-No proposal for canonization . n'the Romaw Catholic churea eit tertained a person has been dead 5 years. 4e- Henry Ward Beecher, chaplain of the 13th regiment, Brooklyn, will ap] ce AS a mi in Man, and mounted on a magnificent charger, on decoration day. .