Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Excépt Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith street BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, | ‘ed to subseribersin | Town account, at 10 | YT month. Copies at | '¥ mail—postage pre- one year. $6, mblisied on Friday 9 q 10 copies for $15; “4s copies criptions must 4 pat % longer than so paid ce ising made”. nown on applicae pa d—60 cents a mont Tax WEEKLY STAR~ J*Ar, postage prepaid. Ker “. SI-NY. 7,865. 8 f * The Loening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1878. - PYPOGRAPHLE -—The Uston wilt vclock, in Satu Seep Hall, curne: iu E <7 ST, ANDREW'S MISSIUN._ L- EPISCOPAL CHURCH TS n.w.—Serviee at 11 : Fares Fox, 0} nd 3 y S52) NIVERSALIS® CHURCH. — Rev, DiS ° atx. hes wil preach in Tallmadge Hall ‘re worrow..at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 9:45 a Fublie cordially Invited. 1 FOUNDRY. ME ow, at am.. Spon. ev. Dr. Wicitra ss, cf Boath . BE. Caarch Somth. we ALL SOULS’ CHURCH — Rev. CLay McCAULEY, Pastor.—Moxping 8-1 ck. Subjeet—** The Supr mie Lower of the M.rson of Chre All strangers cOedislly in- vired) Vesper services at 8 o*clo k. = AG « Dr. LANATAN. ad w(D.V.)a 1b.m. 3 shes Fe ark io tin the a! SK wil preaca atheran Cuurch, 6 ow (Sunday) at It C2 jo Falthfut in 11 o ard a.m. aud 8p. Little Tires. Pastor of _ iver a ani Foree of Hu- lock peu. to y iny > Gor is 1HE BIBLE, in opposition to the popular « tacght by the Priests and Parsons of the sects of **Christeaduin “* Advocaied ev Bund: Lam. b Curistadelpiian © Ps. bet. 24 and ain McCau'ey's E s Ail interest-d'a . CHURCH. ng To-mor tor, Rev. WM. : ape | ornicg Subject: | Evening Public 1 "Ss ORPHANS? wre at eizen Park, rc NENT MONDAY, the 17th inst. Please help the lil fake 8° Home. mission 25 ce: THE NATIONAL SAFED. PANY, corner 15th and New York avenae, receives Trunks of Silverware and ocler valuavies On ceposit: also rents Safes. Lis vaults are Durg’ar, fire and damp proef. Cha'ges motlerate. Oitice heurs, 9a, m. to4p. m Je1S-L UFFALO LITHIA, eee a * SPRING WATERS, Just received zi T A’ MILBURN'S PHARMACY, msrl¢-tr 429 Pr 1 NA, AVENUE, AYWARD & HUTC B17 9TH STREET NORTH WES Manties unequaled for richness of design andcolor | bod rivailug in extent any establishment in the goontry. ets designs for M: ‘Wainsccatings closely followed, and limits and beautifal marbles exactly Pp nts for BARSTOW WROUGHT [RON FUR- CE, Baltimore KITCHENER RANGES; also the Rissa fire-place STOVE. Contractors for Plumbing and sii'Tis and Gopper Work... With a large fore of competent meclanics in’ their va- rious brai.ches and long personal experience, wil) do good work cheaper any other house, m2-ly S MATHORN AND BUFFALO LITHIA WATERS, Just recelyed, fresh from the Springs. W. 8. THOMPSON, 703 15th G RAND OPENL oF SUMMER CLOTHING, Just opened the following Goods. LIGHT BUSINESS SUITS, FINE BATISTE SUITS, BLUE FLANNEL SUITS, LIGHT CASSIMERE PANTS, ALPACA AND SURGE COATS, LINEN AND MOHALK DUSTERS, WHITE MARSEILLES AND DUCK VESTS, BOYS’ LINEN SU!TS, BOYS’ ALPACA JACKETS, sual low prices. At usual low prices. anornaue. « 1011 Pennsylvania avenue, jeT-tr Three doors east of 11th street. - WELLILA ——— OO CENT. OFF, iu order toequalize the prices of my goods. waich were bought during the different guid Buctuatio and bring them dows to the present standard. have concluded to dispose of them rapidly, in order to import largely again ext fall, and Will the: fore take off twenty per cent. from all sales) which ‘will bring the goods down to cost price. is not in accordance with my general practice and basl- nets principles to sell at cost—as no house ean hoa- orabiy exist without certain profits—but when I say so I mean to doit, and as ail the goods are marked in plain figures no one can be decelved. I wou'd call your special attention to my elegant and full stock 01 Nock OlWHITE GOODS. Linen Chemise, Cotton Chemise, Linen Draw- Cotton Brawers, Night Gowns, Dressing Sacques, Corset Covers, Skirts. Collars and Cutts, Handkerchiefs, Linen’ and ‘Torchon Sets, Cuil dren's Fancy Collars, ‘DRESS DEPARTMENT. Silk Suits, Bunting Suits, Kil: Suits, white awn Suits, Colored Lawn suits, Muslin and Lace Suits, Bathing Suits, Lawn and Percale Wrappers, Linen and Alpaca Ulsters, Cloth and Stik Man- tillas, Cloth and Sk Jackets, Embroidered Mau- tele * ACE DEPARTMENT. Valenciennes Lace, Duchesse Lace, Pointe Ap- tue, French Lace, Torchon Bartos, Ease Gotiaretes, Hee Sets, Lace Handkerchicts Lace Veiling and Lace VeMIELIN ERY DEPARI MENT, ‘Straw and Chip Hats, Straw and Chip Bonnets, Bonnets, Frames, Hibbons, Velvers, Fiow- ers, —x. Feathers, Ornaments, Greuadines and Tissue, Crepes. ete-, etc. = Bows, Bele Combs. Silk Fri on ts, Com! ‘ringe, Chentile Fringe, Beaded Fringe, Worsted Friuge, ttons, and Articles de Paris, M. WILLIAN: Inrouten, ‘Pa. ave., ngion. D.C. wise, Paris. eenes-1n ly having no report prepared, obtained leave of | th | They al.o, in the THE EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT Receipts To-Day.—Internal Tevenue, $205,185.28; customs, $320,075.28, SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to- day amounted to $205,000, PERSONAL.—Senitors Blaine and Edmunds. both of whom have receatly been ill, w their places in the Senate & day. p in Gen. Saerman visited the is morning. THE DistRIcT NOMINATIONS.—The nomina- tiors for District Commissioners would have gone to the Senate to-day if the Senate had not adopted a resolution postponing adjoura ment until next Thur.day. As it is, these nominations will probably not be in until tie firs o next The best au‘hority. next to the dent gives the lowing as the District Commissioners: aah Dent, of Georgetown: % Phelps, present Commissioner. on the part of the ci and Col. Casey, Superia- tendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, as the engineer officer. Nor PROVEN.—The Senate committee on | privileges and elections, agreed to-day to re- ic the ease of Senator Grover charged < secured his election as Senator by forget The committee find that the evi- ce does pot snstain the charge, in so far as Mr. Grover is pers iy concerned. THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.—The Sen- ate conference committee on the army Dill has reached an agreement, and will report the bill to the two houces this afternoon. The House conferees agree to Senate amendments restoring the army to 25,000 men, and referring the questi tion toa ecommi: n, and referring 1 e the transfer of th ian burean from the Interior to the W cepartment to a commission of Representa- tives and Senators. The Senate conferees luctions of pay of oli- the posse coméitattus reisely as it passed the a: cers of the army, am section is agreed to pi House. THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE on the legis- lative, executive and judicial approdriatioa bill has practically reached an agreement, probably be reported to both . The Hose recedes from it ion to reduce salaries and number of employes. The House recedes from bolition of the Fourth and Fifth Auditors . The Senate concedes to th umber of $1,090 clerks, but it does not adopt 1 full the House secon providing for the re- grading of clerks in the departments. A final meeting of the conference committee on this bill willbe held this afvernoon, CoMMODORE WHIT! has taken charge of the bureau of navigat‘on, Navy department vice Rear Admiral Ammen, retired at his own request. A Curntovs Race oF DiniceNce.—On last Thursday evening the House public lands committee submitted an elaborate report and bill confirming MeGarrahan’s claim to_the Rancho Panoche Grande, ine'uding the New Idria Quicksilver mine, which were received and ordered to be printed by the House. Oa Friday morning the Senate public lands com- itt<é, not to be outdone in the m: hastily and decided to report adv enate to submit one at the next session. e of Met ees ay) Secured a fin friends, (aS the latte! jection’ of his memorial by the Senate. Action was, however, reconsidered this morn- ing by the Senate. and the case was revieved ——— | and laid upon the table for future considera- tion. So McGarrahan has still another chance to renew the fight. Tne RIVER AND Han has agreed to on the rive a vote of : OX BILL.—Fhe Senate report of the conference nd harbor appropriation bi!l by 0 Guests aT THE WnITE Hovse.—Mrs. Gen- eral Mitchell and daughter, of Co'umbus, Ohio, arrived at the White House this morning to atiend the Platt-Russell wedding, which takes place next Wednesday. Mrs. Mitchell is a niece of the President. Hon. HENRY WaTTERSON, when the demo. cratic caucus was being held yesterday, hap- peved to be in the hall of the House, talking with a friend.for some iime after the proceed. ing commenced. A motion was subsequently made to invite him to remain, and, though received a majority vote, Mr. Hewitt, of Ww York, so persistently objected that Mr. Wat- terson left the hall. It is hinted that Hewitt’s objection was to get even with Watterson be- cause the latter had printed in the Louisville Courier-Journal, of which paper he is the editor, come severe animadversions on Mr. Hewitt’s course. AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to- day were Attorney General Devens, master General Key, Secretary Schurz, Sena- tors Dawes, Conover, McCrary, Mitchell, Christiancy. Rollins, Bailey, Booth, Patterson, Kellogg, A)lison and Morrill; Representat Dwight, Hubbell. Brewer, Smith, (Pa.), Ri (Ohio), Bisbee, McKinley, Townsend, (N. Bell, Danford, Cla Bundy, Jones, (Ohio), Morse, Loring, Pound, Hazleton and’ Bundy: Commissioner Hoyt, Hon. J. B. Treat, (Wis.)., and Judge W ileox, of New York. COXNFIRMATIONS AND 4 REJECTION —The Senate, in executive session yesterday, con- firmed the following nominations: Horace E. James. of Maryland, to be consul at Turk Bren Metcalfe, . R. Atwell, postmaster, joha A, Wright, of Mar: Idaho: Francis H."Wea , Southern Ute ageney, Colorad Potts, governor of Montaua territory Commander Kichard L. Gaw, to: be. captai “om der Joseph L. Skerritt, fo be captain: ‘ommander Mortimer L, Johnson, tote commander: Lieut. Commander Edward M. Shepard, to be commander. Thegemate Te- jected the nomination of Jackson M. Rose to postmaster at Abingdon, Va. gency, Tne ARMY BrLi.—The conference commit- tee agreed last night on the army bill. ‘The House recedes from all its principal positions. The force of the army remains at 25,000 men. The transfer of the Indian bureau to the War department and the reorganization of thearmy are stricken out and referred to the respect- ive commissions proposed by the Senate. The pay of the army is left as in the House bill, ut the House ‘abandons its Proposed limita- tion on the power of the President to employ the army as a posse comitatus. THE BILL TO INCREASE THE PENSIONS of all Soldiers and sailors who have lost either both their hands or both their feet, or the sight of both eyes in the service of the United States to $72 4 month, has passed both houses, and no doubt will be ‘promptly signed by the Presi- dent. At the next session a bill will be sub- mitted extending similar relief to those sol- diers ane sailors who have been rendered to- tally helpless by their wounds and_yet do not come under the provisions of the bill passed yesterday. Cc tYSTAL CHANDELIERS. In order to close eut the remainder of our ENGLISH CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS we have made ano*her LARGE DEDUCTION the prices, ana would suggest to all persons wishing a fine article at : LOWEE PRICES than they can ever be had again, to examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, jel-tr M. W. GALT, BRO. & CO. ———____ *- “BRO. & 00. M5" SULLIVAN, FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKERS, No. 419 I street n.w. FINE WORK at LOW PRICES. 28 jel0-2w* ‘RICH and every kind of ORNAMENTAL THERES manufactured at the ‘ESTABLISH MENT 616 9b strest, ‘Gaited Giheo “myis t dyed snd States Parent: A DeMocRaTIC Caucus was held in the hall of the House of Representatives, after the ad- journment yesterday afternoon, for the pur- pose of determining what course should be pursued by the democratic members of the committee of conference on the army appro- priation bill. Aside from the tenor ot some of the speeches -made in the caueus, it became evident in the private interchange of views among the members that there wasa sufficient number of democratic representatives ready to unite with the republicans to insure the adoption of the conference report, which, as stated elsewhere, yields the House position. NAVAL ORDERS.—Surgeon Newton L. Bates asa member of the naval medical examining bourd at Washington. Passed Assistant Sur- ‘eon Howard E. Ames, to duty on board th fron : — Sigamicr-ghtank, at Washington. ‘aymaster Henry T. Wright, to the navy yard, Portsmouth, N. LL, ‘July iste. Causes Jane iy Russell, to the navy yard, Washington. Pas.ed Assistant Sur, 4 Yee eon rd to duty at the navy yard, Washington. Pay- master Edwin ‘utnam, from the ony ri. Portsmouth, N. H. and ordered to counts. un ‘has. Stuart, mm nar Yard, “Washington, and plaéed on waiting ers, es nag b gley,to be assistant tregstrer | THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION. Proceedings Before the Potter Com- mittee. The Potter investigating committee did not hear the testimony yesterday of Mrs. Agnes Jenks, as expected. TESTIMONY OF A LOUISIANA ELECTOR. Orlando li. Brewster, one of the Hayes elec- tors in Louisiana, testified asto his signing the certificates of the election. He held the posi- tion of surveyor general of Louisiana in 1876, and did not goto the meeting of the electors until the afternoon, when he was elected to supply the vacancy occasioned by his own non-attendance in the morning. All the mem- bers of the college, he thinks, were present. President and Vice President were voted for and then the college adjourned. Either that afternoon or next morning he signed the cer- tifieates. Two or three weeks atterwards he heard that a defect existed as to the certificate of Louisiana ; a clerical defect, as he under- stood it, and some thought that while it might be of no importance it would be well to make sure, and new sets were made out. Witness signed them in the office of Goy. Kellogg, but did not remember who were present, except the governor's secretary (Clarke), nor did he examine the certificates to see wherein the de- fect was. In reply to questions by Gen. Butler, witness said that he held the office of surveyor general up to the time of the election. He sent in his resignation three or four days after the election, but asked that it should be dated baek to the foarth of November. He staid ay in the morning from the meeting of the college bee: he had his doubts a! it his being a legal presidential elector, wanted to remedy that defect by causing a vacani Ilis reasons were understood by the members of the college. THE M'VE{GH COMMISSION. A letter from the State department signed by Secretary Evarts, was submitted by the the request of the eom- riginal communications, ted of telegraphic, now ty have been in the office of the tate, and which may be under , received by himor other person in the ‘e department, purporting to come from either or allof the members of a com- mission, of which Hon. Wayne MeVeigh and Hon. Jas. Harlan were members, which ver to to 1 th commnission was sent by the President to New Orte: in April," 1877, and also certified . La. copies of ail communications, whether writ- ten, piinted or telegraphic, delivered to or sent to said commission, from the State de- partment or the President, which passed through said department.” The Secretary aa a ng this request before the esident I Wm instructed by him to say that while he considers it not at ‘all incompatible with the pubhe interests that all the docu: ments soveht for by this resolution should be made pubiie, yet he is unable to perceive that the subject ‘embra in. said resolution is within the authority for inquiry imparted to your committee by ihe House ot Representa ives. “The President has, upon this view of the matter, directed me ‘to communicate to the House of Representatives the informa. tion sought in the resolution of your co: mittee, for sueh disposition by that honora! body a shall seem to it meet.”” To-day's Proceedings. The committee met at 10 o'clock t ing and examined H. C. Clark, of leans, who was a kind of factotum for Kellogg when the latter was governor of Loui He testified that he made up the original re- turns of the vote cast by the Hayes and Whee- ler electors, and that Gen. T. C. Anderson was sent to Washington with ther as special mes- agers, Subsequently Anderson returned to. ew Orleans with one’set of the returns in an envelope which had been opened, and stated that there were irregularities therein, and that it was necessary to make another set in duplicates. Gov Kellogg instructed him to make them out, which he did; Kellog the .eal of the siate to the ‘paper, and the electors signed their names afterwards, noi in th p pre. ence of one another, but as they could . : o'clock the committee took a recess SLOW WORK. The committee bad not met up to 2:30 “eloe! Tie general complaint among the newspaper men is that there is too much ciety in the commit.ee room and too testimony. The President's Titie. REPORT OF THA HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMIT- TEE The following is the report of the House judiciary committee with reference to the title of President Hayes, which was submitted to the House yesterday “The Forty-fourth Congress selected a eom- ‘on to count the votes for Presiden President, reserving to itself the atify or reject such count in the seribe¢ in the act creating sheh comm By the joint action of the two houses i ratified the count made by the commission, and thus made it the expression of its owa judgment. All the departments of the Fede- ral government, all the state governments in their relations to the Federal authority, for- clea nations, the people of the United States, all the material interests and industries of the country have acquiesced, and acted in accord- ance with the pronounced finding of the Con- gress. In the opinion of this committee the present Congress has no power to undo the work of its predecessor in counting the vote or to confer upon any judical tribunal the right to pass upon and perhaps set aside the aetion of that predecessor in ri purely politeal question, the de is conhded by the Constitution in Congress. But apart from these fundamental objections to the bill under consideration, there are features and provisions in it which are entirely impracticable. Your committee can find no warrant of authority to summon the chief just of the supréme courts of the several states to sit at Washington as a jury to try any case, however grave and weighty inay be itsnature. The right to summon must carry with it the power io enforce obedience to the mandate, and the committee can see no means by which the judicial officers of the state can be compelledto assume the functions of jurors in the Supreme Court of the United States. There are other objections to the practical working of the bill’ under consideration, to which We do not think it necessary to refer. Itmay be true that the state of Maryland has been ‘in the late election for President and Vice President deprived of her just and full weight in declaring who were légally chosen by reason of frauds perpetrated by returning boards in some of the states. It may also be true that these fraudulent acts’ were countenanced. or encouraged, or participated in by some who are now enjoying high effices as the fruit of such frauds. It is due to the present generation of the people in this coun- ay and posterity, and to the principles on which the povernment is founded, that all evi- dence tending to establish the tact of such fraudulent?practices should be calmly, care- fully and vigorously examined.” The report closes with a recommendation that if the evidence shows guilt on the part of the officials they should be brought to trial in the manner provided by law, and the follox- ing resolution is appended: ‘esolred, That the two houses of the Forty- fourth Congress having counted the votes cast for Presidentand Vice President of the United States, and having declared Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler to be dul elected President and Vice President, there Do power in any subsequent Congress to re- verse that declaration, nor can any such wer be exercised by the courts of the United tates or any other tribunal that Congress can create under the constitutior. Three republican members of the commit- tee (Frye, Conger and Lapham) add as {ol- lows: “We agree to the fore; it states the reasons of the resolution adopted by the committee, but dissent from the con- ¢luding portion as not pertinent tothe inquiry fore us, and as siving an implied sanction to the propriety of the pending investigation ordered by the majority vote of the House of Representatives, to which we were and are PI . he vote of the committee on the main ques- tion was unanimous, with the exception of Messrs. Knott and Butler, and of Mr. Lynde (Wisconsin), whose position is not ascertained. The report and resolution were adopied in the House by a vote of yeas 234. nays 14. HOWLING WOLF, one of the Chegennes from St. Augustine, now in Indian territary, on the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe agency, has per- suaded 70 of the members of his tribe to cut off their nair and scalp locks, and to dress in citizen's clo! and they have gone to work cutting and hauling wood. Some of the Arra- pahoes show a disposition to follow their ex- ample. = 4a-Nearly half the Fall River mill han y idle, yet they are not demonstrative. pees wren Mass., will celebrate the Fourth with £29) worth 96 gaunonading.- * affixed | ing report so far as | THE PARIS EXPOSITION, * The Big Day—How Order was Pre- served—Some of the Thiags Want- ed in the Ex; jon Bailding—Th American riment—The Acri eultural Exhibit—How the Agri- cultural Appropriation has been Expended. (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE STAR.) Parts, May 31, 1878. Yesterday was the big day at the Exposition sofar. The visitors numbered 132,00), about 13,00 being free. Frenchmen love a fete day, but yesterday wasa regular “picnic” for them, and they celebrated Ascension day, Voltaire’s centennial and the anniversary of the death of Joan of Are all together. Business gener- ally ceased throughout the city, and thousands took advantage of the opportunity to visit the Exposition. Any demonstrative eglebration was forbidden, to prevent trouble between the antagonistic admirers of Joan of Are and Vo!- taire, and the crowds of enthusiasts had to content themselves with offerings of flowers upon the monuments of their respective idols. ie prefect of police took every precaution to prevent the slightest shadow of a riot, which the hot-headed Voltairists would have been apt toincite under another form of govern: ment. In the afternoon Victor Hugo, who was formerly antagonistic to Voltaire, deliv- ered an eloquent address in his memory at the Gayety Theater. The audience was very large. but not one-tenth of those who endeavored to secure tickets of admission succeeded in their efforts: RAINY WEATHER AND MUD, There has been a great deal of rain of late, and it has shown the walks at the Exposition ina very poor light. There is but one co ed entrance to the buildings, and at eve other, visitors are opliged to t ccount here 1 ything of any their breakfast, near noon, and do without a lunch at the grounds. ‘ants are crowded ali the time, but the principal ones are situated at either end of the buildings, and are not nearly so easy of access as at our Centennial exhibition. Not only are no fermented drinks allowed to be sold in the buildings, but it is with dificul that one can find a drink of water. Later the summer this will be found a serious diiti- culty, aud itis generally regretted that there is not room in the American section for one of our famous soda-water fountains, whieh wouid prove hot only a novelty, but very convenient and useful. There range, when y fine bands in the city. is but one band on the grounds, and rian musicians, who at, or Hungarian le of the main . The Csarda is a little wooden cot- a ha thatched roof, built on a bit ground granted by the Spanish section. It is | Verysmail, nodate any er but beautiful of sixteen musiciaus, who perform their national i alternaiing with the famous Straus r d@ Orsay, and afterwards in the Oranger: the Tuileries until 11 o'clock, Tey seem néver to tire, and think nothing of playing eighteen hoursaday. They never play with notes. FEATURES OF THE AMERICAN EXHIBIT. The exhibit of photographs in the American section shows great superiority over the pho. . Gurney, of New York, Permanent Souvenir hd the Centennial y have a fine coliectioa of Colored Photograph: Photograph Compan -onsiderable attention. There are some very good pianos on exhibi- tion from American manufactories, but it is a subject of regret that the best pianos are not here—neither the inway, Kuabe or Ch ering being represented. Some misrepresenta- tion or misunderstanding must have occurred, that Tilden & f New York, should have been given one of the most prominent and largest places in the American section for the display of a lot of bottles of pills, very plainly arueeee in a large pavilion. It was certainl thought. that Tilden & Co. would make a much better show than they do, or they never would huve received the space they have. It is sug- gested that the botties be thrown out_and the | pavilion be taken for the use of Gilmore's and when it arrives. - The agricultural exhibit is about ready now, but if there had not been so much useless show it would have been finished long ago, and there would have been a little money ieft to pay the clerks for their work. THE AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION has been very carelessly handled, and a great deal of money has been expended uselessly. There is about $1,200 worth of plate glass in the building. What was the use of a building, anyhow? Onthe corners there are fine mar- ble and granite vases, which cost at least $1,000. The names of the manufacturers are y in them, and they serve simply as advertisements. 1 not generally the cus- tom to pay exhibitors to exhibit. R. KY The Adjournment Question. Senator Beck said to-day that it would be impossible for the sub-committee having the bill in charge to get through with the sundry civil appropriation before Menday. In view of this representation, the Senate adopted Senator Windom’s resolution to fix the day of final adjournment at noon on Thursday. The House having to-day agreed to the conierence report on the river aud harbor appropriation bill, there are only three bills yet to be dis- posed of. These are the legislative, executive and judicial, (upon which the only point of difference is the section with reference to the pay of the empioyes ef thé Sénaie, aud from which the House will recede,) the army bill, (upon which the conference committees have agreed.) and the sundry civil appropriation bi], (now with the Senate committee on ap- ropriations.) The outiook is that before to- lay’s adjournment all of the appropriation bills will have passed both houses, except the sundry civil Supropristion bill. The House will without doubt concur in the Senate reso- lution to prolong the session until Thursday next, which will give ample time to finish up all the important bills without night sessions. Atl o'clock the Senate’s adjournment reso- lution was received ia the House. When it was read by the Clerk of the Senate there were cries of “No!” “No!” Upto 2:300’clock the House had not acled upon the res- olution. It is the impression that the House will amend it, making the hour of final adjournment noon on Wednesday, in which shape it will probably be adopted by both louses. PEACE CELEBRATION IN CuBA.—General Martinez Campos arrived in Havana yester- day, and made a triumphal eatry into the city atthe head ofthetroops. There was immense enthusiasm, and the path of the conquerors of peace were strewn with palm leaves and fiow- ers. The streets were spanned with triumphal arches. Each general was presented with a golden laurel wreath by the municipality. A. proclamation issued to’ the troops states that of two hundred thousand men engaged in the war eighty thousand succumbed to wounds and disease. VIXEN WON THE YACHT RACE at New York yesterday, in 5 hours8 minutes and 42 Je conds, aciual time, winning the prize in hee class, and also the Bennett chalienge prize for sloops, beating the Active by 4 minutes and 5 seconds, actual time. Restless, Tidal Wave, Peerless and Vision won. class ‘prizes, and Peerless won the Bennet challenges prize for schooners. LigvTENANT Jas. L. Most, second artillery has been dropped from the army for allezéd desertion. He left his post at Fort McHenry, at Baltimore, last February, and nothing since has been heard of him. AN INTER-STATE CARRIER PIGEON MATCH, under the auspices of the Scranton (Pa.) Vi jante Club, Place yesterday, the distance flown being 150 miles. The first and second prizes were won by birds belonging to John Willard, of Utica, New York; time 3 hours and 57 minutes. The time of the other wia- ners ranged from 3 hours and 53 minutes tu 4 hours and 34 minutes. #3 The walls of two stores at Roches- ter, N. ¥., fell yesterday, burying a number of persons in the ruins. Four were taken out alive, but badly injured. Oue or more are likely to die, ‘aphic exhibits by other nations. James | Landy, of Cincinn: hows sume yery fine | portraits, but his repre f | Peare’s “Seven Ages of Man” is particularly noticeable. Sarony, of Mew York, of course makes a tine show. and the photographs of actors and act are greatly admired. Joshua Smith, of Chicago, has a beautiful col jection of children’s photographs, very | photographs of our Centennial, which attract i FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Saturpay, June 15. \ATE.—Mr. Moigan introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, in relation to appropriations, providing, priation bills approve any appropriation and reject any other appropriation. “Referred to committee on the judiciary. On motion of Mr. Bayard, the House was re. quested to return Senate bill passed dnesday, for the revision and correction of assessments for special improvements in that the President may on appro- | the District of Columbia and for other pur- | poses. | . . Mr. Wadleigh, from committee on privilezes and elections, to whom was referred certai charges against Senator Grover for investiza tion, submitted a report declaring none of the charges sustained. The report was adopted. Mr. Saulsbury said while agreeing in the conclusion he desired leave to submit his indi- vidual views hereafter—granted. ¥ On the suggestion of Mr. Hoar, a similar leave was granted any other member of the committee. On motion of Mr. Saunders, the bill creating the Utah and Northern railway company a corporation in the territories of Utah, Mon- tana and Idaho, and granting the right of way to said company through the publie landa,was faken 9p and various amendments added, and passed. Mr. Howe offered a resolution that W. E. Speneer, the present lopisiative clerk, be ap- pointed chief clerk of the Senate, in place of W. J. McDonald. deceased. Adopied unani- mously. THE ADJOURNMENT Qt Mr. Windem then called up th solution tending the time of adjournment to Thurs- STIO: day, at noon. Mr. Whyte offered an amendment to make the y Wednesday. Mr. Windom contended that Wednesday Would not allow time tor the work to be done decent, nd in order. He said if a poor wood. 8 to Work to-morrow, to earn a haif- r to feed his family, he would be arrested ; yet it was expected thal the Senate would stay i id work when there was no absolute sity for it. . Beck advocated the extension of time, and pointed out the labor to be performed by the appropriations committee. Mr. Withers opposed so loi atime, as its effect would be to make the omnibus appro- priation bill larger. Mr. Sargent sug; sted that Wednesday be axreed upon now, and, if need be, that there be a further extension io Thursday. Mr. Whyte’s amendment was rejected, and the resolution as originally offered was agreed to, aft, reported House bill for the relief of the estate of John A. Dahlgren. Placed on the calendar. . On motion of Mr. Windom, the Senate took up the House bill appropriating $20,000 for the expenses of the House committee to provide for expenses of the select committee on al- lexed frauds in the late Presidential election. The Senate amendment appropriating $20,000 forthe Senate committee was agreed to, as also an amendment appropriating #10,000 to be used under the direction of the Attorney General to defray the expenses ineurred by the Department of Justice in the detection and punishment of crime in connection with the subject of the inquiry. Mr. Spencer, from the committee of eonfer- ence, submitted a report on the river and har- bor bill The Hoi of thi 4 are amended and agreed to. Mr. Conkling objected to the bill on the ground that large and important works were neglected and extravagant appropriations made for small streams. Alter a protracted debate on the general merits of tne bill, the report was agreed to— nays 22 | the first ple | constield g | German Court will go into m Sargent. from the committee on naval | “Mr. Sargent then submitted a report from | the committee of conference on the army bill. | —The regular order having been de- | HOUs manded, the Speaker announced that to be the consideration of the bill to amend internal vs in the Hor $s in committee of e, aad he cailed Mr. Carlisle to the “Conger moved that the further consid- eration of the bill be postponed until the see- ond Wedn xin January. 1 revenue Mr. Robbins asked leave nation, but objection was made. M ‘onger’s motion to postpone was de- 104, nays 146. c feated—yea y! Mr. Reagan presented the conference report on the river and harbor appropriation bill. He said that the bill, as reported, made app:0 sria- ms amounting in the aggregate to about W port. .. Cox and Mr. Eden wanted to make speeches protesting against the bill and report, but ol jeciion was made by Mr. Kenna, Mr. Reagan and other friends of the bill, and the reper order was demanded. . he conference report was then agreed to by a vote of 150 yeas to 98 nays. The cousideration of the internal revenue bill was resumed, and— Mr. Townshend (IIl.) offered an amendment to so amend the revised statutes as to allow growers of tobacco to exch: pee product of their farms for groceries and other commodi- ties, without paying a tax. it would be detrimental to the revenues of the country. | Mr. Bright said that this amendment would benefit the poor man and the small farmer, who were now greatly oppre d by the law. Mr. Sayler said there was a good deal of humbug in this talk about the poor man and poor farmers suffering. Mr, McKenzie olfered an amendmen Mr. Townshend’s amendment authorizing rowers of tobacco to sell $1,000) worth the leaf without paying tax. He said that if he represented a district of tobacco buyers, in- stead of tobacco yvrowers, he would not have offered that amendment. Mr. Sayler s: if the gentleman had any regard for the revenues of the country, he would not have offered that amendment, The amendment was rejected, A message Was here received from the Sen- to ate announcing the adoption of a resolution | extending the session of Congress until Thurs. day next, and the announcement was received with cries of dissent, . Mr. Waddell rose to a question of privilege, and said that for the first time since his service in Congress a respectful request of the Senate fora copference was disregarded. That request had been laying on the the table for twenty- four hours, and he now moved to agree to the conference asked for by the Senate on the post route bill. He wanted to make that motion last night, but the Speaker would not recognize him, but promised to recognize him this morning and did not do so. He wanted to remind the House that there was such a body as the Senate. and that the House was treating them with indignity. Speaker Randall said he agreed to recognize the gentleman after the tobacco bill was dis- ed of. Mr. Waddell.—You could recognize me now, if you wanted to, . he Chair declined to entertain Mr. Wad- deil’s motion for a conference. Mr. Sayler offered an amendment providin, that the clause reducing the tobacco tax to cents shall not go into effect until September 1, 1878. Adopted. The District in Congress. THE BOARD OF CHARITIES. The representation having been made to the sub-committee having the sundry civil appro- ptiation bill in charge, that the Israelites had no representation on the proposed bureau of charities for the District of Columbia, the Sen- ate sub-committee bas aj toan amend ment to add to the names of those already se- lected A. 8. Solomons and Simon Wolf. ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS. On motion of Senator Bayard this morniug aresolution was adopted bythe Senate re questing the House to return to the Senate a bill providing for the revision and correction of assessments for score) improvements in the District of Columbia as it passed the Sen- a a to reconsider the question, and that inasmuch as more than hen days ear apes ree the act, a motion nsider tertained, and that im a ate was void. Mr. Sargent’s motion to reconsider was wade and will be acted upon tis afier- boon OF io‘ morrow. « 49-Jefi. Davids, who was to yesterday at Abbeville, 8. C. ond time, been Fespited by He demanded the previous question | i} | refined, Mr. Sayler opposed the amendment because | Star. EUROPEAN CONGRE! THE THE MEXIGAN MUDDLE. CROWDING THE REVOLUTIONISTS EUROPE TO-DAY. The Peace Congress. BERLIN, June 15.—At the formal opening of the Congress on Thursday, the plenipotentiar- | ies were in court dress, but hereafter they will meet in ordinary attire. The Congress will certainly not sit daily, but the time and inter- vals of adjournment will be left for decision from day to day. It seems to be the gener: impression that the Congress will certainly | | last. several weeks. ‘i The National Z ys Prince Bismarck will }eave Berlin i it ten days, and that neither Lord Beaconstield nor Prince Gortsehakott will await the en the deliberations. If tins be true the final de. tails will be entrusted to the second and third plenipotentiaries. The Empress received all ipotentiaries yesterday. Lord Bea- to Potsdam to-day as the guest of the Crown Princess. utherdori Pasha and Mehemet Ali, the Turkish plenipotentiar- ies, made their oltcial calls yesterday. The arning for the late King of Hanover, which will With many of the coutemplated festivities. is said’ that in their private interviews 1 feaconsfield has made a favorable impress! n arek. The latier is also no: ticeably amiable to the French envoys. It ord Anglo-Tarkish Understanding. Lonpon, June 15.—The Manchester Guar. dian’s 1 existe which isa kind Russian agree influence of and, not only in Asia Minor, but at Constantinopie. Turkish Finances. The Standard, in its finaucial article to-< Lord Salisbury, before going to Bi bankers about. the po sition and capabilities of Turkey, with av to the establishment of a financial coms a stantinopie, similar to that now ex pt. The scheme apparently r of the Vienua and Berl Lord Dufferin. The London correspondent of the ter Guardian says: The coloniat ed Lord Dutterin'to remain in Cau ernor general of the Dominion for another term, but that Lord Duflerin declined and will returh to England about September. THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. The Lerdists Broken Up and Dis- banding. sit ing ceives the ORLEANS, La., June 15.—A special dis- ch to the Galyeston News from San Anto nio says the following dispatch, dated Laredo, was received at headquarters this afternoon from Captain Cunningham, in command: I have just seen Gen. Sota, commanding on the | | opposite side. He States’ that all the revolu- tionary parties are broken up or disbanded for the present, except Escobedo. who las a small force about sixty miles above here, near Amale. He has sent outa force to that poiut, ‘and he expects Escobedo to cross over ‘into Texas to-night or to-morrow. Isent Lieut. Fountain with 40 men last night, about midnight, toa point opposite Amale He will be there’ to-night. General Soto giv a list of Killed and wounded in the fight of t 9th, as follows: sis killed, 17: wounded 7, The govern ment troo) wounded. The and Vv aged Wis ment (roops 105. He also stated that almas and Garcia Ayala, revolu- e inthe fight, ar side of the Rio Grande, endeavoring to reor. sanize. * A Cuban Change. June 15,—It is oflicially announced General Jovellar will resign the vernment inte the hands of Gen. Marti Havan, day Will sail for Sp: An Embezzling Clerk. BUFFALO, June 15.—George N. Mitchell, em ployed as a’clerk in the mayor's ofice during Mayor Becker's administration, has been ar. | Tested for the embezzlement of license fees. He was admitted to bail. The Markets. BALTIMORE, June15.—Virginia do. deferred, 434: do. consolidat sixes, old, 25: fod. 65: de. wocond series, 28; past due coupons, 835; North Carolina sixes, old, 16; do. new, 8 bid to-day, Sugar firm | and fairly acne. Baal, LTIMs Jone 15.—Cotton firm and 11's9114. “Flour duil aud uw: + southern quiet and eash spot June firmer, futures stead, southern red, 1.05a1.15; do, amber, 1.17a1.19; Pennsyv'ania red, 1.13: 2 western winter red, spor. 1.0934; June, 1.09; Jaly,, L044; August. 1.03. Corn, southern quiet ald easier; ‘western lower and active at decline—southern white, 54% do. yellow, 46's; western mixed, and Jane, 4539; July, 454: August, 464; steamer, 389384. quiet, steady aud unchanged. prime. 55368 ‘Hay steady and unchanged. Visions quiet. steady and unchan dull—cho'ce western, 10313. Petroleam Pro- Butter jominal— 114. Cofiee dull and unchanged. W firm, 108. “‘Receipts—dour. 2,400: wheat, 7.500; corn. 79.000; eats, 1.600. "Shipments wheat, 40,000; corn, 38,000. Freights to Liverpool pat steamer unchanged, ~ NEW YORK, Jane 15.—Stocks strong. Money, 3,4 Gold, 0CK. | Exchange, long, 4841's; short, 6's. Governments stead: N YORK, June 15.—Flour dull and in buyers? favor, “Wheat duil and 1 and 2 cents lower. Corn}; and & cent better and gu! LO DON. J 15, 12.30 p.m. . bonds, ‘ Test; new five Ti inois Central, 87, Pennsylvania Cent —\-<re-____ Appropriations of District Interes The following amendmeuts to the sund civil appropriation Dili, of interest in the Dis- trict of Columbia, were introduced in the Sen- ate yesterday: By Mr. Beck—For the construction and equipment of a suitable steamer, according to the plans of the United States Fish Commis. sion, and for its use in the os ig cog of shad, herring, mackerel, cod, and other valuable food-fishes, along the coasts of the United States : $40,000. . By Mr. Beck—That where buildings are now rented for public use in the District of Colum- bia, the exeutive departments are authorized, whenever it shall be advantageous to the pub- lic interest, to rent others in their stead: Pro- vided further, That no increase in the num- ber of buildings now in use nor in the amounts paid for rent shall result. By Mr. Dorsey—For the purchase of seventy- five of Martin’s portable fire annihilators for the protection of the several school-houses in the District of Columbia, $1,500; the said ma- chines to be purchased by and put in the said School-houses under the direction of the Com- missioners of the said District. By Mr. Morrill—That the Secretary of Inte- rior is instructed toascertain, as near as = be, what would be the probable eost of land, either through direct purchase from the owners or condemnation for public use, adjoining the Capitol grounds on the northeast ‘and south sides, to tle extent required for a proper site for the Congressional Library, and for this purpose shall ascertain the assessed value of the several parcels of land proposed to be taken, and so far as may be the terms which the present owners would be willing tooffer and accept, and report to Congress on the first day of the next session, By Mr. wie te. enable the engineer in charge of public buildings and nds to pay Stephen Casey and Andrew Gleason balance due for labor in filling grounds south of Ex- ecutive Mansion, the sum of $6,589.81. Morrill—For continuing the work By ponthe State, War, and Navy depart ent building, by the 3 of the old War de- ariment building, ration of founda- ion, drains, stone and brick masonry in cellar ul = 4 of two of Martin’s stationary fire-exti ratus, to be placed in the lofts 0! ‘5 the old part of the Capitol building, $3,750. 1 deorge Waskingten fromthe Lewis tamliy, ol Vashingten purchase to be le a the Secre: of the Treasury at a price not LOCAL NEWS. A Maryland Morm TRE MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURES ¢ RD. THE LaTE RIFFITH. ALIAS DAVIS On the &h day of May last Edward D. Grif- fith, who for s veral years past had been superintendent of the Metropolitan railroad, . d recently lived with his wife ina house « nging io the railroad company, near. their in € elown, died quite suddenly a@ personal estate and a #sonic Relief Association, 1 at about $1,600, payable to the order of ifith. He also left theee children. amount of this poley not } e payable, as is customary, “io my 7 ut “to Emily E. Grifih,” the money was to the widow a few days subsequent nter by trade. and welve years past. thing \ of his previous tife : in fact, no one had occasion to inquire into It, for as far as the public we seemed to be t he Tight man in right place, ¢ and being strictly atten After his deata the fam. be ina hurry to administer and Mrs. Grillith, supposing awful widow, reiained pos iitle property he left. s session of the y and other dof | terfere | sthe paramorat | Won this | Campos on the 17th inst., and on the following | Rye quiet— | | People her phas his charae- ter wasn on the 24h of May, when Mr yne, as counsel. for bienora ( is, Edward J) Davis and Fan | nie C. Freeberger, claiming to be the widow | and children of Edward Davis alias Edward | D. Grifith, filed a petition in the Probate Court of this Distriet, asking letters of admin | istration on the estate. Inthe affidavit they | state that the correct name of the deceased | Was Davis, and that he had consequently been | living here for several years under an assumed | name. The Probate Court directed an order ot publication to be made, setting the 25th | instant for a hearing. It is understood that nand H. T. Taggart will ¥ to resist this claim in behalf of the ngton widow, Mrs. E. KE. Griffith. | The public notice attracted | attention at t) mong those who had known im. | apne W: ion ‘of tin and Giifith for some time the | Pression was (hat ibis was a case of mstaken entity, for the man with | Would risk could not conceive how a children in Baltimore within so short a dis- £ a position where he e frequently by Balti It seems, however, that room to doubt that Davis and Grifith were the same man, and that he had at least one wife t | DTS BARLY are FIRST MARRIAGE. From the statements of some persons who | are residents of this city, and who will prob Diy be called t app hat Mr Moses Donaidson residing in the neighbor 1c pang | lady living in wile he had sev en as stated in the peti tion. It was charged that he seduced’ his | Wife's sister Charloite, who gave birth TWINS | (one of whom is living today.) and the wile } feeling that she liad been deeply te it so ‘warm for Davis that he and the twins to Balti- ave his name as Elward ne of a _man in the neigh- Betore reaching their destination oping couple placed the twins ina bas. nd left the babes neg chureh on the roadside. The unnatural ents then went on to Baltimore, but returned to the old neigh- lothood again within a few d By this time the Howard cou authorities had taken m had abandoned the twins, and being informed that Edward Phelps the name of the man, and also learning the name of the woman, two coustables came down with warrants for their arrest. soon found Phelps (the oricinal Phelps) and took him in custody, much ‘o his surprise, but he soon recovered from his astonisnment, and with the aid of some of his friends convinced the officers that he was not the man they yasged aed led them to where Davis was at work. They AN ARREST. Davis was at the time engaged in spreading manure. Seeing the officers approach he raised a pitehfork and threatened to } use it on them, He wa however, secured, and with the girl was taken to Ellicott’s City, where some of the neighbors gave bail for | Da appearance at court, and some special jar nent was made for the girl by the ja and she subsequen ok charge of the cliildren and went to Baltimore. Davis being feartul that the ease would cometo trial, | and that it would go hard with him, about 1858 went to St. Louis, aud a few months subse | quently the case having been discontinued, his | Wife (Elenora) followed him, and for se’ years she kept a boarding hou ; atime he wason the police f | RUMORS AS TO TWO MORE WIVES. | During y part of the war, Davis, | with his wife, returned to Baltimore, but te » Cincinnati and ‘spent a nd it is asst a woman th a time with a woman named Longdon, who claims that while traveling with him in Maine, the marriage ceremony performed making them man and wil . LAST MARRIAGE, | that is, so fa nown at present, was sol- emnized in this city on Mareh 10, 1867, by Rev. A. H. Jackson, of the chureh, who united him in we ‘kK under the name of E.D. Griffith to Emily E. Sagee. They resided for some time in the first ward, but Since the removal of the stables of the Me. tropolitan company to ¢ sided on the o ‘ time of his deati. Several y limore wife, having ascertained his where- abouts, came here, and going to the office made known her object, but Griffith refused to recognize her as his wife and informed the officers of the road that she was a poor untor- ; tunate demented sister of his, who had es- caped from his friends. The hearing of the | case will doubtless develop how much truth there is in these steries of alleged mormonism. A WIPFE'’s TRIAL 1 In the Police Court, judge Snell, this morning, Florius Van Ruth was arr: d on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill his wife on the first | day of June. This man has been in jail ever | Since the day named, awaiting a hear which has been essarily postponed his wife was abie to appear against h this is not the first time he has bees this court on similar charges. Mrs. a Rath carries on the business of fashionable dress- | waking, and is an industrious and intelligent lady. aud of very ladylike address. She ap | peared very feeble this morning from her in- | juries, and in giving her testimony appeared | lo suffer much from the eflects of kicks and bruises received from her brutal husband. She went on to tell the court in detail the his- day's doings—that on s howing therein a ¢ chain of the most outrageous and saults from morning to night. He was, of course, maddened with rum, and during the series of attacks on her he sent out and pro- cured a bottle of whisky to keep up the steam. Knowing what would be the resultsif he drank | it, she watched her chances and, seizing it from. him, tried to spill it. He, like an incarnate demon, pursued her, and seizing her by the throat with one hand, held her while he took a potent draught, and did not release his sp until she was black in the face. He then ragged her by the head up some stone ste; and kicked her to his entire satisfaction. 1 was corroborated by two witnesses—young ladies in her employ. The defence was a ve! weak one, amounting to nothing. claimed the right of testifyin, half, but did not add much to his case, starting out with the assertion that he was not drunk. The court listened to what he had to ry a and after viewing the testimony imposed a fine of $20, or 30 days in jail, and give $300 bonds in good and sufficient sureties, or stand com mitted six months in Sci ror Fase ARkEST.—Messrs. Frey and Kuhn to-day, for Peter Price, entered @ suit against Dennis F. Fealey and his wife for $5,000, for false arrest. “The dee! aration charges that on the 5th of February ast, the defendant caused plaintiffs arrest for burg- lary in breaking into their store, and he was in ‘consequence confined until ‘March 25th, when he was tried and acquitted. TRIPLE EXECUTION IN SOUT. CAROLINA, — Three colored men, Noah Cherry, Harris At- kinson and Robert Thompson, were executed yesterday at Goldsborougs, N.C. t& murder of the Warley family in the presence of six thousand spectators. They their innocence to the lz 1, and were very ter ap ya, . Thomp- son Was stran but the necks of the were broken. THE WILMINGTON Races.—Sadie Bell won the fourth heat and race of the 2:26 class at Wilmington, DeL, Teerday. in E The 2:45 race was won by Black Douglass in 2:41) ed minute race was won by Ji Won't Take His DiscHARGE.—Michael iaicss wraith. se Be See Genta We chess te Sa the functions of a storekeeper he would be THE aT have gone back to worl the are returning of the man shot by the \