Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1879, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pecasylvania Avenuo, Corner lth Street, ur The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Tue EvENIxG STaR is served to subscribers in city carriers, on their own account, at 10 sents ger ec, or cea per ‘Copies at the SOcents a month: one year, €6. vance; nO paper sent longer than 80 for. Rates of advertising made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICES. Vo, 538—N®. 8,089. © lished a 2 All mail subscriptions must be in ad- ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1879. TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR. THE MEMBERS OF THE LAT# Ht { "J BERNiA BENEVOLENT ~SS8OCIATION, DC Linton re respectfully uested to Slecna's meeting at the School Brmes on dnc wtreet, ‘Land K el if portance. Omer” Bs reaneet. | RI ARD DILLON. (er NEW surpixe ASSOCIATION. THIRD WASHINGTON CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOULaTION, just orcan zed, will a et for emt of dues and sales of advances on stock, next MUNDAY NIGHT, Wth inst., at 7 o’clk, im the Hali of th: Association. No. 615 7th stract, op- Tosite Patent Office. Stock may be taken and print- Aitutiors obtained at this meeting. = Se Sh ts eds “tir rae oes iptions will be c ‘Great care has been taken to raake the plan oes or This Associati ‘cettle retace monthly pay- tn. Rost. McMUBEAY, ‘President. LAN, Treasurer. Joux 2 ThowPso: NeBecretary. mar6 St BABY JARRIAGES, Bat he Estaviishnent of WB MOSES & and Seventh | BON, corer of Pennsyivania avenue and Seventh | street D.w. RHOTICE. [ASHITS x Crry, D.O., February 18, 1879. sonics Ys Hekeay GIVEN, That the Gom 0 = Ch Senate Cham- aed cn ea ae ais HAMLIN bisaewse chairman of Oommittes. TRE REASIDE, -TSRAnY, COM above New York avenue. = NOTICE —The F ai tee: | at ROBERTS’ BOOKSTURE, eae ‘annual meeting of the | NATIONAL LIFE IN- | stockholders of the NATIO x ‘transacti business. FIRSTS Se BUTLER, Secretary. NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER and Beonayivania sven. 60 o-nia a bottle“ etreet mnsylvania aven) a fal pint. feb26-Lm HAVING BOUGHT THE PATENTS FOR | ‘Colboun’s HAYWAED & HUTCSINSON, (7 Orn BrReew, NEAR THE AVENUE Pi , Digen Finy Sets, Eholish Te, Slate Mantels, Par Piatiine ‘Fis Rooitie and Jobbing Work: Geol? [yr Musvnws ruanacy, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVESUE. BODA AND MINEEAL WATERS on drsuzht ail bs? 59 by the abee er, Bedford and Bethesda Waters by th THE NATIONAL SAFE D ‘ANY, corner 15th st. Net Token, care for safe Keep: Government and other at $1 per for s year. 0. Grover, MeFarisn, J. B. Pearson, A. Halsey, = C2 rim, % A. Strong, reline WimcGiarks aH. Weuke BAPOLEON CABINET, quarts $21.50, pints $33. GABINET VERZENAY, only $21.50. DEY VERZENAY, quarts 818.50, pints $20. @ H MUMM. quarts $20.05, pints $21.75. HAVANA AND DOMESTIO SEGARS. THOMAS RUSSELL, jan33-tr 1913 Penne. avenue. (68 Fxxrunns. ‘The finest and largest stock of f GAS FIXTURES EVEE OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE CITY. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. ‘Will guarantee entire satisfaction. E. F. BROOKS, febl8-tr Concoran Bureprxa, 15th St. LisT OF SHIRTS. For Onpzn—6 for 3 OS seape Men's (animiahed), 60 an475 cents (finished), 75 and 9 [PSON'S (RT PAC LORY, coeote Bai Sint Poe 50 BARRELS REFINED CIDER, Of enperior quality, now being received and for ; ic ices in Barrels, sale at low pt ‘Kegs and Bottles, by SAMUEL C. PALMER, Depot 57 Greene street, feblt-tr GEORGETOWN, D. 0. EDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF STERLING SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. \d the intro- in the price of silver an eee of improved machinery in and STEELING STANDAEBD ENGLISH i 20 per cent. from former Ata reduction of rom 15 to 20 per cent. from former moat jan3ltr MM. BOO! SE, HOPKINS & Tone ae pia avenue are st selling BOK , STA. UCTION from tty 1,8, GREAT REDUCTION fear Washington News and Gossip. + RECKIPTS To-pay.— Internal ; Customs, $451,535.03, SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to- day amounted to $2,497,900. SECRETARY THOMPSON Will ROt go to Charles- . C., to inspect the improvement in the harbor at that point. Secretary McCrary in- tends fo make the visit but does not know when do so. extra session of Congress will most likely postpone the trip for some time. SPEAKER RANDALI has gone to New York to attend adinner given by the Manhattan Ciub to-night. Representative Blackburn was in- ; Vited to go, but deciined. Uron THE RE-assEMEt extra session, there will be a caucus of the democratic majority of the Senate to nominate candidates for office in the reorganization of that body, to decide upon the composition of the different committees. Most OF THE LOBBY MANAGERS Who failed in their efforts during the regular session remain in the city, to try to rush their schemes through at the special session. ‘THERE IS A REPORT that Minister Welsh is to be recalled from London. 1t has been said that the Department of State is displeased with his administration of the affairs of the United States mission to England. Tevenue, $319,162. th | jeal Director Francis M. Solicitor Genera) Philltj Justice: and Assistant Surgeon John §. Billings, of the War department. ion GUARDING OUR CATILE AGAINST ENGLISH CATTLE advances in other | NG OF CONGRESS, In On the contrary, partment is entirely satisfied with Mr. Welsh’s conduct of his office. When he left for London it was an open question how long his } extensive business interests in this country Wouid allow hita to remain as Minister to Eng- ble that, he may Want to come back, but the department has not been advised of any such desire on his part. NAVAL ORDERS.—Martin | Alert, April ist; Ensign E. J. celving ship Colorado. THE SARATOGA, which went aground near ; Buzzard’s Point, got off this morning, about five o’clock, and ison her way to Hampton Roads. In about three weeks she will start for a cruise the | to Madeira and the Cape de Verde Islands. PERSONAL.—The 10:16 train west this morning took as passengers, ex-Senator Matthews and | family and Senator Voorhees, and the limited | express for New York to-day had quite a large ....Senator-elect Pen- ‘ted to reach Washing- . Senator Thurman It is, of course, J. Dabney, to the Dorn, to the re- get dleton. of Ohio, Is ex; ton next Tuesday night. g0es to Cincinnati to-night to argue an impor- tant case before one of the courts in that city. District BILLs 1Hat Passep.—The following is alist of the bills which passed the last ses- sion of Congress of interest to the District of In this list is not included the Dis- trict items in the sindry bill, and river and harbor bill: act approved June 2, Sis, and to fix the rate of interest on bonds authorized by said act to be issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; Section 99% of the Revised Statutes of the United | tates for the District of Columbia, so as to | make the 22d of Februar District; for the protes plevent deception {i in the Districtot Columbia; and confirm certain acknowl @ holiday within said on of dairymen, and to | es of butter and cheese an act to validate ledzments of deeds and other instruments of writing under seal Ty for lands lying in the j and the records thereof; for the relief of Mrs. Julia H. Totten, widow of | James Totten, late lleutenant colonel and as- | pector general, United States army; | declaratory of the law reiating to descent, and ; Mbberitance in the District of Columbia in cer- tain cases; to provide for the settlement of ta: en certificates erroneously issued by the la authorities of the Dist Oo | create an additional associate justice of ‘the Supreme Court of the ana for the better admi; sald District; to transfer Stites to square No. 109 embia for the benert of the pubite schools tiereor; relating to tax sales and taxes in the Inctriet of Columbia; for the relief of Albert U. | man, late Treasurer of the United States: lise Home, in the City of to remove the political di: a Tucker, of the District of Columbia. Also, the following joint resolu- king an appropriation for filling up, sanitary condi- ipitol, along the canal, and for other’ purposes; an appropriation for the benetit of the made in a foreign evunti District of Columbia, rict of Columbia; District of Columbia, nistration of justice io the title of the United | tothe District of Co- the relief of the Loui abilities of John four votes, 4; Connecticut, 1; New Jersey, 2; Pennsylyan! draining and tion the south of t CoMMIssIONER-GENRKAT. McConsicK will open | an office in the post office building in New York next Monday, where information may be ob- tained regarding the unsold goods of American The ships Supply and Tri- are expected to ar- exhibitors at Paris. Mountain, with such goods, rive ai Brooklyn next week. The is not expected for several weeks, for repairs at Lisbon. OUR TRADE WITH PERNAMBUCO. States consul at Pernambuco in a dispatch to the Department of State, presents Pernambuco a8 @ place of business and trade wort! attention of the merchants and manufactures At present this country portations and second inex tations, in the statistics of Pernambuco. pepulation of the city is 125,600. Thirty stea- mers and about one hundred sailing vessels ar- five in port every month. An English com- ny 13 about to const: rnambuco through thi —The United | of the United States. ruct a railway from through the rich river valley, a lance oO: ninety n les, affording gre: Ues for bringing to market its valuable 7 from the United States van be made to equal in | United States, the consul thinks, EX CONGRESSMAN SHOBER, Of North Carolina, ; has withdrawn from the canvass for the Secre. ip of the Senate in favor of Hon. a, M. | possible they take matters philosophic: and | complacently on the “other frend that ac! | RENO Nor ro se Cover MaRtia 6 for 812, 6 for 810.50, | battle of the Little BI engagement, an | conduct of the Big Horn and Major Ke: mecludes as rollow: flicers throughout w cents, or 3 for $2.50. | lent, and while subordinates in some of Collars @2perdozsn. | did more for the safety of the comman les of Cuffs $4.50 per | }ant displays of cour Halt there was nothing fn hi 3 | animadversion from this court. the conclusion of this court, th view of all th facts in evidence, that no further proceedings | are necessary in this case, and it expresses this opinion in compliance with the concluding clause | of the order convening the court.” The ge ; of the army and the Secretary of War have | proved the findings. "Bos vO cone, ose a cent: 's (finisbed), cents, Laun- thera of all evades, from St up. the print is | Career enable the unsuccesst | recognize the director that is to be. ‘There is a Cinriee Cook ene isa ernard writer on do- nestic ecture, art in the hot figs ut It ts “hardly to be believed” eka te bas given up the constderatio cornices, curtains and candlesticks to haabuge Uke government surveys. One might } Ithagine that Clarence King, recognized able seientine Man, both in this country and abroad, was Intended, inasmuch a3 indications do point towards his appointment. But Clar- | ence King is the very man who exposed the A SHtrwREckED Ckew.—Mr. William Dougall, U.S. vice consul at Antiqua, in a dispatch | tothe Department of State, dated January 30, reports the shipwreck of the schooner ice Kieh, of Boston, bound to Barbadoes. | =even In all, took to the small boat sinking rapidly. hts they reached Antiqua, consul provided for their | Wants and obtained passages for them to their have be and left the schoo THE PLAGUE IN it | minister to Vienna, in his last dispateh to the announces that alarm arising from the extension and fatality | Of the pest. mn Russia, t ‘a Patterns of Bilver | Us to offer the latest { Forks of Ir. Kasson, our | Department ewhat diminished ible measures lately sid and extensive atertally atfected precautions adopted in | o heen virtually adopted by : and Koumania. fons have been made for the establishient of « close military cordon along tier, should “the p , iH Special appropriat | Colum June 20th, 1878, 1879, and annuall | Such sums as will, with the interest thereon at | poodle of Hg per = Per annum, be suftl- ie pay the principal of the 8.65 | the District ot Colm ponent ® across the frontier is only allowed previous they have not been in an infected A large portion of Russian goods are valve. = u Se aban ounce cep or ‘febe-ly 1002 F sirect n.w. Py Ee OR Eeeeso ces prohibited adinission into Austria. carriages and the } disinfected at the frontier. posed district must be tum! iged that these measures 01 sengers’ effects must be Letters comin from an ex} Hopes are indul, vention may be soon suspended. tme fears are entertained that wil tion of cold Ve cieed (w spread with mentioned, A) hich ts adverse to the vival of the pest increasing vigor. As heretofore Germai and Hi ‘los, Feiant invited most decided char- acter. 1¢ occurs Lo our minister that the United fates Safely neglect to | The Cabinet Meeting To-day. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEAATII. At the Cabinet meeting this afternoon the appointment of the members of the National Beard of Health, under the bill passed during the closing hours of Congress, was considered. The bill provides that the board shall consist ' respectively of ove member representing the Treasury department, one the Navy, oné the War and one the department of Justice, and seven to be appointed by the President. decided that Surgeon General Woodworth, of Marine Hospital service, should be the rep- ; sentative cf the Treasury devartmert; Med- Gunneil. of the’ Navy; of the department of DISRASE. The Cabinet also discussed the condition of our cattle trade with Engiand, and the restric- {fons thereon. It appears that a cargo of Eng- lish cattle Is now in quarantine at New York, among which pleuro-pneumonta exists. There is more of this disease now in England than in ; this country, and it is of great importance that no cattle be allowed to be imported to the U. S$ among which the disease is found. A law passed in 1866 gives the Secretary of the ‘Treasury power to prevent such importation. It will be enforced for the protection of cattle in this country. The President and Congress. WBRRE THEY WILE AGREE AND WHERE THEY WILL DISAGREE. The three bones of contention at the extra | session of Congress will be, of course, the repeal of the supervisors of elections law; the repeal of the jurors test oath law; and the repeal of the | section of the revised statutes authorizing the use Of troopsat the polls. In the consideration | Of at least one of these measures the democratic | Forty-sixth Congress and the President will be | indirect conflict. The President has made no secret to some gentiemen of his opinions in regard tothese three measures. The jurors test | oath laws and the law authorizing ihe use of | troops at the poils he regards as remnants of “war legislation.” The first are now almost a dead letter. He would not, there fs good au- thority for saying, place himself in conflict with Congress by a refusal to sanction their repeal. 1is course since he has been the Chief Magistrate of the country in regard to the use of troops tn elections can be taken as } an indication of how he will act in the f"ture on. that subject. It 1s well-known that he has always been opposed to the army being used in elections. He would not oppose Congress in a bill repealing the statute that authorizes the presence of the troops at the polls. Of the pro- posed repeal of the supervisors law he takes a different view. He looks on that law as a safe- Cae to the purity of the ballot ia elections. le does not consider the presence of super- Visors of elections necessary only in the south but as equally necessary in every state in the union. Tbinking as he does {¢'1s evident that a direct conflict between him afid Congress inevi- table. One of the leaders of the republican arty to-day said to a Star reporter: “The lemocrats will never wipe the supervisors Statutes off the book while there is a republt- can President.” That the democrats intend to make an effort in that direction is well -y cannot pass this over a veto. They will then tack it on to the k tive bill, ‘Then will come the real fight, and one side or the other will have to recede, or there will be nO Money to carry on the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the government, which means, among other things, that mem- bers of Congress will have to go without their les. All but sixty members of the next House will be new men, who will not look agree- ably at the prospect of no money. Several leading democrats are doubtful if they can kee; the next House together to the bitter end on the repeal of the supervisors laws. The House Organization. ‘The canvass for the Speakership progresses | very quietly to-day. There is but little excite. ment at any of the hotels, and the war will hardly wax warm before Monday or Tuesday next. Speaker Randall has gone to New York, and will not return until Tuesday. Last night the friends of Mr. Blackburn, after a per- Sonal canvass made in his interest during vie ; igured up that their candidate had eignty- ‘lstributed as follows: In New Yor! Delaware, 1; Maryland, 2; Virginia, 8; Nortit | Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 4; Georgia, 2; Ala- bama, 2; Louisiana, 4; Mississippi, 4; Arkansas, 3; Texas. 4; Tennessee, 4; Kentucky, 9; Missouri, 5; Ulinols, 5; Indiana, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Ohio, 5. This 1s probably a rose ‘colored estimate, but allowing a shrinkage of 20 per cent., it will be Lunch house of Washington, District of | Seen that Blackburn enters the contest with a ja. ; Strong following. THE SOUTHERN VIEW. What gives him strength is the feeling that the time has come when the Speakership should go south. Southern men say that the exciting political debates in the close of the last session has convinced thera that no matter how | circumspectly the representatives of their sec- ton may demean themselves, that the republi- | Cans do not intend to io the issues of the War for a quarter of a century at least, and that the best way to meet unjust: aspersions upon the south ts to put a southern man in the Speaker's chair to convince the country that the south can rule with moderation and discretion. WHAT THE GREENBACKERS SAY, The greenbackers still claim that they have seventeen votes—fifteen, they say, will stand ; With them In apy emergency. These are Ladd and Murch, of Maine; Phel; Conn.; Yocum and Wright, Pa.; Barlow, Vt., Russell, N. Felton and Spear, Ga.; Low, Ala.; Jones, Texas; Singleton and Stevenson, of Til, (claimed, but doubtful;) Weaver and Gillette, lowa; De La | Matyr, Ind., and Ford, ot Mo. he southern democrats have 100 members in the next House, which will require forty-four exports to the | < he got from the north to control the Speaker- ip. The Republicans do not anticipate that it is for them to organize the next House, so Mr. Blackburn will take rooms at Willard’s on | Monday next, when the real contest will begin, “CLARENCE COOK” vs. CLARENCE KING.—The | applicants or aspirants for the position of dl- rector of the consolidated western surveys un- he | derthe Interior department are dismayed at cel- | 1h announcement in a morning paper that one “Clarence Cook” ts to be placed in the responsi- d Dy brii- | ble posit than did Major Reno, | t which requires This condition of affairs is made ‘asperating by the fact that not even particulars of bis previous wicked competitors to be believed ’ that, as an windl ith which “Clarence Cook” 1s sal connected; and it is not fy be pre. t any one could be so carel , less as to hold a man responsible for a fraudulent scheme which he himself presented to the public in tts true light, Some San Francisco 3} Cl ported a diamond field in Al Gone ing eae y with che ce King, who knew that the coud wo ally in that ulators re- na, having ‘p diamonds, ed the 01 ones could not. found natur, ‘ological formation, visi aond fields.” discovers the fraud, and o | posed it in an ‘official this | MAN who ts to be rejected ty favenee tnt? | rupt “Clarence Cooke a favor of the cor- 5 Pen Cent. Boxps.—The THE Disrete | Sundry civil bin contains the following “and there is hereby appropriated out of the propor- {ional sum which the United States may con- | tribute toward the Csiro of the District of ia * * ©. for thereafter, Congress approved June 20th, 1874, which said suras the Seeretaty sf the Treasuy shall annually tnvest in safd bonds at not ex- ceeding the par value thereof; and all bonds so ; escola an gesroped ‘in th sae a ar TO; that United States bonds r - Stroy cd. Under this act the Secretary of the - Tt was | Health Legisiation. General misapprehension seems to prevatl in regard to the provisions of the publtc health bill passed by Congress on the last day of the session. It does not in any way provide means for preventing the introduction of epidemic dis- ease into the country further than by estab- ishing a central board of health, wno are to “advise” with local sanitary authorities, but who have no executive or directing pows whatever that may be exercised for the exci sion or limitation of epidemic disease, Ia this respect the bill will be disappointing to thos» Who had hoped that the general government would be Lig eben: to employ measures fo this end as the events of the past year platul enough proved that the isolated and feeb! efforts of local ‘Authorities were eae fo at purpose. If the yellow fever should azain ravage @ southern states uri the comin - summer, Cd peg oa may console themseive . with the reflection that ibelr’ representatives in Congress denied the right of the general gov ernment to institute measures for their pro- tection, although those proposed supplemente 1 rather than interfered witu exist! regula, Uons. The bill provides for a ard ot health of eleven members, three of whom shall be medical officers detailed from the Aimy, Navy and Marine Hospital services; one officer from thie Department of Justice and seven members to be appointed by the Presi- dent, who are to receive a per diem compensa- Uon while actually on duty. The board are to meetin Washington within thirty days after the passage of this act, and are to elect their resident. The duties of the board, as defined yy the bill, are to obtain information on all matters connected with the public health, and to advise with the neral government and With the executives of the several states on all Matters that may be submitted to them, “o; Whenever in their opinion such advice may tend to the preservation of the public health.” Tae Beards also to prepare, after conference with the Academy of Sciences, and with the princi- pal sanitary organizations of the country, a plan for a national health organization, with special reierence to the question of quarantine, to be reported to the next Congress. This’ muci vexed question will thus for the first time in Unis country be submitted to the consideration of abedy capable of judging dispasstonately and intel igentiy, Provided the constitution of the board is such as the gravity of the ques- uons involved give us a ht to ex- Pect, and here lies the principal danger of the whole work of the board ending uselessly or being diverted into mischiev- ous channels, though geographical and other considerations tnd properly prevail to come extent in the selection of the members, their fitness for the special duties that will be Tequired of them should be the determining in- fiuence, and only those who have ere gary training in or been prominently iden’ with sanitary sctence should be selected. It would wholly of. physicians a sata omega wholly of physicians; a e 3 would’ be almost a necessity. The Getall trom the Department of Justice of a lawyer with a sound and unprejudiced knowledge of constitu- Uonal law, will essentially aid the board in ar- fang a satisfactory scheme for national he th legislation. Had Congress supplied the proper means the present, law would be effect- ve as far as it goes; buts! mn General Wood- worth, of the marine, hospital service, who is cae with its exécution, urged upon the members of the select gommitrees on epidemic iseases, ap yy the Forty-fifth Congress, the it importance of Supplementing that law by creating a national rd of health, which shall frame all rules and Tegulations ne- cessary to carry out its objects. Dr. Woodworth is of the opinion that while there should be but one executive officer to carry out these rules and lations, it 1s equally necessary that the latter should be prepared by a board composed of a sufficient number of the most eminent san- itarlans of the country. THE Vacancy in the 12th New York Congres- sional district cannot be filled until next fall, ag*the law of the state does not authorize the governor to order a 1 election without the consent of the I ture. Schleicher’s suc- cessor will not be elected until April next, and a eeagey s will probably succeed and it there is a dead lock, he may get here before the House Is organized. IMMIGRATION IN 1878.—The Chief of the Bu- reau of Statistics furnishes the following sum- Mary of the official returns of immigration into the United States:—During the calendar year 1878 there arrived at the several ports o% the United States 200,254 rs, of whom 158,207 were immigrants. During the calendar year 1877 the arrivals of passengers wa. 190,361, of whom 130,503 were immigrants showing an increase of 22,704 in the numiber of immigrants, or about Seventeen per cent. THE APPROPRIATION FOR RESTORING THE Pa- TENT OFFIcE.—The previous appropriation 0° $100,000 1s made available, and an additiona! $150,000 is granted, so that $250,000 are appro- priated to rebuild the Patent Office. The re- Fortof the commission of pee to examine Plans, which has been ed in THE 8ral recommended certain favorably, an others in case the idea of restoring the building substantially to its condition before the fire, were adhered to. The designs which contem- ated an additional story for the ponding sere n abandoned, and, in accordance with the suggestion of t commission, the plans of Cluss and Schultze, architects of this city, for restoring the area @ will be followed. Com- missioner of Patents Paine, the architect of the Capitol, Mr. Clark, and Col, Casey, are the com- mission to superintend the work, Asthe P searri to be carried out, as well as the néceasary funds, are in hand, it is Ukely that the work will not be long delayed. ‘THE WEEKLY Stam, now ready, contains all | the News of the Week, home and foreign; Closing Congresstonal proceedings; Spring Fashions, by Jennie June; W: mn Society news; the grand entertainment at the White House; lively Notes; Agricultural Matters; White House otra" Pig Sieh taht Seren miral snd Household Matters, 2 paid; single coptes 5 cents, in wrappers, & THE UNITED StaTes DisrRicr JuDGESHIP IN BaLTIMORE.—The Baltimore Sun of this morn- ing says:—Judge R, W. Hughes will continue to sit tn the United States district court for Mary- land until Judge Giles’ resignation, which was received in Vestington Tuesday evening, shall have been accept by the President. “Judge Hughes filed a paper yesterday, expt his views, and saying: *¥ will do nothing that can- pot be postponed without serious injury to public or private interests until we hear what action the President has taken upon the letter of resignation which has been forwarded by Judge Giles.” District Attorney Soe wae requested by the Judge to telegraph to 'ashington asking me en, and the following reply was re- ved: ‘Washington, D.C., March 6, 1879.—Hon. Robert W. Hughes, Semeneted Tonge of the U.S. dis- trict court, Baltimore, Md.: The President will accept Judge Giles’s resignation, to take effect upon the appointment and qualffication of his succeseor and Judge Giles has been so notified. ‘This, it ts presumed, will cure all difficulty. CHaRLEs Devens, Attorney General.” CHEATING THE Beti-Poncu.—Norfolk is a Jolly city. Her liquor dealers fatled to turn the crank or ring the bell of the Moffett, rT once during the whole month of February. This looks like rank re-bell-ion, and what Norfolk needs is fury metal of the true ring to _bi these fellows toa proper sense of their bel igorancy.—[( Richmond (Va.) State. OUR TRADE wiTH FRANCR.—M. Leon Chotteau addreseed the New York Chamber of Commerce address w: erred to a special committee to investigate the whole question of trade with France thoroughly. THE Mi PUBLICAN CONVENTION met at Lansing yesterday, Hon, James Rich pre- sided. Judge James V. Campbell, of Detroit, Was renominated for associate of the supreme court, and E. O. Grosvenor, of Jones- ville, and James shearer, of Bay city, were - for regents of the state vormiy. rere congratulating people on the return to specie payments, and Epp any radial change in the present na- jal system. Postal Route Agent Stowell’s Case. UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATIONS. The postal route agent, William J. Stowell, Whose arrest was noticed yesterday in Tut Star, was before U. 8. Commissioner Rogers, in Baltimore, yesterday. The charges, as origt- nally preferred by Special Agents Henderson and Tidball, were for having illegally in his pos- session certain third-class mail matter; to these Colonel Henderson added another charge, that of turning into the department a counterfeit mail lock key. The American of this morniag says:—Messrs. Henderson and Tidball testitled for the government that a number of articles of value have from time to time lately been miss- ing from the mails, and when the accused wa3 arrested on Wednesday afternoon he had in his Possession several packages which had b2en Mailed; besides these they had fouad in his house a large number of brass pouch ties used on the bags containing the third-class matter. Agent Tidball explained in some detail the rez- ulations of the department and Stowell’s irre 2- ularities, and also told of his having turned in a key, numbered 326, which was plainly counter- felt. The matl matter found his possession Was what was known as misdirected orunm v1a- ble; he had been to the endof hisroute at Wasit- oo and should have delivered all his unma!l- able packages there, instead of taking them to his house, which he was doing when arrested: they were in a basket in which he usually car- ned his lunch. Stowell was then heard in his own behalf. As to the pouch ties found at his house, he had, he said, been collecting them for several months past to experiment with, a3 he had a patent for a similar article. He had no idea of appropriating them to his own use or depriving the department of them. Being an officer of the government he beri aay that these pean his possession covered the case. The misdirected packages found in his possession, he sald, he intended to take to the Baltimore office and try to find the proper directions, He in- sisted that he had them with no evil intent, and took them home only for convenience. Asto the key, he had lost his own, and had the one called counterfeit made to save the department ex- pense. Commissioner Rogers said that defend- ant’s own statements showed that he had vio- lated the regulations of the department, and his explanations were anything but satisfactory. He would, therefore, hold him in $3,000 to an- swer, in default of which he was committed to the custody of the marshal. DEMOCRATS AND GREENBACKERS ALIKE DIs- SATISFIED.—A telegram from Detroit, Mich., March 5, says: The coalition movement in this state starts off with a good deal of friction. All the hard-money democratic papers have put up the ticket, while bitterly denounce! the plat- form and the convention. It 1s thus certain that there will be no organized bolt. ‘The Jackson county delegation.which seceded, have published a public address denouncing the ac- Uon of the majority of the convention, defend- ing their own withdrawal and saying that their constituents are not bound by the convention's action, except so far as a er be indtvidu- ally suited. The seceding Kalamazoo delega- ton, headed by Foster Pratt, an ex-chatrman of the democratic state central committee, have also issued an address taking the same ground, Geclaring that the convention nominated a Ucket exclusively of greenbackers,and: sc ey Platform committed to flat money, unlim! in Amount and irredeemable in coin. Beyond this sort of demonstration and much private quar- reling democratic dissatisfaction will not, on the battonal side there is some quiet at — tie Friday’s coe ae Creek ournal, formerly republican, only estab- Ushed daily organ of the nationals in'the state, edited by ex-Congressman George Willard, has refused to accept the coalition. It denounces , and help on the latter for 1880. Such scheming for the benefit of a solid south the paper refuses to ald, and Mr. Willard will not be without many fol- lowers. The — state convention meets to-morrow at Lansing. It will be um ‘strong in membership, and can be relied upon for wise action. Judge James V. Campbell will ena by acclamation to the icket. ‘THE BONDED DEBT OF TENNESSEE. — Thi minority re) to rt 'ennessee ture on the validity of the bonded debt of the state Sets forth that nin psed, wit bonds, the i eedings of the legisla mds, the various proc of the le: a basiis is Site ca Niet aving on the cont serve er t> Sontirm thelr valldlty. It is therefore recom merided that if the state means to contest thel- validity the issue be determined by a tribunal, or that without delay a settlement b> made with her creditorson terms that can bo ropored witaout dishonor. The report con ot some pointed observations on the subject ue. CONGRESSMAN ALDERMAN O'REILLY — ‘The extra session of emer raises an Impor- important in the Brooklyn of asit enables the republicans to override the Vetoes of the democratic mayor. Mr. O'Reilly has secured from a number of lat Mi O'Reilly, to save any question, has gone to Al- pany) aon oe endetvor to have this = Fred en exce| congressmen. event God J compelled to vacate his seat in the board of aldermen, his successor will probably be a Lay prey democrat, and then the Tepublicans could not hope to override vetoes. (Y. ¥. Sun, 7th, we INVIOLABILITY OF TELEGRAPHIC MRSSAGES.— E. L. Smith, manager of the Western Union telegraph at Topeka, Kansas, 1s still heid in cus- Corian tas ro fostsinet in) estigating a ve inv committee concerning the late spnatorial elec. inviolate he will continue in custody until end of the session. He 1s allowed the liberty of the state house, and occasionally goes down town but always attended by a deputy ser- geant-at-arms, a, ena oF the republicans ee — In senate shows a large maj favor Grant for 1880. As the result. recorded in the Milwaukee Sentinel, int all the senators f£eemed to have an impresai m that the candi- date is to be Grant. , and while a good many of them preferred either Blaine, or Sher- man, or Edmunds, or Garfield, they all declared their willingness to take him CEP gic so decrees. The republican members of the house seem to be ina lar frame of mind. AS AN ILLUSTRATION Of the improved business outlook the Cincinnati Commercial says: “The head of one of the largest firms of this city started west on an extensive collecting tour a few weeks ago, and returned much sooner than he anticipated with the cheerful report that he had not failed to collect every dollar due for ‘ods, and had not found a single ‘bad debt’ in fie whole list of the firm's customers. ‘The cash was paid on demand, and accompanied with fresh orders for the ensuing season. Heavy Ramis contented, th a the interior. oot California for foi levees at Maryevilie roke yesterday, flood- ing the suburbs. The inside levee protected the city. Russian _river overflowed and fi the valley. The North Pacific Coast railroad track was badly washed out. A ich from. Napa says the creek overtiowed its yes- terday. The water in Spanishtown and Chi- patown, suburbs of the city was six feet deep, The flood came suddenly. Several lives were lost and there were many narrow escapes from 1s. Mk. TILDEN’S REPLY To A CLUB NOMINATION.— ‘The Americus Club, of Reading, Berks county, Pa,on af ppeomey 4 received the from Mr. Samuel J. od in pew to one noti- its kindly remembrance of me than Ses of Berks. S anon Ltt id ae i ernment parties at the beginnin; oe i to promote the largest liberty, of which Jefferson was the head, and for almost a century, mutations of time and of mei , through all the the Ch pay bad Berks have been ‘Uunchangeably devoted to original ideas.” A BRUTAL MURDER.—Saimuel Hunter, aged 15, acart driver at the Bessemer works near Braddock, Pa., was found tally murdered Wednesday, his face a with stab3 and his head crashed. John Lawlorand Martin Murray, with whom he had quarreled, and who threatened him with vengeance, have been ar- rested on suspicion. CONGRESSMAN HENDRICK B. WRIGHT, on his return to Wilkesbarre, ived by two brass bands. He & Speech, declaring his belief that — 2 The double daily mail on the Virginia Midiand railroad will be restored Sunday Best, | Telegrams to The Star. | THE BERLIN TREATY. NEW FRENCH CABINET. THE ENGLISH STRIKERS. BURRITT FOREIGN AFFAIRS, and Great Western fi : .—Mr. James Mcliet accordance with his previous notice, hi a circular inviting the bond and shareholders of the Aulantic and Great Western railway to meet to decide on the following power of the trustees to anization dated July gist, le Increase to ten million bonds and the undefined SDON, March 7. on the 11th instant polnts:— First. The depart from the reo dollars of the prior lien increase in the issue: improvident and unnecessary. trustees cannot im} arbitrarily fix a time for ‘Ues, and that such a cor powers and to the laws of Ni Yania and Ohio, under whi rated. Fourth. That the the trustees have to enter is one involv to bo pose fines and penalties and | the deposit of —— | lew York, Penusy]- ich the company is lease Signitied their inten! disastrous pose confidence in thet Sixth. That a committee be Sent the bond and shareholders as to action to be taken on behalf of the company. The French Electoral Commission. Pais, March 7.—At the final meeting of the electoral commission to be held to-day, M. Le Royer, minister of justice, and M. Lepere, min- ister of the interior, will attend and repeat the ministerial declaration against im) the DeBroglie and Fourtou mi ry on the result of which the | question of impeachment shail depend. ‘The Australian International Exhi- | ior | ities yesterday voted pation in the Australian | Mminary tnqut The Chamber of 225,000 francs for international exhibition. A Fraudulent Ban! Henri Lacay, a bankrupt nt jal of commerce at Tarbe-, fraudulently and Many sm: H creditors <c¢ affected. The amount of his deficit is not yet known. The British Plague Commissioners. Loxpon, March 7.—The British plague com- missioners will leave for Astrachan on Monday. Queen Victoria’s Trip. ‘loria will embark at instant aboard the and Albert for Cherbou probably be absent about Dr. Butt’s Condition. Dr. Butt’s condition is unchanged and very | Precarious. ve on mas- Teduction of ten per cent. Three thousand iron workers at Bradford have re- soved to strike. The French Cabinet Changes. Loxpon, ge ae eae A phan) ao ve pure exact B the cabinet. M. in 5 minister interior, is an advanced Gambettist. M. | considered a considerable shift- rial center of gra the debate on the merc! Lonpon, March 7.—The Times’ correspondent at Constantinople says: “The International Commission at’ Phili te ie § g s : i=} & sixteen cars of an i ‘i Hi bal be a dividend of rT cent. on the ee ieee here, having an a At 497 Broome street. firm’s purchasing bas been virtually ‘ae for the past five years. Very little is dae in New York for merchandise, and it ts not be- lleved that the amount of © held bere wit | Delarge. A large part of their indebsedness is due in London and Paris, as most of their pur- chases were made in Europe, where they had excellent credit. Killed fort Fight. James Nolan, of 109 Perry street, while inter- fering in a drunken Dent jast night, at 371 West street, was assaulied by John Cassidy. Be re- ceived three deep cuts on his forenead, cheek and nose, and a stlil more dangerous wound in the neck. ‘The flesh had been cut away trom his forehead so that the Skin was laid Dare. Nolan endeavor to y ruaning toward Perry street, and at length el on the sidewall He ts in a dying condition. Cassidy has been artested and identified as the man who made the murderous assault, | au Night Session of Boston Sotons. Boston, March The common council did not 2djourn until 4 o'clock this morniug, having been “rangling most of the time on an ome under tbe lead of Whitmore, to the vote by which Chas Harris was elected, by ballot, at the ae % as sewert perintendent of streets. The 3 members was that a motion to reco: the ballot could not be entertained. A sharpcon- test ensued, the pre- i i i Fy E & 4 i Ey i loss 1s estimated at $30,000, E, March 7.—' ‘BALTIMOR! 7.—Virginia Sates: 1; do. Gt: orien, SUK; ohio donee 10 isd ak eae ee a yiny March 7.- ‘samme $ivo by Mr. Joshua Regester, cludin; is a Tue anniversary of the | Su ‘school and i i ul ka rll alld es ia i ae sted a fice He a oe 4 ‘i bi) James E. Armstrong, Rev. Geo, 7, dyter,