Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1878, Page 1

; THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE 8TAE BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith street ar The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’. suiseribersin Tat EVENING STAR is served to suvscribersin wr 44 cents month. Copies at cents each. a mail—postage pre a ‘one year, $6. 5 Fridsy—$23 T me Waaky Sran~pablisset Ci pa inad- for. oe ‘on applicae Che %. 52—N®. 7,918. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1878. SPECIAL NOTICES. ¥. DB. PITZER will preach at Can- trai hares To-morrow Morniag and ven = METROPOLITAN M. E. CHURCH, ad and. Cats, Preaching by the pa 1. KR. NayLor, ). Sunday Morning at clock and #veathg at 8 o*clock. Sanday acl ol "= THE REV. H. M. COLLISON, of the U_> “Retormea Episcopal church, will preach at tue Fourth Presbyterian church, 9.b strex, To- worrow (Sabvath) Morning, at Llo’ciock. A’ ie e cordially Invited, : == REV. BG W. REID baving return =; to the city, wiil preach at the Fourti-stre church To-morrow Mornlag at 11 o'clock Tho m m'ors and frie sds M. and 5 o’clock p.m. 1 i WILL BE NO SERVICE at Churehrof Atcension aati) the first Sanity in Beptember. at which ime the Right Rov. Asst: Bistep PINKNEY will ome'ste, Sunday »chovl Service will be bata as usae' ae ai = PISCOPAL CHUR°H, Marais ital, € st., between Och aad 10 the heated term. Sund. 4 service and sermon, oN. Subject: ‘The Pari >> SEMECENTENNIAL CAMP MEET- METHODIST PRO TESTANT CHURCHES Mf the DISTRICT AND MARYLAND, JACKSON'S WOUDS, 25 miles on the B. & P. . Ke B,, Neral Trains each way dally. Round Trip, 95 cents. -= THE RETURN OF CHRIST U_> “earth to abolish Catholicism and P fxtu and all other Gospel nullifying sects. and ‘overthrow ail existing kingdoms, empires aad re- ublies, and rule mankin iteousnass for a The above doctrine mlvocated angl5 3t TO tu Fig Christadelphians, at MeCaulcy’s Hall, nia avenue, between 2d and 31 8. Vted. . y27-: iY GROSS CHURCH (Kpiscopal), = Laas Cor. Bo yee ee ee ai Sunday Services—Morning Praver, 9% a.m.; Joly Coemunton andSermen and Litany, iLa.m. pg Hrayer and Lecture. p.m. s with full Ritual. Seats free. with fall Witnah WAHROLD, Rector. TUBADUATES OF NORMAL KINDER- > CARPES INSTIt UTE for theyear ending June, 1878. Misses Ida Wells and Mamle Kimball, ‘New Y tk, and Misses Regina Bean and Jul Hees, Distilet of Columbia. augis-6t z A CAMP-MEETING > Will be hed on Tolson’s Camp Ground, feven miles from Navy Yard bridge, near T. B. road, commencing August 16th. Necessary prep- srations for the comfort of mau and beast. For further information apply at Pyles & Mc- Nelly’s Temp, Grocery Store, Uth strect, Navy Yard. q 9-90 ar => THE GERMAN-AMERICANSAVINGS TES? BANG Not'ese Fst... corner of 71h n.w., open daily from 10 a.m. top. m. On Saturday evenings from 6 to8 p. m., to receive depo: iy sonly. st deposit any amount from five cents up- Barus received, Sate Deposit Boxes for rent in Fire sud Burgiar proof Vault, at $10, $12. 60,815, $25 aud ayear. The largest and most conveu! In the city i ES TE seer SUMMER DRINKS, MILBURN’S POLAR SODA, ‘With Ice-cold Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, at 1429 Feunsylvania avenue. ‘This TONIC SODA Is unrivalled. HAY WARD & HUTJHINSON, 317 OTH BTRERT NORTHWET. pick extensive facilities for manatac raring, and color dy6-tr now si aline of MARB LES unequal for richness of design and rivaling in extent any estab! country. Archit a for Man:les anc ‘Walnsecatings closely followed, and imsitations of ful “marbles “exact 3 for BAI WROUGHT Iki dreplaco STOVE. Coutractors, for the Russia fire-place 8’ outractor ‘iumbing and all ‘Sin and Copper Work. Large, foes of competent mechanics rious branches and lou; Go good work cheaper f pA CARD. ‘Lu all who are suffering from the error? iecretions of youth, nervous weakness, cay, loss of manhood, &c., I will se that wil cure you, PRER OF CHARGE. Femedy was discovered @ missiona! his gre in Souch America. Send a self-aidressed envelope to, the *. JUSEPH T. INMAN, Statlon D, Bible Hioviee) New York citys Sepg5-erkkly UNEIVALLED L te Quatre AND PRICE. Champagne W Ines of MOET & CHANDON, MOET & CHANDON, Established 1843. RENAULD, FRANCUL & OU. novi-soly Sole Agents for U. N. Sec *AIRER, For 20 with H. SEMKEN, now at . 8 913 PENNSYLVANIA AVEN UE, Denies WATCHES A. SPECIALTY. ‘atches put in complete order by me areguaran- test forone year, or money refunded. feba-ly VEREIGNS’ CO-OPERATIVE AS- s° SOCIATION. ‘ INCORPORATED MAY, 1877. Main Store—1023 7th street northwest, ‘Kendal! Branch—701 H street northeast. Any respectable person can purchase the Tra‘e ‘Ticket of this association. good for oae year, FOR ONE DOLLAR, a judicious use of which will save the holder from $25 to $100 per annum. Orders Tor Coal_will be received until August 30th, inclusive. Terms at store. Dividends for last quarter on stock and purchases are now being paid. Bread Tickets, 7 for 25 cants; each ticket good for one loaf of excellent bread. x One price. Unadulterated goots. resentation. For further Information apply to A. B. SCHOFIELD, Manager, jy87-Im at 1028 7th st. HANTED FREE FROM CHEM- y i 7 AaB! ee misrep- GAFF, FLEISCHMAN & CO.'S COMPRESSED YEAST. DEPOT, 1112 15TH STREET. C. ANTHONY DENEKAS, AGENT. Absolutely none genuine without our Trade Mark or cur firm hame on the Wrapper: augd-tr T ABLE WARE. i@LISH CHINA, FRENCH and ENG! ERY and PLATED W. Fine CUT TFRIOEEA a TORS, ICE PITCHERS and WATER COOLERS. [Late Webb & Beveridge.) 3320-tr_ No- 1009 Pennsylvania avenue. srr ae 89.00 LEATHER TRUNK WITH CANVAS COVER, ALSO, HARNESS, NICKEL, SILVER AND GILT, $17 TO 936. TBAVELING BAGS, SATCHELS, &c., &C. an immense variety of styles at equally low Drices, at theever popular F: ana Salestoonas JAMES 8, TOPHAM, 625 Beventh Street Ne Joining Udd Fellows’ Hall, REPAIRING. aad pronwecunmedae Lie ralen yele-tr x Pi TELLS—AND EVERYBODY i) a . es Te) THE PRICE. Largest Stock of HARNESS AND TRUNKS uth of New York, at FACTORY PRICES. } General Ord’s THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT ReEceIPTs To-Day.—Internal revenue, $325,600.33; customs, $289,905.53. SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to- day $210,000. Tne PRESIDENT, accompanied by Judge Force, of Ohio, who 1s at present his guest, went to Arlington te day. TREASURER GILFILLAN returned from Ocean = this morning. He left his family down there. Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Secretary Shermin and daughter, Miss Fanpie Hayes and Mr. Bureh- ard Hayes, returned to the city this morning from Newport. ‘Tue COMPANY of troops now at the Arsenal is ordered to Fort Foote, and the company at Fort Foote 1s ordered to the Arsenal. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION for the posi- tion of second assistant examiner in the Patent Office was held at the Interior depariment to- day. There were about twenty compeiitors. NATIONAL BANKS.—There have been estab- lished during the present month the following national banks:—Green County pouonel: 7a M., Ww pital of $109,000; First Savona Desawosd: Dakota, capital $5 Jeiferson County National, Brookville, P: capita! $50,(0); National Exchange, Lexi Ky., capital $1! ),( Georgetown, Co! AT NEWPoORT.—Col. L. Q. Washington, in a letter to a gentleman in this eity, from New- ton, i algrehants’ ‘National, 0. itors at tuat resort:—Hon. George W. Pendle- ton and family, Ohio; Hon. John W.Stevenson and family, Ky.; Judge and Mrs. Hunt, Supreme Court; Judge John M. Harlan and daughter, Ky.; Goy. Thomas A. Hendricks and family, Hon. Jos. L. McDonald. Judge os George Hoadley, Cincinnati: Hon. Sianley Matthews, Hon. John Scott, Pa.; Miss Page and Miss’ Bryan, Washington, D. C.; M Stemmather and the Misses Rile, ti t city; Gen, A. A. Humphries and family, Gov. Thomas Swann and family, Md. and Judge Green and family, N. J. McKeEnzie’s Ratp Into Mextco.—The War department has not been officially advised of that (as newspaper dispatches from the border report) McKenzie has crossed the Rio Grande in pursuit of Mexican raiders. It is very like- ly, however, that the reports are true, as such an expedition would be in perfect accord with instructions. The general opinion in army circles is that if McKenzie has crossed over, and the Mexicans attempt to ar- rest his progress there willbe a fight in which the Mexicans will be badly whipped. Wat WILL THE HaRVEsT Be?—People around here make all manner of fun about members of Congress sending seed from the Agricultural department and all kinds of dry official reports to their constituents in the rural districts. It seems, however, that the promptness with which the member attends to these duties may be made an issue in his canvass for re-election. For instance, in a speech at Columbus, Ga., last week the Hon. Henry R. Harris, who is working to be re- turned to Congress, felt constrained to say; “As for seed, [sent them. They were yours. Your money bougint all the books and all the seed I sent you. They were small things, but Ihave not learned to despise small things. I sent seed all over the district, and I expect a Yellow Fever. WEEKLY REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL. The following is the weekly health report of Surgeon General Woodworth, of the marine hospital service, issued this afternoon Since last report from New Orleans 471 cases of yellow fever, 121 deaths, making a total of 2 cases, aud 239 deaths, of which 108 cases and 29 deaths occurred during the 24 hours to noon yesterday. Port Fads.—Thirty-three cases and five deaths from yellow fever during the week to yesterday evening. Grenada, Miss.—The first case of yellow fever occurred ly 25th. To noon yescerday there had been 125 cases and 47 deaths. Mobile, Ala.—One death from yellow fever yesterday, a colored woman who was on an excursion to Biloxi, July 24. Cincinnati. — Since jt report a young woman living in_a house where baggage, be- lived to be from New Orlears was stored, died of a fever.resembling yellow fever. Another case of fever of similar character has since developed in the same neighborhood. Steamer John A. Porter, from New Orleans, had four deaths from yellow fever before arriving at Cincinnati, which city she passed Friday, bound for ede with several cases on board. One man, wholeft the John Porter at Louisville, proceeded to Cincinnati by rail, where he was sent to the hospital, 133t instant, with fever. Steamer Golden Rule passed Cairo yesterday evening for Cincinnati, two cases yellow fever on board, two deaths oc- curred on her on Thursd: Several people from New Orleans and Port Eads have sickened or died ot yeliow fever on their journey northward—one Case at Coving- ton, Ky., one at Cairo, and three at St. Loui Havaba—o deaths from ye n smallpox, week endin: Cardenas and Saqua la cases of RA ow fever during week end t oth. DISINFECTION OF MAILS. The following is the reply of Surgeon G-neral Barnes to the inquiry of the Post Otice department whether some method eannct be devised whereby letters can effectually fumigated and the transmission of the yellow fever prevented.“ fn response your letter the 1th, inclosing telegra irom the postmaster at’ Vicksburg, Missis sippi. in reference to disinfecting mail mat- ter, I have the honoy to state that in my opinion for the speciai purpose mentioned in your letter, nothing could be more effective as a disenfectant, t! heat. 1 would suggest the use of bakers ovens, the floors of which could be covered with layers of sand, upon | which the mail matter could be placed and exposed to a temperature of 325 de grees without damage to the letters or the like. The same could be. sprinkled with carbolic acid as an additional pre- caution, but the trouble in attempts at fumigation is that the enclosures may and probably would be untouched or influenced by the vapors. There is nothing so effectual as heat, and it is, I feel assured, the only safe and sure means for the panne indieated. The telegram inclosed with your letter is herewith returned. Your obed't Servant, J. R. Bakes, Surgeon General. A CAUTION. The following dispatch has been received the Post Office department from M.D. Wick- ersham, postmaster at Mobile: Health au thorities prohibit receipt of third-elass me matter from New Orleans, and urgently r commend that postma-iers in infected cities instructed to exercise vigilauce to prevent full harvest in November. SURRENDER OF PIUTES.—A despatch from Gen. McDowell was received at the War de- artment this morning, dated Presidio, San Francisco, August l6tn, inclosing despatch dated Wallula, 15th Gen. Howard sa: surrendered at the ing 16 men. instant, received from Seventy-seven Piutes agency on the 1sth, includ- Very few more Piutes out.” RUMORS OF THE MARRIAGE of R. W. C. Mitchell, Secretary Schurz’s private secretary, to Mary Anderson, the actress, having been circulated, we have taken the trouble to get get at the facts, and find that Mr. Mitchell was marricd to Miss Anna G. E'iott, a Missi - sipian young lady of high social position and literary attainments, and a triend of Miss An- derson. The Greenville Times, of July 13, enc’osures being forwarded that might convey the iniection.” The Potter Inquiry. SOME SVCY LETTERS. In addition to the letter Leeie proiuced be- fore the Potter committee in New York ye terday, from Keilogg to witness, in which logg wrote: “If they want to thin out ¢ publicans. who gave them life, thea go with hide and ‘et them have Senators. It would probably el éleet a democrat." “There was another let read, dated at Willara’s Hotel i signed W. P. K i been Wat passing away gives an account of the marriage, which took lace on the 7th of July at the residenee o. Sar: G. W. Elliott, in that city. OvR EvROPEAN SQUADRON.—The Navy De- partment is in receipt of a communication from Rear Admiral Wm. E. L. Roy, command- ing U.S. naval forees on the European station, dated Cherbourg, France, August 5. 1578, in which he reports that the ‘trenton saited from Leghorn, Italy, July 17th, and arrived at Cher- bourg, France, August 4th. The condition of the Trenton is good. The Marion is still at Vellefranche, undergoing repairs to her ma- chinery, which it is expected wili be completed about the middle of August, when she will be ready for any service that may be reyuired of her. Her condition is geod. The Vandalia sailed from Sn ¥! na July 9th, and arrrived at Beirut July 16th, where she would remain un- til the early part of this month, when she would proceed to Villefrauche. touching at the va- rious ports en route. Her condit'on is good. The Alliance arrived at Tangiers June 22d, and on the 24th sailed for Havre, arriving July lth at the latter port. She will remain until about 7thof August, when she will sail for Villefranche, touching at several ports en route. Her conditionis good. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES in the statious and duties of assistant quartermasters are made: Capt. A. S. Kimbali will relieve Capt. J.H. Belcher of his duties as chief " arter- master, district of New Mexico. Capt. Beicher will proceed to Yuma depot, Arizona territory. and relieve Capt. J. H. Lord of his duties at that place. reporting by letter to the com- manding ofticer, department of Arizona. Cap’ Lord, on being relieved, will take station Fort Union, New Mexico, reporting by Jet to the commanding general, department of Missouri. The superintendent mounted re- cruiting service will, as directed, cause ali available colored cavalry recruits to be for. warded, under proper charge, to ‘Fort Ga aes Colorado, for assignment to the 9th cav- alry. THE ARTIST BRIDGMAN, writing to a friend in this city, from Paris, says:—‘* Last winter, when Mille Albani sang at the Italiens, I painted a small portrait of her from memory on panel, and sent it to her with a note. Next day I received a grateful acknowledgment, and an invitation to call upon her. The fre- quent rehearsals of “‘Alma” prevented my seeing her immediately, but I that pleas- ure before long. She received me cordially and expressed her delight and satisfaction, and gave me also two phot phs of hersel! in character, her name written upon them. Going soon after to the Italiens, I found in the foyer of the opera my portrait of the rima donna, handsomely framed and placed in the center of the mantelpiece, underneath the bust of Verdi. About it and behind it was hung crimson drapery, and I observed every- body looking at it as they came out between the acts. All the other pictures and photo- graphs of M’lle had been removed. There was more honor than I had bargained for.” MOVEMENTS OF U. S. NAVAL VESSELS. —The steamer Mayflower, from Annapolis, with the class of cadet engineers on board. arrived at Stanaish for repairs, arrived at League Island navy yard, Pa., yesterday. . CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS —Colonel Ben Wilson has been renominated for Con; by the democrats of the Ist West Virginia dis- trict. ....The 4th district Texas democrats have nominated Roger A. Mills. ....The re- publicans of the 3d Maine Con; ional dis trict nominated Stephen D. Lindsey. ....Hon Tiet O. D. Conger was renominated for Con; by the republicans of the 7th Michigan di: AckOss THE RIO GRANDE.—Gen. Mackenzie is reported to have crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico at Fort Duncan with a detach- ment of United States troops. The Mexicans on the other side of the river are said to be excited and active. THE NEW AnTr. d- tng before A I-SOCIAListT Law now pen = oO] by the ultramontane and [= German federal ress journais The national as an improvement on the former hele are a d—d ungrate yay, OF them at least. Thope matters will brighten up for us all.” ecember 12, 187h—Letter from West, dated United States Senate, said hypocrits howl. Packard's poliey you will find to be non-committai.” The following was then read “ Wilard’s Hote, February 25, 1877.—Dear Leete: I received your letter. It looks now as it the count would progress and Hayes be de- clared President before March 4. has been a great strugvie. Packard will be recognized, no douvt, by Hayes, if not by Grant, before he yovs out of office. Don’t see how it can be otherwise, and all leading re- publican’s here are of that opinion, and Lout- Siana’s vote was counted and she did become the corner stone, so to speak. Such a wonder could only occur in so wonderful a country as this, and only once in 1H) years. Ail’s well that ends well; whatever betides, we have made a heap of history, such asit is. When- ever you go into another state convention voteright. W. P. KELL.” Leete ches gee $500,000 relief bill passed in 1874 was for “overflow” and also to tal ae of niggers and see that they voted straight. Here another letter was read alluding to witness, who said: “That appliestome. That Was the time I was detailed to watch you (Pot his is and you got away with Phe!ps and Foster. Mr. Potter.—I never met with twomore hon. oe een in my life. Your statements are a mistake. Mr. Leete.—Well, we thought they were very soft, and I was detailed to see after you an find out how you got around them. ere witness produced the eleetion ticket of 1 gotten out by republicans. [t bore the names of the democratic candidates all through, with the exception of Dai 1 (rep.) for Congress. Another letter was read from Mr. Wettmore to Leete. It stated that he was getting disgusted with Wells and that he was nearly starving. Mr. Leete (continuing 1g).—You see, Wettmore Was James Madison Weils’ editor of his organ. Wells lived at Rapides parish and regarded the place as his private Kingdom. It would ee a long time to explain the meaning of the etter, At this stage, owing to the absence of Gen. Butler and some witnesses, the committee ad- journed until Monday. NEW USE FOR A HusBanp, iaiument giyen by Mr. and M George Ban- croft in honor of Mrs. Hayes, at Newport, the dresses of -the ladies were elegant in the ex. treme, but there was none which attracted so much deserved attention as that worn by Mrs. Heap, wife of Captain David Porter Heap, of the United States Engineer Corps. It was made of heavy white silk and ornamented At the enter- With painting by hand. Around the dress Were several bands of a delicate hue on which Were painted roses budding and in full bloom, besides most exquisite little birds. The colors Diended most beautifully, the whole making a charming, and at the same time very rare picture. ‘The inting itself was the work of the erie husband, Captain Heap.—[Provi- dence Journal. ees TENNESSEE DEMOCKATIC CONVENTION. — The Platform and Ticket.—The Tennessee democratic convention reassembled at Nash- ville yesterday morning and adopted a plat- form, demanding among other things a repeal of the resumption act, and further declares that while op) to the repudiation of the jest indebtedness of the state, its framers lavor an equitable adjustment thereof; but to the end that this question may be put out of the litics of the state, declares for the submission ‘io the le, for their ratification or rej-ction at the ballot-box, at a separate election, of any adjustment of the state debt which may be made by the legislature, and until such ad- seen shall have been made and ratified by ‘he people, it opposes the levy of any greater tax upon the people than may be necessary for the payment of the expenses of the state sarcenaens economi administered. It lemands the adoption of a constitutional Sey vision prohibiting the state forever from = rowing money and issuing bonds, except such cote ag issued in compromise of the pres- entdebt. The following names were ut io nomination: For governor, Alfred Caldwell and John M. Fleming, of Knoxville, John H. Savage, of McMinnville, Arthur 8. Colyar, of Nashville, and John A. Gardner, of ‘Weakley IN St. PETERSBURG.—At St. Pe- tersburg yesterday Gen. Mezentzow, chief of the Emperor's private Police: was fired at two men in the street. He fell wounded, ant the assassins escaped by droshky. { ter) when you were on that commitice, when | be | driving off in a | Grand : hol ACROSS THE CHANNEL. | 4 DAY IN ENGLAND—SOUTHAMPTON AND THEREABOUTS—“ RADLEY’S”—CABMEN AND THETR QUARTERS—DULL TIMES IN ENGLAND— OUR STEAMER TO HAVRE—TRIP THEOUGH NORMANDY—PARIS IN 1855 AND NOW—OUR WASHINGTON BOYS ABROAD. [Editorial Correspondence of The Star.} Parrs, August 5, 1878. The Mosel paused an hour on the way to | Bremen to leave passengers for Southampton. We were landed in a small steamer. Our trunks intended for Paris were not examined, but marked for the Havre boat. The customs examination of our valises taken ashore was very light. On the way up the Channel the Mosel passengers in appreciation of the good qualities of Captain Neynaber had subscribed a sufficient sum for the purchase of some handsome plate to present him and his wife in commemoration of their silver wedding, and a committee of those landing at Southampton procured the articles and had them suitably Inscribed. The boat for Havre did not leave until midnight, and the day was spent by those bound for Paris, in visiting Netley Abbey, or in rambles about the city and neighborhood. There were swarms of idle people at every cor- ner, soliciting a job to carry luggage or torun errands, Business seemed duit burthe South amptonians said it was dull everywhere in England. We noted that the cabs had the names of the drivers painted at full length, and that at the cab stands there were little structures lettered “CANMEN’S SHELTER.” These little wouden buildings are provid 1 by benevolent lazies of Southampton for the use of cabmen at their meals, and in bad weather. They are about seventeen feet in length and covtain two tiny rooms; one with ae » for cooking and h purgoses, rused #8 an eating reading i With books, petiodieals, fra- The furniture was scoured | hed up to the hetght of neatness, and ked exceedingly emed very proud of nittee of managers to The ladies supply »and the cabmen a week for the gas ned to be a bit of py that would prob. her more to the « ine! veskits and ‘ket handkerchers to the heathen in mates, OTHER BRITISH INSTITUTIONS. ‘The streets of Southampton, or many of them, are m ed with a blueish stone brought from Guernsy, ad have a surface appearance much like our Boundary street. A rt of two-wheeled “cart,” as it is styled here, is much in use for pleasure driving; and sty- lish-looking ladies go Jehuing about in them. I tried one: it was about as easy as Copeland's famous bone-breaking two-wheeled phaton. Stout Britishers were riding stout horses, bs,” with mane and tail docked. They ride with short stirrups, and sit the horse with Knees bent asi ting inachair. Most of us the hotelin Southampton. ything at Radley’s is old English. The furniture is of the mahogany order, substan- tial but sombre. Engiish ale is served to you in great solid silver mugs. The billiard room has ponderous tables of the old pocket style. The equivalent for a modern urinal in the water elusets is a plece of crockery as old as the time of Xantippe ne chambers are not supplied with x. pull an enormous piece of rope, the size of @ cable. The dining room appointments, like the rest, are dark and solid. The fare is not up to ex- pretation ; the ish (sole) is good, but the tra ditiona! roast beef of old England is tough uot jutey. ‘The bread is dark and a trifle heavy. lool ae be A CHANN To American t between STEAMER. “rs the sted Frane¢ 1se Probably those plyin: between n and Havre may be inferior to channel, but any of them could adopt some of our American steamer Wr toadva « was i reledy con tracted cabins in Wuich sea-s Were sprawled about upon sofas or in th open ths within ar length of the supper tabl dd there was a mixed smell of cold meats, cheese, bilge-water and bile, that was nauseating. As soon as the steamer (which sits low in the water) got out of the harbor the ort-holes were closed, and the atmosphere elow was yet more offensive. Many of the ladies Spent the night on deck, wrap} in shawls. What are called arbor seats, protected from the wind ahead, are provided ior ladies » and these seats to a limited extent on dec were quickly monopolized by the knowing ones. Under advice I took a sofa in a rear cabin, but it was a choice of evils. The room, with the port-hoies closed and the foul smells abounding, was almost intolerable; and to this was added the obstreperous snori all sides. A fellow-passenger by the New Yorker of sedate larkish, Who was trying to get asleep on a neighboring sofa, seemed to think afterawhile that it was about time for America to assert herself in this contest of the Presently there arose from his quarter most astonishing series of snorts, gasps. and inarticulate sounds imaginable. “Now it was like the wail of a iost soul, and again it resembied the augry snarl of a ear. nter’s plane going over « kKuot in a pine Mosel, a aspect, but innately oard. then it dwindled to th per of the Eola ay broke out ation, and then it swelled into a Calliopes ought to have been heard from Southampton | to Have. Then the tun began: tie sleepers their heads out of th Ls and sput- red a babel of imprecations in five or s anguages. A Brilisher who had been leading in ihe Shoring appealed eloquentl and enlightened citi don you know, but rr won't do you i k smnile the New to show himseif tarting even we managed leep before the full chorus of snoring recommenced, thus scoring another y for free institutions over the effete monarchists. HAVRE TO PARIS. Our boat was a slow concern and we did not reach Havre until 10 o'clock in the morning. The custom house officers were very obliging, and the examination of our baggage was only nominal. The government evideutly wants to nake it pleasant for strangers to visit France this Exposition year. In my case they merely enquired if I had any “tabac.”’ and then chalked my luggage without opening it. We pay long enough at Havre to set a nicely cooked French meal, and then took the cars for Paris. Our train was an express, but it seemed to stop at way stations about as often as one of our B. & O. “bob-tails.” The route through Normandy presents wonderfully littie change in twenty-three years. There is the Same cultivation of the land in carpet-shaped strips of vegetation of varied colors; the same long stretches of straight highways; the same stift lines of tall Lombardy poplars; the same trimming of the lower branches of other trees, making them al! look like poplars; the same long series of manufacturing villages, ranniug in snake-like sinuosities along a single street following the course of a valley; the same absence of anything like labor-saving ma- chinery in the fields; the same quaint timber and brick houses; the same expanses of beau- tiful meadows; the same peasant-costume; everything just about the same. The railroad system of France has been improved. but the compartment cars are still in use. These, for Shor: distances, are more comfortable than the American cars, but in a trip of several hours one misses sadly the conveniences of our cars with their closers, wash roots: water coolers, &c., all_of which are wantiNg in the French cars. The French cars, like their steamers, are heuer Painted black, and the engines (smalier than ours) are of the same sombre color, with no display of glittering brass and Steel. PARIS IN 1878. Reaching Paris about 4 p.m., there was another delay in getting the luggage through the hands of the officials, though, as at Havre, the matter was only one of form; then taking acabI was ina few minutes at my present quarters, Spendide Hotel, avenue de I’ Opera. Here was a change in Paris since 1855, This magnificent avenue has been cut on a straight line through a of the city, i Haussmann eye. it up in superb pean ‘of the streets and ho whole nee been constructed to give vista to the Oo House, the structure that P: ids with some reason 48 OO of ake aoe Fy cosy and | from | plaintive whis: | 1 ening Star. TWO CENTS j Wenders of the world. This Avenue is ind cated at night far and wide by its line of elec- | trie lights, which so illumine the street that | people read the newspapers by them. The gl..e of this intense white light is, however, painful to the eyes, and the occnlists say it ‘will work mischief if it is used generally in Pace of the softer yellow light of gas. I visited the Grand Opera House Saturday night; paying $ for an eligible seat, and for- tunate in securing it at that. I went rather to see the building than for the performance. ‘Without ete: guide-book details upon you it may be said briefly that it is the largest theater in the world, covering three acres of ground, and that all the resources of modern art have been applied to make it the most magnificent edifice of the kind in existence. Four or five hundred houses were torn down to obtain a site for the house, at a cost of nearly $3,000,000; and the cost of erect- ing the building was about $3,010,00). The porerameny contributes an annual sub of nearly $2.000,000 for the support of the . Is it any wonder, then, that at operatic show house? The ra Saturday night was Faust. This is not the regular operatic season, there are no star performers, very few Parisians attend, and yet the house is crowded nightly at prices con- siderably beyond the usual prices when there is no Exposition. In fact the operatic season is run for the benefit of strangers, and the usual rules excluding those from the fashion- able parts of the house who do not wear a dress suit haye been suspended for their ben- efit: just as the rules have been, forbidding visitors to the Louvre galieries to carry canes and umbrellas. As I have said, there were no great performers in the cast of Faust 8 day night, but the chorus, orchestr: », ballet and scenic eflects were beyond anything we have an idea of in America. and such as are propanly to be seen nowhere else inthe world, Lough the opera houses of Milan and Naples will seat more people. The Grand Opera House containsseats for but 2,156people,but the a lowance of room for the stage and orchestra isimmense. In the representation of Fixust there were upwards of a hundred musicians | in the orchestra, and at the same time (in the scene where Siebel enters with his soldiers) a full brass band on the stage. In some of the scenes there were three hundred performers on the stage, and, it is needless to say, not a stick” amongst them. In the church scene there was a real organ of a size to do eredit to any of our Washington churches. The trees, buildings, &c., in the stage settings were so Tealisti¢ as to be really deceptive, and the an apparent depth of miles to the view. The supernatural machinery was wonderfully ef- fective : and altogether the Faust of the Grand Opera was a performance such as has never been dreamed of by those who have witnessed jt elsewhere. DOES IT PAY? It would seem that an opera house of this costliness and lavish expenditure for support was a pretty costly luxury, and yet, no doubt, as one of the means of making Paris the great pleasure resort of the world, it “pays.” The French people are called frivolous, but they have about as keen an eye for business and money-making as any people on the face of the earth. Paris has more theaters and places of amusement than any other city in the world, and they all seem to be crowded nightly by visitors. So of the exposition build- ing, the shops, the hotels, the restaurants. No wonder the Parisians would like to continue this golden harvest, and the idea has been given out that the exposition would be con- Unued a month or two longer than the time contemplated, but it takes more than one to make a bargain of that sort, and I hear that the commissioners of other countries will not consent to an extension of the time beyond the Ist of November. The exhibitors have ef- fected insurances only up to that time, and in various ways an extension of the time would be inconvenient. There are a good many familiar Washing- ton faces in Paris just now. Isee here L. G. Marini, Charles A- Wetmore, James R. You! George W. Adams, C. W. Thorn, E. G. Davi: George M. Oyster, Rev. Mr. Myers and others | A quartette of Washington doctors—W. V. | Marmion, J. H. Hall, J.G. Beale and G. L. | Magrudet—who came over in the Scythia, are | on their way here. Several of our Washing- ton boys are getting quite Parisian—for ii | stance, Young and the handsome are fel- | lows upon Commissioner McCormick’s staff, | Who talk the lingo like natives. Even Geor; | Oyster, who has been here less than a week, is | frequently addressed as ‘‘ Moseer” by country ) Frenchmen inquiring their way about Paris. Mr. Adams (who has just arrived from Lon- | | a | don), with his stately presence and fresh color, | is taken for a swell Englishman, and when he | dons his eye-glass and brings a short-sighted scowl to bear upon the jones, they imme- | diately address him as“ Milord.”” The writer, whether use he has the air of the prou bird of freedom or because of his bilious com- plexion, is instantly detected as an a can. . 8. Ne OUR INDIAN POLICY, The New and the Old Systems. COMPARISON OF THE METHODS OF ADMINIS- TRATION. Of late years there have been many and rad- ical changes in the administration of Indian affairs. The present methods of accounting for property and money and of doing the bu- siness generally, are so diffe.ent from those of former years that a few comparisons, from the records of the Indian bureau, will not be amiss. In the fiscal year 1874 the appropria- tions for the Indian service amounted to $8,320,815.50, and the actual number of Indians | to becared for bythe government was less than at the present time. For the service dur- ing the present fisca' year there was but $875.12 appropriated, and there now are ) Indians to be cared for. é Until the fiseal year 1877 each Indian agent | had charge of the disbursements of the funds which were appropriated for his agency. At the present time the total disbursements of Indian axents for other purposes than the payments of cash annuities and the salaries of employes, do pot exceed $100,000. Formerly almost all the money expended for the Indian | service was spent in payments for open mar- ket purchases. Now almost ali expenditures are made by payments through the Treasury | department, for goods purchased under con- tract, made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Formerly agents were the sole judges of the necessities for making purchases. Now they must submit their proposals and estimates and give satisfactory reasons to the ; Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who, if he epRrOvesy must ask the Secretary of the Inte- Tior for authority to make the purchases. | Formerly there was nothing to prevent con- ; Uactors putting in stiaw bids or withdrawing | after a contract had been awarded to them in | order that a bidder at a higher price (often- times the same party under another name) Aa es receive the award. Now bidders are obliged to deposit certified checks, upon some national depository, for five per cent. upon the amount of the countract to be awarded, which check will be forfeited it upon the |,anard Being. made the party fails to enter into contract. Formerly contracts were so drawn that those to whom beef and flour contracts were awarded could, and did habitually, take advantage of the necessities of the Indians to force agents to —— inferior grades to those which were called for in the contract. Now these contracts are so drawn that if a con- tractor fails to carry out his agreements in good faith, he” is heavy loss. Formerly maby employes aid them BS | Secretary of the Interior, and legal limits are hxed to the amounts which ma) expended for agency empioves. Formerly agents’ ac- on without settlement for counts would run years. Now their accounts are settled quar- terly. Former! funds were remitted to agents when their accounts had not been sent in for two or three years. Now remittance to agents are not inade, and the salaries of their employes cannot be paid until their accounts for the preceding quarters have been iv edin the Indian otice. Formerly the unex- pended balance o! ds which remained in the hands of agents at the end of a fiscal year, was carried over by them to succeeding years until their retirement from the service. Now balances are covered into the Treasury at the end of each fiseal year. Formerly agents expended govérnment Rrop- erty in such manner as Bey eine est. Rom patiolenk reasons — ee = the isposal of any government property, and au- thority must be obtained from the Secretary of the Interior before ae) pecs. can be made. pecmenre supp! ued to Indians Indian agents were A ye Bo for by the Is. Now each head of a family and each must recel} backgrounds were managed in a way to give | f beef cattle delivered at agencies were not all weighed; two or three head were selected by the contractor's herder and the agent, and a their weight an estimate was made of the weight of the whole herd. Now the agent must render a certified weigher’s return for all animals re- ceived. Formerly purchases and contracts Were made with firms who were favorites. Now there is a free and fair competition. A" marks are removed from the samples demand- ed for inspection, and the selections are made by disinterested experts from such as are ad- judged to be the best bargains for the govern. ment. Formerly Indian traders were permit- ted to charge whatever prices they might elect to put upon their goods. Now their prices are controled by the Indian office. Formerly an Indian might be charged two or three times as much as a white man for the same kinds of goods. Now the traders are for- bidden to make any distinetion in prices, under pain of the forfeiture of their licenses. Formerly the Indians were im) upon by a system of brass checks, tokens and store tick- ets. Now, traders are forbidden to use any- thing but money. Formerly, contracts were made with Indians for collecting claims against the government, by which attorneys took from one-half to two-thirds of the sums which were collected. Now, ali contracts made with Indians must be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Seere- tary of the Interior before attorneys can have any standing in the Indian office; and if con. tracts are approved, attorneys are obliged to Show what services they have rendered Before any payments can be made ey, claims against the government for depredations com- mitied by Indians could be sworn through, and would be paid without investigation. Now, the examination is so rigid that not a tithe of the sums which were formerly paid out for such claims can be collected from the government. The present systert of auditing the claims which are presented to the Indian office for adjustment, yiz: their examination in the In- dian ollice ; their review by the board of Indian commissioners ; their re-examination in the ottlees of the Secretary of the Interior, the sec- ond auditor, and second controller, renders it almost impossible for a fraudulent ¢laim to be collected. It is inconceivable that all the officials through whose hands it must pass be- fore payment can be made, will collude to pass a dishonest claim. To-day an Indian agent cannot of motion purchase and pay for such things as may select for the use of his Indians. He must first submit his proposition, with written ex. E anation and estimates of the cost, to the ‘ommissioner of Iudian Affairs, who, if h ap- proves of the proposition and the estimate, transmits it to the Seeretary of the Interior, witn his recommendation that the agent's quest be eranted and that he be authorized to expend, hot exceeding a specified sum, in making the purchase. If the Secreta-y ap- roves, he authorizes the purchase, lin the amount to be expended. The vom- missioner then notifies the agent, and di- rects him how and in what papers to advertise for sealed proposals to furnish the articles needed. When the bids are opened they are bumbered, an abstract of them made out, aud the award made to the lowest bidder. A’ con- tract is then drawn up, of which four copies are made and signed by the contractor and agent. One of these is given to the contractor, one retained at the agent’s office, and three are sent to Washington, accompanied by a bond given for the fulfillment of the contract by the contractor, under oath of disinterested. ness by the agent. Of the three copies sent to Washington, one is sent to the Treasury de- partment, one to the Indian office of the Inte. rior department containing a sworn statement by the agent that the copy of the bids furnished in a true one, &c., and the other is Sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for hisapproval. Having approved it he sends it to the ‘d of Indian commissioners for their approval, and it is then sent to the Secretary of the Interior for bis approval and transmis sion to the Commissioner of Indian Attairs. ‘The agent is then notified of the approval of the contract, and he in turn notifies the con- tractor and calls upon him to deliver the goods. As they are delivered they are in- spected by an Indian pee, who gives luplicate certificates of his inspection, one of which is forwarded to the Com nissi mer of Indian Afiairs and the other delivered to the contractor, who also receives a receipt for the goods from the agent. The contractor then transmits the agent's receipt and ATES tor’s certificate to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who demands Dlg They are then examined in the Indian Office, and, tally. ing with the contract requirements, they ar> forwarded to the Second Auditor's Oftice of the Treasury department to be audited. From there they are sent to the Second Controller for pen inspection and final examination. If found correct they are returned to the Secon { Auditor, who then notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs thit the claim has been audited and found correct. The Commissioner then draws on Interior department warran® on the Treasury department, and returns it to the Second Auditor ; thence it is sent to the Comp. troller’s office. and thence to the warrant di- vision of the Treasury department, whence a Treasury warrant 1s issued for the amount which has been allowed. The Treasury war- rant is then sent to the U.S. Treasurer, who draws a draft forthe amount specified and sends it to the contractor who furnished the goods. In addition to the three inspectors who were formerly allowed, there are now two apraal agents connected with the bureau. With this force and a proper administration of the business there need no difficulty in detecting frauds and reforming the same. Time alone is needed. South American Affairs. New York, August 17.—Panama advices to the 7th inst. report all quiet in Columbia. A revolutionary movement has been established in Ecuador. In Peru business is yery dull. Ia Chile all banks have suspended specie pay- ments, owing to being drained of gold by the government to carry on a war with the Argen- his own ie} | tine oN which is expected to be declared soon. The Chilean ey eee has extended the time of resumption to banks until August 18, 1879. There are apprehensions of a comm: cial crisis in Chile. The Bank of Magua, Bra- zil, has failed ; liabilities, 12,000,000. Messrs. Riesco & Co., of Chili, have suspended, wi liabilites amounting to $408,763. Great excite- ment in Lima on account of suspension of - payments of the banks of Chile. Ex- a ange on Valparaiso fell 12 a 14 per cent. Exhibiting a Marderer’s Dead Body, at Ten Cents Admission Fee. PITTSFIELD, Mass.. August 1’ body of John Ten Eyck reached Chester it was exhibited for several hours in the freight house of the ynand Albany railroad, at ten cents admission fee. The receipts amounted to fifteen dollars. Two colored men—one of them the father-in-law of the de- ceased—had the body in a They said they were forced to exhibit it by the clamors of the crowd. Sheriff Kellogg went to Chester to stop the exhibition, but arrived too late— the party having started for Blandford. New York Bank Statement! NEW YORK, August 17.—The weekly state- ment of the associated banks, issued from the clearing house te-day, shows the following changes: Loans—decrease, $4,664,700; specie decrease, $1,173,300. Legal tenders—decrease, ,100; deposits, decrease, $5,548,000. Circu- lation—inerease, '$135,8)0. lecrease, $593,400. The banks now hold $20,212,525 in ex- cess of the legal requirements. ————— Sarategn Races. SaRaTOGA, August 17.—The first race, sweep- stakes, for all ages, Siree-quarters of a mile, was won b: See ank_ second, and La Belle Helene third. Time, 1.174. .The second race, purse gids, one mile and an it Bramble by four lengths. mnie Wood sec- oud, and Kate Claxton third. Time, —————— The Eureka Flood. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL., Al Nevada, dispatch says the loss by yesterday's flood is about $60,09; no lives were lost. seme dal as ANOTHER REVOLUTION has broken out in San Domingo, the ‘isans of Baez and Lupe- ul inst Gonzalez. Puerto 0 in the hands of the revolutionists, who expect to be joiaed by the whole republic. aya jl aeetas yale th ot sc epsie ry ler that fastened the iron grating of a window. 4@-The Neshannock iron rod have suspended, works of Sharoi with $2,003,900 ‘ot Habit was out alive; an entire block in erday. loss amounts to Telegrams to The Star. YELLOW FEVER HORRORS. THE ST. PETERSBURG ASSASSINS KEARNEY, THE AGITATOR. His Career in California. —-—_—_. KEARNEY, THE “GREAT AGITA- TOR.” - A Not Very Flattering Port; Drawn by a Fellow-Labor ‘mer. BW York, August 17.—The 5 morning, publishes an interview with Mr. K. L. Knight, the secretary of the Kearney or gabivation for California, in which he gives account of the so-called “great agitate: Kearney, his associates in San Francisco Say really ruined the pearney movement ~ out there. He gathered about him only the rude and ignorant: he repelled decent and iatetli- ent people. he more cultivat en that Kekrney should texen aad sate his associate, Mr. Kaight. “Bat hi rance. barbarism and mob-ruie on ton wade intelligent and self-respecting tled aw y from eopie looked ror. Meantime, rey sought only to be the god of the sand lot.” Mr Kaight said the party never intended violeace, by him, and decent, la didi on. with hoi mime, ke ey only desired by the bailot-box to get t the Chinese, land and other monopolies: ty legislation. Knight says Kearney has gone east with the reputation of Deine. the lion of the workingman's party of California. He is RATHER THE DONKEY THAN THE LION. Hisshaliow bombast about purity and honesty is the merest sham. He is as base a counter- feit as ever was nailed toa counter. His whole career in the workingman’s party has been one of abuse, profanity, empty boasting. su. perlative egolism, inordinate overdearins ambition, and dishonest ee pes Koight ly further says the movement had hardly began when Kearney cast about to see_how he could make money out of it. He soon found a kaave to suit his purpose, the same Carl Browne or Carl McLoud, who is now called his private secretary. This fellow, who knows no rules of art or grammar, undertook to illustrate and edita paper. Kearney boasted of himas a workingman, and used to show him up inthe sand lot, with unkempt hairand dirty face, to prove that he w: With this fellow the open letter was begun. In a few days a joint stock publishing company Was formed. KEARNEY WAS CHIEF DIRECTOR and Browne was the board. They awarded ) shares to themseives. Then they sold the stock. They had publicentertainments. Money that should have come to the party went to the open letter. They ho proper accounts made no reports of receipts or expenditures loge? sag Was a contemptible aud worthies rag. This was the sinkhole of all the money. It was a diserace to the party and to all con- hected with it. The state contract committee and the county committee demanded reports and explanations. They resolved that the paper of the party should make an honest showing. Kearney and Browne were resolved it should not. Kearney had to explain or get rid of the committe He found it easiest to denounce the commiitees as oflice-seekers, TO DELUDE MIs IGNORANT FOLLOWERS, and he did it. The open-letter scheme was a fraud from beginning to end for Kearney's benefit. He could not explain ; he cannot now explain. He denounced men whom he knew to be honest to cover his own rascality. The workingmen of San Francisco were to build a temple ; 16,009 two-bit tickets Were to be sold to build it. It was acknowledged that nearly three thousand tickets were sold. There was no temple; no financial re; ; no explana: tion, ‘the comimitiees demanded an account on this aiso, and it was necessary for Kearney to explain or get them out of the way. Again, the election was coming. If the party followed the rules laid down, neither Kearney nor any o.her man could pack the conventions or make Ae clubs. This did not suit Kear- ney. He had promised men places. He must get rid of the committees. Better have a fac- tion in his own hands than a victorious party, and he only one, and so he slandersd the best and most intelligent men in the appealed to the ignorant. They listened to the impudent falsifier, and the biataut bdlath- erskite comes to you with this indorsement. He lost us the state of California by his frauds, his false hands, and his bad manners. He comes to you not the conquering lion his vain boasting pretends, but the braying ass who howls out his despair as though it were a note of triumph FOREIGN AFFAIR: The St. Petersburg Assass: = St. PETERSBURG, August 17.—The assassins of Gen. Mezentzow fired upon Gen. Markargff, chief of the corps of gendarmes, who endedy. ored to arrest the assassins after they had stabbed the chief of police. From this eiccum- stance arose the first report that Gen, Mezent- zow had been killed by a pistol shot. World's Convention of the ¥. 4. C. A. GENEVA, August 17.—The world’s conven tion of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, now in session here, is meeting with a measure of success highly satisfactory to its promoters. The average attendance at the conference is one thousand. Delegates are Soe from America, Belgium, Fngland, France, Holland, Spain and the Protestant cantons of Switzerland. Goy. McCormick's Reception. Paris, August 17.—Governor McCormick, commissioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition, gave a brilliant reception Wednesday night, which was largely attended by both French and Americans. a the same evening M. Teisserene De Bort, the French minister of agriculture, invited the American delegates to the Franco-American commer- cial conference to a dinner and reception. Russo-B: — a Lonpon, August 17.—A dispatch from Con- stantinople to the Daily Telegraph says the odope International Commission has re- turned to Constantinople. The report of the commissioners, when issued, will more than confirm the terrible statements of the Russo- Bulgarian cruelties and outrages. ; ,,4 Constantinople dispateh to the Times says the members of the Rhodope commission give fearful accounts of the barbarities committed in southern Bulgaria since the arrival of the Russian army. France-American Treaty of Com- 'e. merce. Tovks, August 17.—A numerously attended meeting was held here yesterday, under the [Seger of M. Belle, member of the cham. rv of deputies and mayor of Tours, in favor of the conclusion of a Franco-American treaty of commerce. Speeches were made by Mm Belle and Wilson, member of the chamber of | deputies, Leon Chatteau, and Messrs. Pollock. Appleton, Young, Hodges and Koosevelt. M_ Fournier, the nch ambassador to Turkey, was also present. The concrnry W resolved that the draft of the treaty voted by the Franco- American conference deserves the attention of the French chamber of commerce. The Tours chamber of commerce was requested to examine the draft and give an expression of opinion upon it. ——————— STRICKEN WITH THE PLAGUE. Horrors of the Pestilence in Gre- et GRENADA, Miss., August 17.—The scenes in this plague stricken town for the past twenty- four hours, beggar description. The s:ron- gest men and women an are either sick, eying or dead. pitiful to see enti seek, gd oo — — = lor the past twenty-four hours, nu! bers 17. The population has decreased to a little over 200 whites. Tnere are but few new cases, there being so little material to work upon. The deaths are all old cases. weedman and wife from New Or . Md ‘leans, en- route to New York, were put off the train thi morning. Both were cases of well developed yellow fever. The Pest COLA, FLA., ar ‘Aug eat The Ameri. igust Tht 5