Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDING Vennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith street RY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, | Pres't. | subseribersin | TV S74. uening Star, Water for the High Ground. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED STAND. rive.” The readers of the Star who do not quite understand what a “stand pipe” is, and those who are curious as to how it ts to ly elp water to rise to the upper stories of the houses in the more elevated portions of the etty, will be in terested in the following Lion, obtained DY a STAX reporter. from one whose duties re quire a thorough knowledge of the subject. In simple terms, a stand-pipe isa tube desi | to sustain a oI mn of water WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 187 |___sPECIAL NOTICES. TION OF WASHINGTON. 1S” “petphany ren. Washingron, D.( “PSDAY. Jun . 1878 at 10:30, m. Ti bode} 'CiLAS. DAN ORE WS, Secretary. pee BEVEWIDGE HOUSE. MIDILE= BURG, Locdon County, Va. ots 4 , s to i 1s rooms rge | tar bas Coa ‘3 tua | = scral meetti of NAVAL ep: in the best style and at | cw ODGE Noes BALM wilde ineid ca Clete ‘The contests | Te pe GON : e. plirp 138.0 Lite The cuotry 8 | THURSDAY, at 3:30 for the, purp 2 9 330 De ath nding the funeral of our late Bro. Rien bers of sister Lodges are frater- further) 4 i mo tg attend nS ye 6 JHULTZ, 820’. LOR ENC POTOMAC ¥ RUIT GROWERS” ASSO- RAL (US The Mary Washington will ath make two trips TUESDAY tT, daly 24, to mI Mount Vernon Spring (at 10 and 4:30), where the nace ess emia LES GR) ( ‘Owner and Progristor. MoT “VIEU HOUSE, | Association will convene at 2.0°clock aud give & eneral Fruit Exhibition, open to all compezitors, ay by Dr, Howland wil! point the discussion, which will be‘an open one. Theme: “What we don't know about Fruit Growing.’* Fare tothe ral publie, 50 cents. Bee OE eps a, E. SNODGRASS, Sec. == GLORIOUS REVIVAL AT HOME BS eke ectns pemmame with marve!ous or, Kev. THOMAS = reacner, 6 HAR = X-PAYER3. thirty days from T° ee Pot S Aifowed under the recent act of Congress in which to file claims for the revision and. correction of SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT TAXES, assessed against any property since Au- ast 10," 1871. A! bills are entitled to revision, Particular attention given to these claims, and taxes paid at lowest rates. by JOHN MOREIs, 235, Aigst., (formerly of J. C. Lay & Co.) je22-6i" Ss IMPORTANT TO TaAX-PAYERS. O1 uly thirty days, from June 19, are alowed in which to file all claims for revision of Special FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA. er Resort, beautiful mountain wing and bathiny athe house, fi os LEW. TATE Pleasant Sau powers int aucted by BON. Ri rdsy $2 Tenth, from ) per Week. according to location of Tod aud number of occupants. jel7-e M. STI Proprietor. Of the Popa ‘ar Suinmer Resort CKISTONE ISLAND. be ’ mages EDWAKD W. WHITAKER, 208 4% street, Special Tates paid at a discount. e22-1mi — [> TREASURERS OFFICE, DISTRICT OF LU MINTA. ey June 22h Serpe FAR Gre ast be prom} siring to cont 22 4 ROS (Herald, Chr AND POTO. mi of tS MSC RAILWAY COMPANY for eee uated | Directors will be held at Room 1.8 ng anil Ashiug mg, 3 MONDAY. July 8th, 1878, $2 per day, $35 | Potis open trom 2 tod pine. tN VERS. Prep. order he Pres! se » TRAVERS: sero gor? TUE OE a. GRISWOLD, See, =" THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COM- > PANY, corner 15th aud New York avenue, ves Trunks of Silverware and other valuables on deposit; also rents Safes. Its vaults are burgiar, fire and damp proof. Charges moderate. Uitica hours, 8a, m. to 4p. m. jel3-1m BUFFALO LITHIA, superior bathing f the pre from alld: je19-Lrn (cAPE MAY POINT. xa | aba APPOLLINARISe| ANOS SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. vane es SPRING WATERS, _ Just received CONGRESS WALL. Tiree Dov Day. This splendid hotel is now beipg thoroughly reno- vated and refurnished. Willopen for guests June | 2th. CLEMENT « V 1 N, Managers. St. Louis. 2 Union. jel? Im SULPHUR AT ML RN'S PHARMACY, marlé-tr ai 1429 PENNA. AVENUE. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, iS 317 9TH Lag ort rage ker y very extensive facilities for manufac- tian . "are now showing a line of Marvicized Mantles unequaled for richness of design and color and rivaling in extent any establishment in the re ORDAN'S WHITE 5 SS: ortheast ‘o iry. Architects designs for” Manties and Winchester ana 12 miles southeast. of | Wainscoatings closely followed, and tmnttations of Biephenson's Depot P | fare and beautiful marbles “exactly produced, anty. Va. yel5-2im) Agents for BAESTOW WROUGHT [RON FUR- NAC3, Baltimore KITCHENER RANGES; also the “Russia fire-pisce STOVE. Contractors for Piombing and al) Tin and Copper Work. With a | jarge force of competent mechanics in their ve~ rious branches and long personal experience, wii! do good work chesper Uian any other house, m-1y GALT WATER BATHING. MARSHALL'S ST. GEORGE'S HOTEL, : with e place celled for ba boating aud f S A CAED, Cera sot all who are suffering from the errors and indis- Po!ormac | gretloas! of, youth, nervous weakaess, early dersy Proprietor, Piney Point, (uss of manhowd, &e., will send a recetpt that wil TTY cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy MERING so See d a self-addresued envelope to the Rov, SOSEVH HOCK ENON SPRINGS. On the Grea: North Moun near W: Virginia, A.S. PRATT, PRorRreTo T.INMAN, Station D, Bible House, city. te ew York sendg-eokz1y ! | | wasdisccvered by a missionary in South America, | | | NRIVALLED In QUALTY AND PRit Champagne Wines of MOET & CHANDON, MOET & CHANDON, | Established 1843, RENAULD, FRANCUIS & CO., movi-eoly Sole Agents for U. 8. able enioyin Board $40 per me ii ad ind . 8. PRATT & SON, ; 401 9th st. n.ve., Washington, D.C. TOMAC HOTEL. pe ST. GkokGE'’S ISLAND, Mb., Will be open for visitors June 15th, ‘Terms: $1 50 per day; $9 per week; aad $90 per month. Servants and children half, Price. Special rates to families. Visitors by Paco mac steamers Will be met at Piney Point and Mar- shall's Wharf. Good facilities for sailing and bath- ing. Boats for sailing aud fishing tree. Addrass K. J. ADAMS & BRO., Piney Polat P. O., 30. Mary's Co. Md. References: FRED A, GEE, Q. M. G. dfice” CHRIS. XANDER, 891i 7th st) nw. jel4-Im* st LAKE CITY, UTAg, TOWNSEND HOUSE. FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. Most DELIGHTFUL RESORT IN THE WEST noe Tourists. Best Commercial $7) Sam pie Rooms in the city. iis WM. H. HOOPER, WM. JENNINGS, Je12-3m_ Owners and Proprietors, HE PROPRIETOR of the Popular Summer Resort, RIVER SPRINGS, will recelve Boarders from June 10 Sep- tember 15. Board per day, $1.50; per Week. $10: per month, $36: sailing d hours ug, fruit, or m We defy ‘competition thls season AMAZINGLY LOW PRICES FOR LUMBER ar WILLET & LIBBEY’S. Corner Sixth Street and New York Avenue. | JOISTS, medium lengths, per 100 feet... SCANTLING, do. per 100 feet. VA. PINE BOARDS, 16 ft., per 100 feet.... 133 SHELVING, 12 and 18 inches wide, dressed and jointed on edges, per 100 feet............ 2 50 STOCK CULLS, ali 12 inch 16 [t., per100 ft, 150 No charge for fishing, bat attention. iG. Take the Tugiapson or Mateauo andl laud | FLOORING, very good, per 100 f80t..0s00.. 1.90 Siiceteen, Be haat cee Oe fate’ | WASH BOARDS, 8 inch, clear dressed, per — - . 3 Jee Rete. Naw JEnsey, wash taeetelan cone crcane ~ Opens JUNE I<, Aceessibie from New Long Brauch R.'R. line from Pier 8 per. 00 feet: North River. ‘Terie. $3 per day: $16 10 $17.50 per week, Special arrangements by the season, JAMES JENKINSON, Prop. sores 300 Y. why | | my30-Lm COZZENS WEST POINT HOTEL, OW OPEN. | For eruculare ade RUS, EVERYTHING ELSE CORRESPONDINGLY LOW GOODSELL West Point, N. ¥. AWLE: [PRIN R 2. wi above ‘Tide-water, NEAR HARRISONBURG. VA, Capacity $ large hotels with accommoda- é tions for 700 guests. Appointments first- class. Open JUNE i8th. Rates, $2 50 per yal, ay ; $12.50 per week: $40 per month. “rortarucs If you will call at our Yard or write to us and get ‘mr27-Lm estimate on your bill of Lumver, YOQ WILL SAVB MONBY! Particulars address Dr. W. D. HUPKINS. Har- | _4@7WE ARE NEVER BEATEN! _jel0-tr Seenburg. Ves myercolst APOLLINARIS LOCK ISLAND, B. 1. NATURAL ‘The OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, enlarged, opens JULY Ist. It is situated on a bluil over- MINERAL WATER. looking the Ocean, where there are uo beated or malarial ‘breezes. and the wind biowing from the Ocean reuders excessive leat ii Forwible., Bathing, Yachting and Fishing. Prices accordance with the times, Send for circular to Highly Effervescent. APPROVED by the Academie de Medecine ot France, and its sae in France authorized by spe- my 15-ecaia NICHOLAS BALL, Prop. | gical urder of the French Governineat. L - ded by the highest MEDICAL AU- CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS, riecommended ty the Nene Hampshire County, W. ‘A great relief for sea-sick ness.’ Unequaied by any mineral water In clightful beverage. America for care of Kidney and cor Troubles, Uterine Atiments, ( uf and Acid Dys- ‘ar superior to Vichy, Seltzer, or any other.*? “Most grateful and refreshing.’ ‘Absolutely pure and wholesome; superior te all Bivalins ‘nua/eontala aMule of Lichiee"Te was | HOE “Gali use: ree from all ithe objections urged unfailing solvent of Capon has proved of | @#aiust Croton an cially ae ters, Great value in other di: © ses, and can be more con- Adently relied on in above named than any Other mineral springs in thiscountry. Fine Cha- lybeate Springs, rich in iron, on the grounds, and ® White Sulphnr Spring of exceilent Whe air of this elevate a8, and the pi “*lmpregnated only with its own gas."* s:Userul and very agreeable. ** ‘*Healehful and well suited for Dyspepsia and | cases of acute disease. . ‘Mildly antacid; agrees well with Dyspeptics, | and where there is 3 gouty diathesis,"* **By far the most agreeable, alone or mixed with | wine: useful in Catarrls of Stomach or Bua | and in Gout.** | s:Not uly a luxury, but a necessity. | _ To be hal of all Wine Merchants, Grocers, Deug- } gists. aud Mineral Water dealers throughout the Jnited States. and wholesale of | i R mphiet. WM. H. SALE, Prop 20 £29-co4Ww bi i sty MORE HOUSE,” SAAEND, | VENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N.S ue ist. FRED’K DE BAHY & CU, SOLE AGENTS, Nos. 41 & 43 Warren st.,New York. Every genuine bottie bears the registered yellow pctorlal abel of the Apoilinaris Company (Limit- 0), Loudon, #ug20-m, w,f,eow, ly [== apAMANTIN’ Ee BRICK COM- We learn that bogus Wagon: - are selling . have teen offered tor sale Wate as Oat Ba MERCHANTABLE BRICK form. Tay be ob:a:ned trom owe agoul N= AT LOWMST MAKKET RATES, DREW J. JOYCE, 419 14 > AD delivered im any part of the elt BREWSTER & CO., ‘These Brick make a beautiful haré-fnished wall, :QUAL TU THE BRST Ha A. $e5-Im Of Broom Sweet, New York. a - “ FRONTS, etree ——= Sw he | Samples can be seen J ANTED— You to know thata frst-class SEC- FICE NATIONAL HOTEL BLOCK. W OND HAND SUIT is betteranl cheaper tesa a a a KEADY-MADE NEW ONE. Tryst TUeting $e19-eoam EET Fonnsyi aces Sic Stand, $10 scree: betwaed S:b As ch streets abe sind Cherny ap ices ps '& Brst-class BEST MIDDLESEX FLANNEL Kecond-hand ae y TS ecent- ean Clothing otes by mail Wee Suits, a6 Hho low price OC SIS, st STRAUS’, AED TIMES.—Purehasers. if you want tw O¥'S SUITS IN LIGHT and DARK PAT- ave iInouey, look at the $10 Suit, at Boras prices that Will astonish at avo A, STRAUD, | “apgge ENS a By BEBAUS', | THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DaAyY. Tevenue, $332,451.06: eustoms, #1 SUBSCRIPTIONS fo the tour per cent. loan to- day amounted to $125,000. A COMPETITIVE AMINATION for tempor- ary cleikships in the Interior Department, will be held at the Department at 10 o’¢lock on Monday, July Sth. AMONG THE Ca. the White House today were Senators Windom, Dorsey, and Mitchell, Representatives Foster, Philips and Gov. Dennison. —Internal SECKETARY THOMPSON, who went to Carlisie, Pa., last: Monday evening, will return this evening. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Presi- dent has appointed Oliver Wood, of Ohio, to be Indian agent at Quinaielt agency, Wasning- ton territory; Wyman 8. Lincoln, of Wiscon- sin, at Gres Ventres agency, Montana, and Henry J. King, of Minnesota,'at Leeeh Lake agency. Minnesota, and E. Platt Stratton, in- Spector of steamboats for the second district. Henry Ruggles, of Connecticut, to be U. S. consul at Malta. No CHANCE FoR WoMEN.—By the recent ap- propriation bill two additional #*) cierks are given to the money order office of the Post Of fice Department. Such clerks have usually been women, but it been determined by the chief of the div! m, in consequence of the crowded state of the business of the of- fice to appoint men to the position. There are consequently no openings Tur women im the I’. O. Departinent. Tne INDIAN Removal Commrsstoy. -The joint commission to consider the feasibility of removing the Indian bureau to the War de sting of S Saunders of A Me eales of Nor Hooker of M ewart of Minnesota, and Van Vor. Gio, have. perte an organizatic by the selection of $ man, and Chas. 'T. Flanagan secretary of the commission. Senata the ehairman of the commissio wekian by birth, but bas lived for i century in the northwest. ASSIGNED TO Duty ON THE WastineTon MONUMENT.—By dir i corps, will, inaddition to his present duties, report to the joint commission for the eon. struction of the Washington monument a engineer in charge of the construction of the said wor' direction of the President, ; Captain Geo. W. Davis. ith infar s des tailed upon engineer servi id will report for duty to Lieutenant Colonel Thos. L. Casey, corps Of engineers, Washington, D. his assistant in the construction of the Washing. ton monument. THE CLOSING Hours oF Co: scribing the scenes during the session we inad from Philagelph mESS—In de ast night of the tently mentioned a member s joining in the nproar of the House, when the fact was, it appears, that the gen‘leman who was. referred to was actively engaged in securing legislation of great imporiance to his constituents, and also vase of the pay of the lette cairiers and the defeat of the post-route bill in the interests of heral measure for ocean mail transportation. The scenes specially Juded to we between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock a.m. at which time the gentleman was not presen ES—At a term of the U.S. Ci Mass., Justice Clitford Woodman, a Boston claim a and fined for sion case. Th aded in defence that the law limiting the claim ag fees in such cases was unconstitutional; bne the eourt held the law to be constitutional. ina pen: Tue Cnancr or District Goverxwest.— The bill for a permanent form of goverament for the District of Columbia abolishes the office of sinking fund commissioners and tranfers their duties to the Secretary of the Treasury. The bill goes into effeet July Ist, and under it no money appropriated for th expenses of the District ‘can be made availal before that date, nor can the District Commis- Sioners be sworn in. About #210,00 in interest on District securities becomes due July Ist, and the parties to whom it is due will be sub: jected to some inconvenience. As soon as the Commissioners are sworn in. their first act will probably be to draw a requisition for this amount on the Secretary of the Treasury, who will then pay it out at_the reasury here and at the sub-treasury in New York. The incon- venience to parties in Washington will be Slight, but at New York it will be creater. Formerly, under the sinking fund commission- ers, all this interest was paid at the First Na- tional Bank in New York; of the amount due about $150,000 will be drawn in New York. COMPENSATION OF POSTMASTERS.—Frequent inquiries having been received at the Post Office department whether the law fixing the compensation of postmasters of the 4th class had been changed, the Postmaster General has authorized the following statement. ‘The compensation of postmasters of the ith class is now based upon the value of stamps can- celed at their offices, instead of, as before, ile amount sold. These now receive as compen: sation @ per cent upon the first one hundred dolla worth of stamps eancele 0 each qua 4) per cent. on the next $20), and 40 per cent. upon all over $310, Forms of returns under the new law, which goes into effect July 1, have been prepared and will be distributed &S$ Seon as received from the public Printer. The new law on some of the salaries of masters in this vicinity is shown in the fo ing tabie Present si post low: Office. Washington, D.C. Baltimore, Md. Annapolis, Md Cumberland, M Alexandria, Va. Norfolk, Va..... Richmond, Va, NAVAL ORDERS.—Cor; ander L. A. Beards- lee to the temporaty command of the Speed- Well. Surgeon Theodore Woolverton to the Plymouth, at New York, relieving Surgeon E. S. Matthews, who is placed on waiting orders. EMPLOYES SUSPENDED.—Notification hav- ing been received that funds for the construc. tion department of the Portsmouth (N. H.) — SPEAKER RANDALL will be entertained at a dinner by the democratic association of Phila- deiphia next Monday evening. Samuel J. Tilden, Wm. A. Wallace, John Kelly, Gov. McClellan and Congressman Kimmel are to be invited. ———————__—___ APPLICANTS FOR WEST POINT. hundred nts for att to the U. N.Y,, on e and seven applicants for admission 5. military academy, at West Point, twenty-seven were rejected, which is unusual. last night. The rejected ones left for hoime Se RAISING THE PRICE OF COAL.—The Dela- Ware and Hudson Canal company have raced sels eates on oe see cents for stove and sthut. The remainde: i the last schedule rates. Se eneet trom ee _ TURNING THE TABLES ON Comstock Sarah Blakesley Chase had Anthony Com- stock, agent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, in New York, arrested yesterday, in a suit for malicious arrest and imprisonment Comstuck was held in #2500. Bail was fur- nished. GoRED To DeatH BY 4 BULL.—Last Satur- day afternoon, at St. Mary’s industrial s ehool eat paeiniore, epromas Peming, @ youth a ate e institution, CK and gored to death by a bull.” “4S Auitckxed ee GENERAL GARFIELD will address the Ohio editors when they assemble for th meeting at Cleveland, July 10." ees acentint SENATOR LaMAk is visitin who is at school in Wellestey, Sass. He is ex: pected to make a short stay in Boston. ———__—— Fn Sst 4e-Madame Elizabeth Patterson Bona- rte’s ninety-three years are easily worn. he is said to collect her own rents, and isa Yery shrewd woman of business, his daughter, OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. HOWARD. The following dispatch was received at the War department to- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL i man, Washington, D. C.:—The folio dispatch received from Gen. Howard, da! Otis Cieek, Oregon, 24h instant: “*) nder Bernard overtook and att Sunday) morniag,9 2 urprised and charged camp; formed and re- charged, enemy rallied. Bernard asks for re- inforcements, Have pressed every man with utmost speed to his and enemies position on Curry creek, near Camp Curry, 45 miles from Harne: Egbert will intercept straggiers astward and be in readiness for a rapid move in any direction. Nearest troops at Harney p been started, and I move from here at once to Bernard. Bernard reports verbally only one soldier reported killed at time mes Sengers left. Bernard has four companies of cavalry. his own, Whipple's, MeGregor’s, Per- ry’s, under Bomus. My aide, Lieut. Wiikin- son, with Sarah Winnemucca as guide, mate aquick journey to Harney; arrives simulta- neously with Bernard, and_now returns with this report, having ridden 200 miles sinee they et Ine at Stone. Ruffalo Horn was killed in the cl arg. “ McDoweEt., Major Genera!.” WoRrK OF THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS. Benin dispatch says: Yesterday's sitting of the peace Congress began at 2and closed at Spm. Prince Gortsehakofl was not present, but received reports every quarter of an I: and sent written remarks to the Russian ipotentiaries. Greece will be admitted t ement ial roy nization of Bulgariais discus: In ion, the Turks strenuously ng of autonomy to Epiras, ally as regards Janina. The Gree y jarticular stress on the Greek natic Janina. The Turks declare that the: evacuate the fortresses until a treaty of peac hed by all ‘A dispaieh to Political Correspondence from Bucha reports that the Roumanian go’ is advised from many sides, particular Haly and France. to eome tan agi Ssiting of the Conzress i tthe Russians should with in six months aud f Us. Alter their withdrawal mixed I temporarily oceupy the lered” Mont ener 1 coinpromise with Aus. aims. bine ny, European (re provinces. onthe erday in a, Nod vas to es ing attor. he mnain pu: jon of his testimony tal he alibi set. The prosect ney asked the prisoner if he was not at the | house of G proule on the Sunday night betore the mus der to inquire for Tle denied this, and when Spronie govup in th court room, Hunter was terribly excited, e claiming, “Ido not know that man; 1 ne fhe says f visised ing to swear my lite evidence that thr rder Hunter gave a ten nee to a lawyer for col- plained that he told him to to make the collection. thousand life insur: lection, but he e be inno hurr: LINCOLN Assy ATION OUTH FAMILY doln M comedian, to whom John Wiike: thew) Booth nent a few hours befor f President Lincoln, has be | i New York. He was d lined to talk upon the subject, but confirmed the recent statement of Mr. Joho merly publisher of tne Nationct that he (Matthews) told Coyle that he had i the statement, and on the nis ‘assination opened it, read ityan Mr. Matthews is orted by the ce the copmenced “diseussing the Wilkes th Edwin and his mother (Mr i rated by Matthew: use of Mrs. Booth it. Tribune as saying that - This stot will probably be death tne friends of the Booth tamiiy had had been healed forever. the ¢ Miss BENNETT'S APPHOACHING MARRIAGE. We understand that Miss Jeanette Bennett sister of Mr. J. G. Bennett, is about to be mar. ried to Lord Rossmore. | Mr. Bi arrive in New York on July 6. of Miss Bennett is to | Baron Rossmore (Derri | Westerna), of Rossmore Park, county Monag. j han, heland, is the fifth baron of that nam: | Being also a'peer of the United Kingdom, be holds a seat in the House of Lords. He is in his 26th year, and held formerly a sub li tenant's commission in the First Life Guards. He succeeded in the peerage to_ his brother, Henry Cairns, who died in 1874, in conse quence of a fall while riding a steeplechase at indsor. Miss Bennett’s fortune is estimated about two millions of dollars.—[N. ¥. Sun , 25th. THE Case oF Fitz Joun PortER.—The board of officers in the Fitz John Porter case met at West nt, New York, yesterday, and agreed to receive Gen. Porter's statement the first thing. Mr. Maitby, of counsel for Gen. Porter, proceeded to make the statement orally, at the conclusion of which to-day he will hand in the printed document. The board is composed of Major General John M. Scho- field, ineommand of the department of West Point; Brigadier and Brevet Major General Alfred H. Terry, commanding the department of Dakota: Colonel and Brevet Major General George Getty, commanding the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, and Professor Asi Bird Gardner, LL.D., professor of lawat West Point, aud gne of the judge advocates of the army. The wedding ke place in this cit; ick Warner Williain rok Wasi ram from New Orleans list uight says; “Con- ‘man Acklen lett tor Washington this ning to ascertain the source of the recent slander, which has been refuted by the lady's brother for her, by Acklen and his friends, aid by a telegram from General Rosser. a ereons in G petal Re olis), who claim to sp eu In reply to Mr, Ackicn's cag, Cotduan the fess sensational version of the aifair, Which represents that Acklin retired when discovered, without w: ing to be assaulted, |S i Wress dispateh from SI How a CLERK RECEIVED a BuRGLAR—A telegram from North Manchester, Ind., June Ni, :, At one o'clock this morning, W. T. Green, of the firm of Green & Vanbuskirk, of Ijamsville, a little station three miles west of here, on the Eel River road, was awakened from his sleep by some one cutting at the west window of the storeroom, in which he was Beeplog. He quietly reached for his revolver and held himself in readiness. The thief soon raised the window sash and crawled about half way through, when he hesitated aud jumped out again. Mr. Green then took a neeling position and held a steady aim on the open window. Soon the thief put in an appearance and again peered into the room. He must have suspected that some one was inside, for he called to his partner, saying if the s— of a b— was inside they would make hort work of him. At this point Green tired, id the thief rolled out of the window dead, and his partner, who was on the outside, made his escape. The ball entered his skuil, and le died without a struggle. WHIPPING-POSTS IN VIRGINiA.—Virginia’s new crimi: code will become operative on he Ist of July. Under it one-or more whip. ping-posts will be established in each city aud county within the commonwealth. In fature there will be no imprisonment for petty lar- ceny. except for second offenses, and where, in the judgment of the justice or judge, the condition of a female offender may reider stripes unadvisable. The legislature de'er- mined on this chauge at the last session, in view of the crowded condition of the_ prisons, the cost of maivtaining convicts, and the im: poverishment of the commonwealth’s finan- cial resources. The right of appeal from ihe judgment of a justice to trial ino, is, of course, reserved. There is some division of opinion as to the necessity for the re-establish- ment of the whipping-post, but the malo of the people undvubtedly expect great th 1g8 from jv as an economical and crime-prey Re Ey aa plea Dispatch to the . Pines. GOLD DISCOVERY.—A telegram from Bis- marck, D.T., June 24, Says: “The steamer Benton, just in, reports rich gold di, ginss discovered in ‘aw mount and great excitement at®enton. Five hundred people were there waiting for the reports of trusty couriers that they have sent gn to test the truth of the reports. All the incipal_busi- peas ged or eas pave warn traias ready for movement in case the reports are confiimed, oo Bernard's Battle with the Indians. | | with Rus: mice. The Corr dence’s Bert fo present a led Turkey does not r ed the main points by the middle y. The settlement of details will the ftto a confer of the second pienip: jaties, and thy ess will meet again in | to ratify aets. The London pateh £ Berlin newspapers | ennett is to | Booth | THE POTTER 1. Pitkin’s Examination Closed. After our report of the proceedings before Potter's committee closed yesterday, the ex- amination of ex-Marshal Pit as follows: Q. Do you know that on the 27th of Novem ber theré was some delay in the count because it was discovered that only three Hayes elec tors had been returned? “A. I recoliect the fact that some of the electoral tickets were improperin form. Tickets that were sent up to the parishes were thrown overboard into the river, and in Plaquemine the local poii- ticians improvised a ticket of their own their local press, and were ignorant of the fact that the names of all the electors ne put on, and they only put on th 1 don't recollect of the count being stopped for that reason until they could send out to other par- ishes and get more protests. Gov. Wells had told him on the street, while count was cing on, that itwas “all vi but he hy fia Nothing else to say to her member of the returning board. acknowiedged that he had prevented papers from koing to the Knott-Field mitice of the touse, «. What objectio: lo be brew A. Weil, kin was continued, had you to allowing these ut belure the douse com- Was rather a partis: battle, and I preferred to have the p fore my political friends. At the ti the box containing them i had not be: in the commit. taken eff, and the box w tee room. hon:—Q. What became of the drawn uy by Andersor him before Mr. Wooltly? A en Tzot home, | looked th miulition of papers Thad, and finally found it, and Lsent it by mail, en i o Senaior Cx don't know at. Lsentitto yur pose of coay or Couklin for the ing mm that iderson” teime Was drunk When he signed it was not tru fa r the statem| le was it his (And ted to vii wan Kling that it tbma a's) hand y from | writing. [The Witness was here shown se igned Dy D. A. We in his handwri dument been fh me? A. Yes morning after f i here dea We went togeth the commi commerce and a se nat be founc did not rememb ceiving it, but remember promise to send it to hin y ad dress, and be said if he found it he woald send it tome, but | have not yet received i Tby the Chairman :—Q. Did you take a Do you recollect it. w to repeat Ad i it statec there was intimi¢ ish, but I do hot remember whethi dit was by Gemoerats or republi THE SHERS Haley was next ¢ te, in answe Albert ceeded to hairman, t lived with doors of the house wuer Mrs, Jenks stoppedwhile she was in Washi ton last winter, and had a conversation wit out the so-called Sherman letter. Q, Please state what she said about it? ‘the question was ob ed to by Mr. ILis- cock, claiming that there was no leg: showing that Secretary the so-called letter, that be believed he the testimony as did not think there uid be ke and pro Mr. But t inferences drawn that n | hold be | ms by the | lee | | height. The structure must be stra | portion to its altiiy here Uh TWO CENTS. [ves eaes vonara foundation, strength of mater struction, ent a — S,_| Broblems'to TION. In this eg Telegrams to The Star. | ive onper One pte toerect thereon What ee WsTToperly cor eraxpan ‘ ; THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS, | “°O8 8S TOS OF aN Ee S80 Seta | ® | the height of whieh above the plane of the | DEATH OF QUEEN MERCEDES, | oct iaiy?,iahine in the main at sve inter lich | and earned Ls fect above the le | street, beyond the boundary. tine | metallic reservoir is to be placed ading fromthe pipesand pa reservoir or tank, will and-pipe—tiot vertical, as ts wh A LONDON SENSATION. EY . 7 a = oJ clined, ex t en mg t r SENDING THE INDIAN TROOPS HOME. | Thus Neh nto out the isdne onl reet, at the point. indicated, up,” so to speak, the water flowing in it, { j EUROPE To DAY. } i Dy steam power up the hitl to the reser ; ¥ st leet higher than pumps to fall | Winst Mes Caused a Sousation | into the same 12-inch. main, amd. How on tn ie | fast as if i had not eived ed: with this ¢ oh tales | be driven by the The circum. | 1s feet in heig ement, and it | * feet of head been temporarily div rence, however gravity of a coluian , instead of that dae show is the case, FY AGAINST FTRE. | Loxpos, June 25—A telegram fror mouth says that orders have been re the naval station there to disy Indian troops ships to Malt stance causes considerable ex Ports. it will then f water or 1 | SECUY | 1S reported that these vessels will be employ | i | to taka tact ing {Although the waier goes up aud re’ to take back the Indian contingent | the same route, it is not by any means a mar An English Agitator. ERLIN, June on of the In the course of the, * of Bishop, the E ni sentenced to impri to obtain plans « | Up the hill to march down again. for it will | turn, backed up by a force powerful enough e the public a supply of water ior hou vid use aud afford a p auxiliary ta the tinguishment of th Washingtoa mment for bribin, erman fortresses, it was discovered that he had b; mnputation of the pressure wquare sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in 194 | inch toa A water 13* feet high. we by a eourt at Turin for parti | tothe Franklin school boys. A snrall in favor of ex King Fra pipe of the usual diameter—say 3 to” fe ed that he corrup sWers the same purpose as al at Metz in 187 im order to | Hressuw upon the Water in the t ion relative Pers. to the mobilize tion of the re He was 4 staunch U itramontaine an enemy of Bistnarek, of Vrussia, “The talk about resisting the re en of Bessarabia by force is ineve bot Vast. The Russians oceupy the whe uly riiery. upon the contin ; 1 CHES AL OUCE Wit accident to machinery The Roumanian Cause Abandoned. Dedate eee RESERVOIR, A lien dispatch to Tinws says ; To obviate the evi! of momentary ae Roumanian ence uben mechanical “ihe powers le with Un metatic feet high. cap ~ MEN up th Apply m to ieve sion of his tour to five hours by day and seven or Potted ht at night—time enougt for small repaic | and to clean and recuiate the ma WHEN THE tof wa reMPs will 1. correspondent S tiat Bosnia sradu reli » occupied by Aus be empticd—*: an altitude cot | Troops within a fortnight i practical purp In c: when | Phe Congress Detinin: the draft upon ti resupply is piion 2 the reservoir Wii be found aa elec 1 at in. pring y seut stand northern fr THE pUMrs prineipaltiy, the western frontier has ms are to be duplex, driven by compound con ven fi ‘The task of ng the exiet | densing engines, and are to be eapabie, wheo delimiiation of the frontiers has beenentrasted | yun at tair work to a European commission, which it is believed | reservoir 2.4000) r during has been alr appoint It has be zh This implies the use agreed alsot ortresses on Uke 1 of for tstrength of ma Danute and | chinery, mains and pipes to resis: the strain ot Gortschakof? Failing. so much applied for The water will make Bertin, June 26—The health of Prince | the ascent subject to quick tlows of irresistible Gortschakot being generally broken, it will | power, a hammering, as it were, each stroke of which, aihough not o lime, will lift: several | probabiy | cessor be necessary to appoint his suc pyin sould be! Sderot et Gr de H Wallachian Fort Water in the pipe leadin | Mr. Sherman e the so-called Sherman | ov sos Janeen Ten as from Ii | these ee eet Tse a ‘The Chairman said that he ditfered from the | Pest report that progress is maki ' | nection of machinery, and even republican members of the comumittes, in sy | Struction of earthworks at the northe Lo the reservor itself, which must far as they deemed the important pott Hts of the Cartatsian passes. it is also stated | 12 ioe Tee rade Chek aed Gena investigation to be whethe etary | that cer ain Mountaht reads mine oe le | action of the pluncers, Due ailowance for Wrote the letter or not, tor it was proposed to | Pretien or artillery on t ides of the | this source of destruction has to be made shown that Secretary man had used cer: | Hontier . sot the draft of me in influences to bring about nresulcs, | Phe Papal Consistory Postpo: . Ss Well asia respect « nd this letter is only one of a series of a |. Rome, Junie 2.—1he consistory. a 1 ihit and its own upon th tending to that end. | for the fitth of July has been pos: poned until from which it is supplied, hay After further discussion the witness was ex. } the ith of the Same month y considered and provided for | cused, and the committee adjourned until this | Death of t Queen of Spai some advan! es of positive ren morning. Mavnmn, June The Queen of Spain died | dering it practicable to simplify mac To-day's. Proceedings. this morning Yery pretty ways. as in the 7 5 *n is - Se deuser, which placed on the line ¢ The Potter committce met today at 11.30 | Yandernilt on the Railroad Sitaa- will receive through its pipe o'clock. i ti flow on its w i It has opened an old wound—one that | yugnt | and asked if she had any letters MRS. JENKS WAS RECALLED m Gov. hellogg which she had not produced befor the committee, She said she had, but would ot produce them without Kellogg's permis- sion. Gov. Cox announced that Senator Kellogg had authorized Mr. Shellabarger to state that il Mrs. Jenks had any of his letters he gave her authority and desired ier to give them to the committee. She said she had no letters from Secretary Sherman—that she would give up the Kellogg letters if she had them with her, but that they were in New Orleans, and she had not sent them. Q. When you dictated the letter which you yo e dictated in parlor P, did you havea draft of any letter before you? A: No. I wish this committee to understand distinetly that I did not write the so-called Sherman letter. @ Who did you dictate that letter to? A. I Will not tell you. Sufficient to tell you that he is a well known Louisiana politician. He may be dead or he may be living. IT saw him six months ago in Washington. He had been an oflicer of the state of Louisiana ; the office he held was in New Orleans; but I deciine to tell what the office was. There two drafts of the letter. The first did not suit me, and a second Was made. Q. Was the first letter you wrote longer than the one you gave Weber? A. It was of a much diflerent tone—more definite. It. was too prouounced, I thought it better to have generalities.” The tirsi eputy New Orleans collectorship: it ema- bated from the brain of the person to Whom J subsequently dictated the seeond let- ter, which was much better than th st. The first draft Was carried away | boundless space. Did not show Weber the first draft of the letter because I did not think he would like it as well as the one I gave him. §). Did you ever tell a Mr. Butlee that you had Dossession of the Suerman letter? A. L did ot. Mrs. JeitKs was then told she was exeused for the day. She turned round, and look1 at Mr, MacMahon, asked if there were more halt. lame or biind, who wanted to ques- ton he: as those who Will not see, Mrs MRS. JENKS’ LAST POSE fi MITTEE. The witness then said that the person to whom the SLerman letter was dictated was uot Weber. Assuming a dramatic attitude e SQ blind she said “ He is dead and I consider him an | hovorable man.” MR. HALEY'S INTERVIEW WITH MRS. JED Mr. Haley was sworn. He said he saw Mrs? Jenks in this city last winter, and had a con- versation with her. The New York Times had Printed an article purporting to give an inter. view with Mrs, Jenks. Mrs. Jenks said she bad come here to help to get Packard appoint- ed to the New Orleans coliectorship; that she not only Knew of the existence of the Sherma letter, but the whereabouts of it. She said she had been offered $1,0W for it. I said if it was worth anything it was worth $5,000. I al- Ways understood from her that though she was not in actual possession of the letter, she was constructively in possession of it. under stood from her she written to New Orleus for the letter. which, she said. was in a little iron safe in that city; then she told me she had to go to New Orleans, that she had a letter from her husband; that he had committed the blunder of leaving the letter in a safe, sub- rect not to her order, but to be only delivered f° her in person. She then left for New Or. leans. Mr. Haley is quite deaf. He was asked during bis Conversations with Mrs. Jenks it all those in the room would not have heard the | conversation. He replied, “Oh, no; 1 cau hear ladies very well. Mrs. Jenks has a voice I can hear more cass Cian others.” Witness was sharply cross.examined by Gov. Cox. He reiterated the statement that Mrs Jenks spoke of the existence of the Sherman letter, and that she had to go to New Orleans aud ges it, because her husband had written her that she had committed the blunder of leaving its disposal ouly at her persona! com- mand, and not her written order. In speak- ing of the Sherman letter to Mrs. Jenks, we spoke of itas a document, we both mutually understood. Witness said among Mrs. Jenks’ visitors while in the city were L. Cass Carpen- ter, South Carolina. is At 12:45 o'clock the committee took a recess for an hour. A LONG RECESS. The committee had not resumed its session at 2% o'clock. It was expected that Judge Campbell, of Louisiana, would be called to tes- tify afternoon. ASA boat coniaining eight young men was capsized by a sudden cauall rites jalifax, N. 8, Suuday evening, anu iour were drowned. anes Bees arot ge in at om ne throat because sivee- heart rejected le ratt promised the | y | Will be paid in full to th thus condeuist 5 rg Cnicaco, June 26.—Wim. HL. Vanderbilt, pre. the steam about the ch manner that sident of the New York Central and Hudson | the same Waters w and forth be. ver ra ds, contributes a comminication | tween the engine and condenser in one end | tothe Times on the present railroad situation. less round of alternate cha | He refers to the depression in business of a steam and sof form of ot Water, and with complete dis. great number of bankrupt roads and the un- | pensation of pumps of every kind for-t-ater or | certain future for all roads, unless there is a air connected with the condensation of steam | change in the management, and favors the | and maintainance of vacuum ter all said | pooling plan. He sa superior natural ad- | we return to the simple statement, the object vantages, better ma) agement and a greater volu né of business will necessarily keep some | roads solvent much longer than others. But Pee {e bankrupt line tends to drag others A SURETY'S aNsSWeK.—To-<day, in the Crim | down. Such a road pays nothing to stockhoid. | inal Court, Washington Childs, surety for Potts ers or bondholders. It has no responsibility | Seymour, ‘in answer toa rule to show cause to owners, patrons or the publi 1 y the forfeitures should not be enforced, iit water toa b ge of its fal! ight to obiain the ad filed his answer, in which he states as reason’ 7 ._ Wall Street To-day. Why he should not be held: That one Henry New York, June 26.—The Post's financial | Lacey pretended to him that the bond wey article says: “At the Stock Exchange we have | Wanted only a short time—about 2) days—to | to-day a higher and generally strong but very | enable defendant to prepare for his trial, and dull market for speculative shares. States bonds are 4a'y United | he was induced to sign the bonds, after having in London. Ra higher here as well as | been introduced by Lacey to a lady who call n ad bonds are also strong. | herself Mrs. Peyton, the wile o} Gold sold at 100°<, and has since stood at that | that asa mark oi good faith they sent 4 trunk price. The gold ioan market continues active | tohis house, representing that it contained and borrowers have to pay 1! per cent. | clothing and other articles of value ;that after- | for use. Foreign exchange fs strong at about | wards he Seymour ; ei t gol letters from Peyton alias Seymou | 4856 and 4s7}., the nominal rates being 456 | fed at Montreal and Quebec, and in ‘one of } na 488 for the best bankers’ bills. Money on them. written by Mrs. Peyton, le was request. call is 2's per cent.on ordinary stock ex change collateral, and 1al'g per ceitt. on U.S. bonds. Prime mereantile paper is $04 per } cont, , ed to forward the trunk to a certain address, and she said that she had been assured by Judge MacArthur that the ease would not be pressed. He further represents that he thought the case loug since had been dropped, and { When he received the letters he tarued them i ee er to the District Attorney. who has sin Aa oaty ceo ea coal : iiade overy endeavor to find the whecnalnwee this morning. The follow: | ed: “The directors have decided to close this bank for the present. The steady withdrawal | of depositors, as the result of the continue | | depression in business, and the diff ty in | collecting its assets, for the same re have prevented the bank from aceommodatin the public to only a limited extent for some time past.” It is believed that the bank is | entirely solvent, and that all the creditors | yton, aud lie now believes that Peyton to sea, With the intention never ty E notice Was post —_ THE TOXPR Lectvkes.—Dr. Shakespea | of Philadeiphia, who is to deliver to.mor evening a lecture in the Toner course discovery of new facts for the advancem mediciné.” although a young man, hasalre won distinetic his profession. He ist oughly trained in the use of the microscope ——_—_ and the most approved methods of experimen. The Charter Oak. | tal investigations. The subject whieh he hae HARTFORD, CoNN., June 26.—In the supreme | chosen for this lecture is the mode of repair of | court this morning the state attorney quashed | arteries after ligation, &c. The facts he will the indictment brought at the March term | present are derived from original experiments against Furber, Wiggin et al., ex-oflicers of tae | Conducted upon living rabbits, guinea-pigs, Charter Oak Life Insuranee Company, and | and other smal! animals. His studies com. filed a new information, more extensive i) par- somaya every stage of the process of repair ticulars as to the charge of conspiracy. Rea rom the first di 0 complete recovery. “C- Spi rests were made, aud bonds of $5,000 each ¢ tinued, and the case was put over to the August term. Auction Sale of Coal. New York, June 2.—Fifty thousand tons of Scranton coal, on behalf of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western railroad company, were sold to-day at the following prices: Steamboat, #3474 per ton; grate, dT hea egg, $3.55'4a$5.60; stove, #.STlcaeto): chestnut, $3.25. ese prices show a ge advance over Gen. Grant Coming Home in the | j Spriug. New York, June 26.—Mail advices from Europe state that Gen. Grant will spend the | winter in Europe, and return to the United tions of the arteriesare taken atevery stago of repair and subjected to the microscope, and photographs made, so that the facts m the case can be taken by other observers and experi- mentors. The deductions which he and the medical profession are enabled to make from Dr. Shakespeare's a reer it is believed, will prove valuable additions to medical know- ledge : the purpose for which the Toner lec- tures were founded. THE THALIAN CLUB RecaTTa at NORFOLK. The Thalian Club will give an excursion on the sth of July. The Analostans, of thiscity, and the Elizabeth Boat Club, of Porismouth, Va., have accepted the inyitation of the Tha- Han Club to compete for a_silver cup at Nom folk on the %h of July. The race will bea four-oared shell, and the Analostans will send States by the way of India in the spring. the following crew, viz:—Messrs, Campbell, AY etim of the the Explosion. Marshall, Maunder aud i The C peake Club, of Norfo'k, may possibly alsocom. pete. and the mayor of Norfolk has been in- vited to present the prize cup to the winning crew during the performance which is to be HAKEISBURG, Pa., June 26.—John W. Hess, one of the victims of the Chesapeake Nail mill paler explosion, died this morning of his ; injurie ‘iven by the Tha!ian at the Opera House, Nor. j The Mark H Folk inthe evening, | BALTIMORE, June 26.—Virgini i. cy TET CORSON p ° ae deterred, deve uaa Oy Siw een SS. cate “yw ta pa taut oreniea ae rf * us ° rth Carol listen te her lecture on “Troining Schools for sixes, old, BP to. uew, 8 bid to-day. Sugar stead c ie. She ¢: pained what & cooking scboot AL TIMO! J 2 n was, und vaye an outline of how they shoul | towercauladting, iar? Posq;Cam Gall and | Do iotmed.” whe then drow oe hee ape | Howard street aud western grades lower—Howard | Street and westera super, 2 5083. do, extra, | 8.6054.50; do. family, 4.755.45. Wheat, south= | emu active and steady; western quiet and Suuthern red, 1.i3a1.i5; do. ambe , 120; No. 2 | Western winter red, spot,” 1.09; July, "1.00% Avgust, 9853, Corn, southern suarce dnd fica: Rrsctern quiet and easier—southern white, 68; do, in teacl.ing the art ef cooking,and showed the advantage of knowing how to prepare cheap» meals iu an appetizing manner. The details Into which she entered were very in~ teresting and instructive. Atthe conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks was on motion. of Commissioner of Education Eaton teugered. elluw. 495; western mixed, spot and June, 45 Miss Corson. duty, 4 ‘August. 40%: Seprember, 475: steaai- ie ne er, | 39's. ques, serety and ensnansed. Tue CariTor Homicrpg—Trial, ison — Rye quiet and steady —guci to prime, weak | The Meat of G. C. Ellison, on the Bones the pS rovisions) fra aa a2® | murder of David Small ia i577, was prime, 11. 00413 vistous aud un- d fi Te< | Changed. “utter unchanged. quiet— | sumed inthe Criminal Court, Judge Wylie, refined, 11.11);: crade, 8%a9's, Coffee dul and | this morning, and one half the day was occu: nominal. Wiliey fra, 109. four, | pied in an argument as to the admissibility of 1.500; wheat, 19,000; corn, 63,000: 1,200, | af the character of Small. Several witnesses: Birt cepodl per ateaaner aie eee ee testified as fo Small being well disposed when. 6: rae 91. es Wer —cotton, 44; Hour, | sober, and quarrelsome When under the Jaiae NEW YORK, Jane 26-—Stocks strong. Money, ence of liquor. S57 GOid, 10H. | Machauge, leug, 48554; short, : Riw VOI “due 38.—Yioar quit and do- lish Arctic navigator aod“ naval’ oleae ‘S favor, ining. Wheat dull and strongly in buyers’ <* oh