Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1879, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISH DAILY, & xcept Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres'’t. TRE EVENING Sraw 1s served to subscrvers in the city by conte sounter, 2 centseach. By mail- 60 cents s month ; one year, &6. ‘Tae WEEKLY Sree potimnes, on. Fri ee Prepaid. 10 copies for $15: SF All mall sutecriptions must LS pr vance; no paper longer than so paid fo me made known “BY covies w ad | Caro ered by piominct s eaters. at Orations will be deliv. SECRETARY. cra A GRAND M455 WEETISG will oo & SJ This + V- NING, at7 pm, atthe Bt C tol groms die for the gp bent ited to Conurere what: jembs rs of Copwre-s end other sje akers lisve b fuvited, ana wil be present ty address Lao ct a rpese of a GIENWOOD m e¢i.<of the LOT OWNERS O¢ GLE Woob CeMETE .Y, wili be held at Fra-k in Halt reets norris west.on Wr DNXs- G. 19th vnetent, at Tig o’chek p.m. jauce of lorem wets is one i,o8 bus fuers of iuy-o tauce w ll ne submittes for est era tion : TW BARTLaY. ‘warl7 3 3. w TOA : Lt 2A eh t Music im tho ‘aver uF, marld UTUAL F IRF INSURANCE COMPANY Ce ee ie sihrurnea mectt ef ths uameabers of this com, any Wiil be held at FRANKLLS Hi UL, Bo: thwest corner of 6h and C-t-veta n.w ,0n MON: DAY NEXT. March 17, 1679, at 7:30 pun. "A general es Feauestea- a. €. RICHARDS, marist Obairmin An: usl Meeting. s- NOTICE. be Annnal Meeting of the members of the TUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPaNY, of the trict of Culun bia, for the election were to serve the ensuing year, <Bice of the Company. on MONDAY, | of Api, 1879. Po:ls open fron: 9 o'elo 1 : Go'clock p. m2. 3. WESLEY BOTELER, ward w.s &m.5wk’m Secretary. SULPHUR WaTERS, MILBUEN’S PHARMACY, 1429 PENN+YLVANIA AVENUE. Greerbrier, White Sulphur and Kentucky Biue Lick ywst received. marls-tr (ee pMUSEGS OK RY corn)-te. ‘Th world. at Ré atove ROBER ork MU) Dis ‘ AGES, ‘At the Extgulisbinont of W’ B MOSES & BON, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seve: fh Rw. mard-tr Eee ORURE NEREQUNDLAND COD Lives 0! Drag street an IL, at DREW'S btore, corner 9th d Pennsylvania avenue. 60 a ful pint. NOTIOE. “WaskIneton Crry, D. O., February 18, 1879. Ph PA IT Gaine of eitiue of the United mee seer the government of Niearanwua for infu ite aud feb26-la HAVING BOUGHT THE PATENTS FOR Dr. Coiboun’s Porous Evaporator, we a & CAnD. @aving more Heavy Goods on hand at this season of the year than I usually have, and in order to reduce them as quick as possible, preparatory to opening my Epring Stock, I will continue to sell for the xext Tex Days at the Repucep Prices which 1 have heretofore offered, viz:—Overcoats from ‘Twenty-five to Forty Per Cents; Business Suits, ‘Dress Suits, Coats and Vests and Oassimere Pants from Twenty to Thirty Per Cext.; Youth's, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing st proportionate prices. A good many of these goods are suitab'e for early Spring Wear, and if Purchasers do not have imme- Cinte use for them, it would Pay to reserve them for next Fall. A. STRAUS, 2011 Pa. ave., marétr ‘Three Doors East of 11th st. oo RECEIVED, A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF EASTER CARDS, Embracing Marcus Warde, Prangs & Rothe, of Lon- so, lete list of sees comREADINGS FOR LENT. orese’Y J. D. FREE, Jn., Ebbitt House, and a Book and News Depot, 14th and Pa ave. Sw sg £5 TO OBDER. SPECIAL &1X VERY BEST FOB 812. Material snd Workmanship unexcelled. F street, aT THOMPSON'S Sutar Factory, 816 F street northwest, warl0-Im Opposite Patent Office. 50 BABRiUS BEFINED CIDER, ei oe ay SAMUEL C. PALME Depot 67 Greene street, feblt-tr GEORGETOWN, D. 0. Gereaenecr LAND SCBIP. Trustees of the McDONOUGH EDUCA. TIONAL FUND AND INSTITUTE, of the city of invite osals for the purchase of ‘Hundred and Twenty «ix (326) Certiiloates of , representing twenty-six thousand snd forty (26,040) acres of public land, wi h auth yto = u Senettananot provisions < ‘the sixth section o! Congress approvet June 23d, 1860, as extended by the act of C ae oNERESS ap ed March 2d, 1867, aa extended 21a amended By the act of Congress’ appioved June lth, 1872, and, as further extended and amended by the act of Congress gperoved. F poag: oye ‘28th, 1879. lor ‘Beale Proj the purchase, as aforesaid, are to be 10 in the cit of Balt rior to the Fins Day or May, 1819, on Which day they will be opered and considered the Trusices bereby retaining the right to accept or Feject any one or all of said p; i TAGaRT, febl7-Iantmyl* Pregident. , SEED, FLOWERS, &c. An immense stock o* all kinds of FRUIT TREES, standards and dwa'fs. meen! ‘btrawb-rries, &c. ‘Dew, rare (Cut Ziowers, Bovanets, Desians fe Cen housan Ejztising in the Nursery line—Plaute, Beeds and Flowers—at lowest rat-s. JOHN Bal merl0eoltt* 691 71h st. opp. Patent Ese BHIETS made to order of the s% Fat Most nd twenty-one hundred Linen Di elegant manner “i aeety Vi. 58—N2. 8.097, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1879. TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR, Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT KEC Interval rey- enue, $4. ‘Ts TO-Day. 4.08; customs. ¢ Strscurrtioxs to tour per cent. loan to-day Were $1,517,550, With THE REpvciION made last December, the cutting down in the force of employes of the railway mall service on account of small appropriations at Last se: be in num. ber about two hund CutRF Mosks Comix To Wasutncrox.— | Commissioner of Indian Affairs Mayt to-day received the following dispatch from J H. Wil- bur, ind‘an agent, dated Fort Simco, Wyomiag Territory, Mareh’ 14th: “Moses and’ oue of il!s clnefs até here. Will leave for Washinzton on the lith. He was arrested and I batled hin.” Mo: visit to V ‘hington will be ia reference tothe final location of his tribe, the Umatilla PERSONAL.—Wm. D. Todd, formerly cf this city, and for many years an officer of Congress, but now a prominent citizen of Denver, is in Washington. assistant secret Jersey home. ‘ary, has returned from his New THE Baltimore JupGesnir.—D. F. Barlett, Wm. Roberts, Henry Clay Smith and Rev. W. Hi. Pitcher were of a Baltimore delegation that cuiled on the President to-day. They were in the interest of R. Stockett Matthews as the suc- cessor of Judge Giles. Mr. Matthews isa very premirent candidate for tne position, and it looks as if he was the coming man. Navat. Orpers.—Lieut. R. P. Rodgers from the Pensacola and ordered to duty at the Naval Academy June 10thnext. Master J. B. Collins trem the New Hampshire, at Port Royal, S.C and ordered to the Vandalia, at Boston, Mas Passed Assistant Paymaster L. Broggs to @uty in the bureau of provisions, Navy dep. iment, onthe isthinst. Assistant Paymaster G. M. Aen to duty in the bureau of provisions and clothing. of the sick democrats, arrived in the city this morning. He was breught in by Erastus Well: also a demccrat elect. Mr. Lay looks pate an Weak, ard went to bed immediately upon its arrival. He will be at the caucus to-night, how- ever. AT THE WHITE Hovsg.—Senators Kernan, Legan, Bruce, Burnside, Hill, and Dawes; Rep- Tezentatives-elect McKinley, Hiscock, Neal, Mulienbe:ger, McGowan, Urner, Van Vorhes, Jones of Tenn., Bennet, Fisher, and ex-Rep:e- sebtative Rainey call Loss cr Snir Jean InGstow.—The consul at Singapore writes to the Department of State that it is probable that the ship Jean Ingelow, Captain George S. Tanton, of Portsmouth, N. H1_, is lest, with allon board. She was last seen off the Madetra Islands, about the 12th of June, isis, having sailed from Penarth roads, on the vith of May, for Singapore. The consul has a number of letters for the captain and crew which he will send to the dead letter office tn Washington. Captain Tanton bore a high rep- utation in Singapore. He was married in Liver- pool just before his last voyage, and his wife Was With him when te ship was lost. A New FoRM OF STATISTICAL ABSTRACT, pre- pared by the Bureau of Statistics, will be issued in afew days. It will be a small document of about 150 pages, and gives in a condensed form the information here! ofore contained in a very large volume. It has full statements of the im- ports and exrorts, and toni and full details of the ecmmerce of the United States with each foreign country for the last 25 years, and is in form similar to the Statistical Abstract of Great, Britain, a document that is "ded as a model of concensed statistics. Such a document, has Bot. been attempted here until now, and it will piobsbly be so satisfactory as in use to saner- cede the bulk: ‘¥ Statistics heretofore furnised. THE DISABLED ConstituTION.—A Bultimore dispatch says: Capt. Vaughn, of the British bark Sagitta, just arrived at this port, reports that on February 15th, in latitude 45° 47° north and longitude i6° 4° west, he spoke a United States man-of-war, bark with mizzeo bead gone. He could not but ber command ler Te} and ‘ed that a steamer be sent to her assist- ance. This vessel was evidently the Constitu- top. The Constitution was disabled in the manner reported, and was on the 15th of Feb- portea by Capt. Vaughn. She "as sino ret Capt. Vaug! put Tato Lisbon, where she is being rej So an unkown man-of-war tn di THE Four Per Cent. Loan.—Quite a number of rostma sters, collectors of customs and other offcers of the government, have applied to the Treasury department to be designated as agents for placing the four per cent. $10 cer- tiheates whith wilt be issued ms the Ist prox- imo. Their applications of course, be granted to the terms of the recent circular of the department on this subject. CS aetneres a then of apirianc ata o1 ol rr ve the departman ts red. there 1s no fear to be entertained on aoseaat oe listress. teen received at nt from national Wact as agents ta NorIcE.—This is to give notice that I posttive- Jy and emphatically decline to have anything to do whatever with office-seeking, verbally or by writing; telephonically or telegraphically; personally or by. proxy; straightrorwardly or sinuously ; ingeniously or disingeniously; super- terrestially or subterraneously; immediately or remotely; in the flesh or in the spirit; waking or j dreaming; or by any agency or instrumentality, j Leeson Birnie known to the human Tace. All Virginia papers please copy. oe Y. P Gaxnnatr, M. D. A May-Or-Wak FOR ALASKA.—A dispatch from Victoria states, concerning tue con- diuon of affairs in Alaska, that the English vessel, the Osprey, will remain there until she Is eee by an Poa ng — eee t jompson t ion of Ing & man-of-war to Alaska under consideration, and will determine whether to do so or not to-mor- row. He will pore dispatch a vessel there for the protection of the residents. He has two vYescels at San Francisco, elther of which he can use for that duty, One is the Alaska and the other tke Alert. The Alaska carries twelve guns abd the Alert five. Either one or the other will probably be dispatched immediately to Sitka. ‘The Secret: ry of the Treasury has the following uch Irom Capt. Selden, com- marding the revenue cutter Walcott, now at Sitka, Alaska:—-“ A sub-chief, with 36 followers, has tried to incite revolt and setze the property here. The remainder of the tribe, unwilling to join the sub-chief, is said to have left to induce the neighboring tribes to join him.” Secretary erman this noon received the following atch: March 17th.—Mail steamer Cal!- fornia eee rrived from Sitka. The Enylish war steamer Osprey and the U. cott will remain there until relt war vessels. 4 lence, but were threatening Capt. Selden, of the Walcott. He fn veal aa aes danger of break. re Pe . A. Werstre, Collector of Customs. o> ——___—<_— THe New Caxapa TaniFF.—The Dominion house cf commons, after a debate, Friday night passed the protective tariff resotu- Uons, apd they go Into 1orce at once, subject to | amendment the government see fit. The changes will, if 1s supposed, result in addition:! revenue of $2,200,000, and the buik of them have been made to affect importations from tue United States, ANDREW JUENSON, JR., 80D Of the late ex- President Andrew Jvhnson, d'ed Thursday las: | at bis home, near Union Depot. Kast Tennessee. He was educated at Georgetown college, and bas lately been engaged in editing a paper at Greenville, Tenn. # Fatal. DirFicOLTY BETWEEN Two Boys.— At Goldsboro’, N. diMicuity occurred 1as Monday between John Edmonstoa, aged 14 ud Duncan Johnson, aged 16, which resulte in the death of the former. Both are of re spectable parentage. A PHILADKLYHIA ScHOOLBOY, eleven years old, was robbed last Friday of a gold watch and chain, valued at $150, by a lad several years his senicr, wlio enticed him into an alley and in tue highwayman style drew a pistol and told him to “Land it over,” else he would blow his brains cut THE CBICAGO DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION ret greenback nominee for ‘or, Hon. Carter H. Harrison, and nominated Wm. C, Seipp for city treasurer, J. T. Grinnell for city allorbey, and J. P, Howard for city clerk. Mr. Pruden, the President's | REPRESENTATIVE ELECT Lay, of Missouri, one | on the President to-day. j BEFORE THE BATTLE. The Speakership Contest. If politicians were all honest 1 their pledges, there would be some chance to diagonose the Speakership contest; as they are not the case is involved in doub'. There are at least twenty Representatives circulating between the head- quarters of both the leading competitors, pledz- ing their allegiance to each, but wno really have Lo preference except to be on the wianiag side. To-day the outside opinion seems to be with Randall. Those who congregate in the hotel lcbbies declare that he will be lected on | © get the first ballot, and that Blackburn will not get over forty votes. It is plain to the dispas- slonate observer that Randall, or at least his friends, underestimate the canvass of Mr, Blackburn. There {s no disguising the fact that the latter has a strong following. What enters largely into the contest is the financia issue. Randall is supposed to represent the financial views of the eastern or hard ‘money democracy and Blackburn the “Onto idea.’ Vnder this Impression there can ve no doubt that many of the western mea who personaily as Randall will vote for Blackbarn. This notably so of THE OHIO DELEGATION. Randall all along has claimed elght votes from that state, and the outlook is that he will re- { ceive but one. The delegation met to-day at | the rooms of Judge Geddes, No. 1 After a full exchange of views 1 that the delegation stood as foliow dall, Mr. Tiurd. For Blackburn, ‘evre, Geddes, Warner, Fer Cox, Mess :—For Ra MacMano! Ewing, Finley and S. Hill and Converse. vo latter declared that they would vore for Blackburn if the contest narrowed down be. tween Randall and Blackburn. It ts concede: to-day by the shrewdest calculators that the Ohio and Missourt delegations hold THE BALANCE OF POWER. General Warner, of Ohio, says that there isno | 1 contingency which can arise whereby Renda! can get over three votes in Ohio —Mr. Hurd sure, and Messrs. Finley and Le Fevre, who are can- sidered shaky, owing to other influences in Ohio | which control them to a certain extent. ‘There Js one feature of the situation which is pow plain; that is that enough democrats will so into caucus to control the selection in the Bouse, and that whoever may be THE CAUBUS NOMINEE WILL RZ ELECTED. It 13 plain, too, that but two names, those of Blackburn and Randall, will be formally pre- sented in caucus, although S. 8.Cox will receive, without the formality of a nomination, from ten to seventeen votes. It was estimated at noon to-day that there wouid be 145 democrats here by to-night. ARRIVED TO-DAY. Whittaker, who has made a lightning rua from San Francisco, got here this morning, and was captured by Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson in Randall's interest, and taken to the Rigzs bouse. The last of the Missouri men also ar- rived to-day, Erastus Wells, having hiscolleagre | «Lay) in his ae The latter is still quite il!, and would not have come to the city had the demccrats had a larger majority in the lower House than they now have, AT THE RANDALI. HEADQUARTERS Unls morning there was a refreshing confidence displayed. Those who are managing the can- vass for Mr. Randall say that one ballot will end the contest; that their favorite will get Dinety votes. and that Blackburn will not get over forty-five. This they concede to the Ken- tuckian, THE BLACKBUBN MEN, on the other hand, feel just as contident. They estimated at noon that he has seventy-elght votes as firm as the everlasting hills and a | dozen more which will drift to him if they are | neeced. There is oue Using certain and that 1s Ubat some one will be disappointed to-niznt, There can be no doubt but that botn Kandail and Blackburn feel that they have their ele:- Uonsure. Some promises have perhaps been made that will not be kept. There seems to b: about ten or fifteen voters waiting to tumble in when the winning card shows up « little clearer than it new appears. TRE GREENBACKERS claim that Judge Kelley is with them. Tae- have a letter from him to tue effect that he will not be able to be in Washington until to tmorrow noon, but that le will proceed at once ‘upon his arrival to the Metropolitan hotel and lim by his vote any action which meanwiiti- they may take. Mr. Phelps of Connestiens ait Mr. Smith of New Jersey, heretofore claimed b the nationais, will go with the demoera ¢ ‘aa cus, aid the nationals now concede it. THE VIRGINIA DELEGATION. Gen. Joe Johnston, of Virginia, at ha'f-pas | two o'clock this afternoon visited Col. B14: burn at bis quarters in Willard’s and assured him that he would uot only vote for him but zealously work for him. This makes the Vir- | eee ge Stand as follow: urn: Tucker, Hunton. Goode, Cabell, Johnston and Richmond. For Randall: John ‘f. Harris. Doubtful: R. L, T. Beale. THE MISSOURI DELEGATION. It 1s claimed that Blackburn has five votes at least in the Missouri delegation as follows, viz: Bland, Waddell, Clark, Hatch and Frost. Col. Morrion, of Illinois, who is especially coachin, the delegation, claims one more. x THE REPUBLICANS OF THE HOUSE will hold a caucus at 4 o'clock this afternoon, in the hall of the House, at which Hon. James Garfield, Of Ohio, will be unanimously nom pated as the republican candidate for the Speakership. THE SITUATION AS WE GO TO PRESS may be summed up as “doubtful” able that there {s but little betting, and abso- lutely no pool selling. For a wonder, too, to- day there is but little excitement about the hotels. The work being done now ts not of the nolsy kind. The whisky bottle ts not now a Fotent factor, but both sides are getting in some hard work—of a diplomatic Kind A BLACKBURN ESTIMATE. At ten o'clock to-day the Blackburn men mace the following estimate: For Randall—Alabama 4, Arkansas 1, Conne.- Ucut 1, Delaware 1, Florida 2, Georgia 7, Minols | 1, Indiana 4, Louisiana 2, Maryland 4, Mass. chusetts 1, Missiesippl 2, Missouri 2, New Jersey. 3, New York 7, North Carolina 3, Ohio i, Penni- sylvania 7, South Carolina 1, Tennessee 6, Texas ¥%, Virginia 2, West Virginia's, Wisconsih 1 For Blackburn—slabama 3, Arkansas 3, Geor- gia 1, Illinois 4, Indiana 2, Kentucky 9, Loutsi- ana 4, Maryland 1, Minnesota 1, Missouri 9. North Carolina 3, Ohio South Carolina 4, Tennessee 2, Texa 6, Wisconsin 1; total, 70. Doubtful—Cox of New York, Wright of Penn- sylvania, Bragg of Wisconsin. ODDS AND ENDS. ‘The Randall forces say that there is nu sub- Stantial change so far as the general result 1s 0, Oregon 1, , Virginia concerned—that pulling and hauling now and | then changes a man, but that he has from eighty-five to one hundred votes in the caucus | .-..Dr. Morwitz, in any possible contingency. of the Philadeiphia German Democrat, and Ed- ward K. Tramell, of the same city, are here Mm Randall's interest. .... Hon. Bardwell Slote, of the Oshkosh district, 1s in town. He came by canal on the Iimited, and of course his cant date will pull through “by a large majority.” ....Itis reported that MacMahon, of Onio, co. cedes that a close Canvass of the Vote, a3 repre- sented by expressions of the members them. elves, gives Randall five majority. ....Morr Son of lilinots and Senator Wallacé admit tna: the vote will be close, and may be decided by a tingle ballot. Mr. Lioyp Lownpes, Sr., father of Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., of Cumberland, died at his home, Clarksburg, West Va, Friday last, aged 79years, He was a man of considerable wealt Including mineral lands in West Virginia, Mary Jand and Pennsylvania. THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE DROWNED.—Th? | flood of the Theiss at Szegedin 1s subsiding, but other Hungarian towns are still in dange! The loss of eatimated at from 2,000 to 3.000 souls, and th> destitution and suffering of those who escaped death is very great. A PEDESTRIAN MANAGER TAKES A WALK.—At Worcester, Mags., Lillie Hoffman completed a walk of 500 quarter miles in 500 quarter hours Saturday night, and her Spa ep completed the week’s work by leaving the city and sundry bills unpaid. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS BURNED AT PorTs- house stroy Satu night, Involving a loss of several thousand dol ee Caucuses of Democratic Senator: n- | n. —For Black- | Randall has | the most confident backers, although it is notice- | Mississippi 4, | fe, which has beer. enormous, 15 | At the caucus of the democratic Senators Saturday afternoon a committee, consisting of | Mr. Wallace of Pennsylvania (chairman), Me: Faton of Connecticut, Garland of Arkansa: Pendleton of Ohio, McDonald of Indiana, Davis of West Virginia, Ransom of North Carolina, | Cockrell of Missouri, and Grover of Oregon, was | appointed to arrange the standing committees | of the Senate. This committee held a meeting | Saturday night, and, in accordance with ar lution adopted at the caucus that the chai | manships should be arranged in accordance: with senlority of service on the comm!sree commenced the work. The selection of tus republican members of the committee is lef: to the minority,who will name the Senators azre d@ | Upon at a caucus of thelr members to-day 101s ubderstocd that the repubi 8 Will be allowe 1 the chairmansh!ps of two unimportant co:;mi:- | tees—revolutionary claims and private lant claims—both of which were filled by for several years past. The chairmanship of the committee on engrossed bills was also til!ed. by Senator Bayard; but as this ts reg irded as one of the business committees, and the de n»- cratic majority now is langer ‘than whea the republicans were in power, it will be necessary to retain this committee in the list to be flied by a democrat. For some time the repubitcans only allowed thelr opponents one chairmanship, and this only that they might have a place of mee!- irg not subject to interruption by the members ct the majority. As to who will be desiznated ; 8S Chairman of the principal committees {3 only | to be conjectured from the length of service in the Senate. According to this, Senator Sauls- bury fs entitled to privileges and elections, Sen- | stor Johnston to foreign aifairs, Senator Bayard | to Nnance, Senator Gordon to commerce, Sena- | tor Randolph to military affairs, Senator Jones | (Horfda) to naval affairs, Senator Taurman to | the judiclary,Senator McDonald to public lands, Sevator Withers to pensions, Senator Cockrell | toclaims, Senator Kernan to’ patents, Senator Garlard to territories, Senator Ransom to rajl- r Senator Lamar to education and labor, and Senator Whyte to printing. a THIS AFTERNOON a caucus of democratic Senators was held tn the Senate chamber. There was a very full a‘tea: No nominations for the Senate elective ‘s were made, that being postponed until xt Thursday morning. ‘The committee on the | reorganization of the Senate committees was } DCt 1eady to report, and was given until to- | Morrow, after the adjournment of the Senate to ccimplete its work. ‘The only business tran | acted was the appointment of a committee of | nine to confer with the Mouse as to the order of business and legislation at the extra session | Senator Thurman was made chairman of th , cUmmittee, The other eight Senators taulsbury, Whyte, Jones | (Florida), Batley, Lamar, Voorhees and Vance. | Senator Beck offered a resolution providing in { substance that the legislative business of the | Senate during the extra session shall be con- | Dred to the passage of the two annual SPD | pilation bilis which fatled of enactment last, | session, Including the political measures thas, Wele incorporated in them by the House of viz: The repeal of the federal aud of the jurors’ test oath aud | the prohibition against the presence of troops atthe polls. After some discussion this re3o- lution was referred to the avove committee. | All the democratic Senators were present at to-Gay’s caticus except. Messrs. Gordon, Maxey | and Hampten. Mr. Gordon ts fll. Mr. Maxe 1 ‘spected tv arrive from Texas to-night, and n. Hampton has not yet left South Carolina TEE OUTEREAK IN ALASKA.—A dispatch from \ictoria states that the steamer Caiifornta ar- | rived from Alaska yesserday morning with 1.ews that the Indians are preparing for war. H. B. M. ship Osprey and the U.S. cutter | Walectt had reached Alaska The chief re- | celved the Osprey cordially, but informed her ccmmander that they could take the Walcott whenever they chose. The Walcott has gone to intercept a flotilla of hostile canoes, which Mere on their way to destroy the town of Sitka. ‘TLe Osprey reinforced the Walcott with a num- ler of marines anda Gatling gun. ‘The situ: on is alarming, and the Osprey will remain until relieved by an American man-of-war. ‘he S.t: a chiefs were given two hoursjto pro- duce a certain female witness to the Brown murcer. oe ented that the woman wa; | absent, but produced her long before the time exjired. She cont to havingsecn Brown’ b.cy after he had been shot twice. The | Was then wiapped in Diankets, weighted with Stor es and thrown overboard. The Osprey had BOt been in port five minutes before the Indians surendered Brown's gun, axe books, a. ‘The California has three withesses to the murde on beard, | A DBrECTIVE SECURES THR ARNESy OF A GANG OF THIEVES.—For two years pas® burglaries | bave been epeeay in Orange, Ulster and Sulli- vap counties, N. Y., and recently the post office | at Thompson Kidge was robbed of $75 in mone: | ard stamps. Daniel Thompson, postmastet + who ts also president of the Crawford Railroad. | ore ed a detective, who traversed the woods and visited the towns on both sides of the Shawapgupk mountains in the role of an agent | an 4 a 3 3 g 3 i t ron Company for i buying poles. He secured evidence warranting of Wim. Wyatt, who confessed, an: ; \mplicated four others, Moses McKenney, ; George, William and Charles Crawford, who | Were all arrested. McKenney was formerly a | New York patel thief. He and Wyatt confessed | to numerous robberies. | . A Maryann Gaost.—Queenstown, Md., has 4 genuine ghost. sensation. Mrs. Nannte De- Courcy, who is staying with Miss Sallie Harris, 1n response to a knock at, the front door late in | the evening, Spened the door and found herself | Standing face to face with the ghost of Mr.Win. | ‘Sterrett, Miss Harris’ nephew, who died some | Months ago. Mrs, DeCourcy was but } Rot frightened; she did not Net but the ghost ; beckoned, and she followed ft to the foot of the | stairs leading to the room that was Mr, Ster- | rett’s. Here the ghost vanished. The room | Sterrett occupied while Mving had been locked | ever since his death, and the key was in Mrs. LeCourcy’s possession, but the door was now found to be open and the bed tumbled. A FEMALE Trawp.—In Reading, last week, a | married woman holding arecommendation from } the Young Men’s Christian Association, Phila- | delphia, was arrested in male attire, in com- | paby with a party of tramps. She keeps a | 1ecord of her travels, and says she took meo's thes £0 that she could tramp and be protected Irom insult if ALTOONA GIRL was left by her father ‘ge of his store, and during his absence 4n old man came in and made an assault on her, » when she pluckils caught up an tron weight and fel'ed him to the iloor wiih It. She then locked | him tn the room and ran home to her father. | Bas. G. Swirn, bachelor, was pinned to the ground by a fallen limb Saturday while he was | | burning brush near his home in Owensboro’, | Ky., and was burned to death before assistance id be brought. He left Property, money and deal estate to the Sisters of Charity for the ben- ent of orphan girls, i | _JIBARTLESS Iloax.—Somebody has been per- } Resting a cruel hoax on the colored pope of Mississipp! and Louisiana, who are flocking to ‘St. Louis under the impression that they will be provided with free transportation to the far West. Over a tiousand have already arrived ; and more are coming. The question which now | berplexes Louts is what to do with them. Mas, Gen. THos. W. SHERMAN died at his residence, in Newport, It. I., yesterday after- noon, after a severe IIness, of pneumonia, His wife died of consumption only a few days azo. Cart. AVERY B. Cars, brevet major com- manding ccmpany D , fourth infantry, dled sud- denly at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, yesterday, of cerebral apoplexy. THe Untversal. Postal. Ustoy.—On and after April 1 the general postal union treaty con- cluded at Bern, October 9, 1s74, will be replaced by the “universal postal union conveation,” concluded at Paris June 1, isis, which modified in ceitain particulars the postal union rates and , Tegulations established by the treaty of Berne. SUICIDE OF A JEWELER —Elisha M. Smith, ' apet forty-two years, a I’rovidence (R. I) jew- eler, and unmarried, is supposed to have com- | lnitted suicide by jumping into Long Island Sound from a Stonington boat. Before leaving Provicence last week he distributed all of his effects, sending a deed vf his land, with other property, to his siste: HORSEWHIVPED BY AN Kenney, the wood-dealer, SEN — Patrick who failed at Provi- ; dence, R. I., some months ago, was savagely | horsewhipped on the market square in that elty Saturday, by a theatrical woman known a3 | ae Duclos, who claims to have loaned him FRAUDULENT BaNk BOOK KERPING —The ot- ficers of the Dexter (Me ) Savings Bank have Jesued a statement giving the result of their in- | sestigation so farof the accounts of the late ieee ear wae They agit discovered an nious series of erasu! lesigned in antici- pation of examination of the books, rhe ox. amination only extends, however, to January, 1378, and the amountof the delinquencies hi not been ascertained. American Credit Abroad. Cousul General Lee, at Frankfort, writes to the State department as follows:—‘So far as can be judged from a continental standpoint, it may well be doubted whether in any otber country labor is so diversitied and so well re- warded, ¢r traffic so remunerative, as at the present tlme in the United States. These things can be seen better abroad, haps, than at home, and hence the for submitting these | observa- fo the department, and at the time suggesting that the peopie of our © bi t reaize how for- Asion Uon: tunate they are t cial and commerctat condition most powerful and most Pp of the old world. In this i eidentally mentioned ing in cf our bonds for red 1s Tow taking place, has oblige holders to seek other investi er otber good American ste advanced about ten per ¢ A direct and immediate be accriied from the tion of our count state ard other the 0) s ese are Low generally worth about ten per ceat. more in this market than they were a the resumption of specie payments. Before re- sumption there was scarcely aay demand for such securities however ood: now there is an active demand for them; and the price, as has been stated, has ‘greatly improved. It may also be said, In this connection, that but for the prospective loans which will soon be offered by the Prussian and Imperial govern- ments, the four per cent. bonds of the United States would probably now be taken ilbéraily in this market.” THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CONFERENCE a! Centreville, Md., on Friday, admitted Arthur D. Murray, Jno. L. lich, and Dantel W. Austio to the itinerancy; Geo. I. McFaden to serve under the president, and elected 3. Reese \ ray, J. W. Trout, C. B, Middieton and T. A. King tooiders. Dr. L. W. Bates, chairman of the faculty, sald that in earlier days the motive of men applying for conference work could not be suspected, for it meant love, sacrifice and toll, but now the case is changed, and the faculty proposed to give every man a tight grip, so that ie will not be as large when he gets through, and to search closely into his moral character and social deportment. He gave a speclalcom- mendation to 8. R, Murray and C. B. Middleton. vis. ipg a similar association on the Eastern Shore, elicited long discussion. A. D. Dick argued tnat camps as now conducted are an injury to the chureh, The report was carried. Rev. W. T. Dumm was assigned a superannuated relation The president stated that he wasin great em- barrassment, and could see no relief unless cer taln charges would relax in their demands; he had too many married men for placesat hisdis- rae The requests of St. John’s, Baltimore: ‘ist Church, Pittsburg. and ‘Heathsville Church, for pastoral supp, were granted. On Saturday a report was made that the mintste- rial education fund amounted to $4,400 invested, but a necessity existed to levy ‘assessments upon the churches tor its pur] AQ appeal taken from the decision of quarterly conferei.ce of Alexandria enforcing six months’ probation- ary membership was sustained. W. rs Roberts, E. A. Warfield, W. T. Duinm, J. M. Gill, and 8. ¥. Ohrom were granted appropriations from ministerial education fund. Tne order of the day, Dr. Bates’ paper calling a convention, was discussed to the hour of adjournment. ee DEATH OF A Lapy IN CHURCH.—M!s3 Loutsa Donaldson, aged 25 years, daughter of Mr. Ste- phen Donaldson, No. 112’South Exeter street, died suddenly In High Street Baptist Charch Jast night. Miss Donaldson was in attendance upon a lady ‘who was one of the nine candidates for baptism. ‘This lady had been down {oto the baptismal with Rev. J. T. Craig, the pastor. Miss Donaldson had assisted her in changing her clothes in one of the retiring rooms after the ceremony. 'The two ladies walked out into the lecture room, in the basement of the cburch. Miss Donaldson, who was baptized a Week ago, asked her friend it she did not fee} happy, or words to that effect. Receiving an affirmative answer, Miss Donoldson said she was unabie to give expresston to her own feei- ings. While uttering this sentence she sudden!y Teil beck, and in a moment was unconscious Fe. father and mother and other relatives, who were up staits among the congregation, were called to Ler side. Miss Donaldson recovered sufliclently to recognize her parents, and then, bie hs) respiration, exo! —[Ba'to, Sun, ith, A Bov’s Fata. Kick.—James Eustace, twelve years old, of 1729 Titan strect, died on’ Taurs day evening from peritonitis, the effect of a kick in the abdomen, dealt by Stepnen Boyle. ten years old, while they were playing at 16th and Catherine streets, on the 4th instant Eustace did not inform his parents of his injury at Re ie it Fy fi ona but several days ago became very and a physician was called toatiend him. ‘pI auto) de shat periton- itis was the cause of death.—[Phila, Times, 25th. ——<—— CONGRESSMAN O'REIMEY’s Posrers.—In the Gordon f marine court yesterday James Congreseman Oeily for Sana eS ee n i tor ‘@ balance of a: account for printing election posters. cards and ‘The defence is that the printing was not - ing to contract. The case is still on.—[y. ¥. World, 15th. IMMIGRATION.—The number of German immi- t | grants who came to the United States last year Was 96,899, From Ireland there weze 17,113. ig Off in the Irish movement is made up by an increased number of English immi- grants, footing up 19,581, and from 5 3,700; there were also from British dependencies 29,730. ee A GERMAN FARM LABORER called at the First a j National Bank, in Springfield, Ill, the oth day, and drew out $4,300, the amount of his | Wages forten years consecutive service on a farm in Sangamon county. The money had been deposited there for him by his employer, for whom he has labored faithfully these years without asking for wages. pelea Eaeecinahen Sia COL, AlsTON, of Atlanta. a week before he bend feel byron let erto eek Y. Tri- une defending Geol ‘BuLIeLy Inst the charges of ThA acer Eine there was a reckless disregard of life in that state and throughout he South—and this was his reward. ee A DRUNKaRD BLOWN TO ATOMS BY NITRO- GLYCBKINE.—At Red Rock, Pa., Saturday, an unknown man, evidently intoxicated, red through the streets with a bag on his shoulders containing uine quart cans of nitro-glycerine. A few minutes later the town was shaken and the inhabitants terribly frightened by a most terrific explosion. Investigation revealed the fact that the man had slipped down, causing the explosion, which scat.ered fragments of his body in every direction. BISMARCK AND THE VATICAN.—The Pall Mall Gazette's correspondent at_ Rome says:—“A con- fHdential agent of Prince Bismarck has arrived at the vatican. He has instructions to reject any proposal involving a modification of the May laws. It is stated that the Pope now waives 1 the controverted points except those strict- ly involving Papal principles a dignity.” PROBABLE LYNCHING OF 4 TRAMP.—There has been considerable excitement at New; rt, a on account of the arrest of Peter fala, the tramp, who outraged Mrs. Truesdale a few days since. A crowd gathered in the neighborhood Of the jail qari made untif@bout6 oclock last event anes when about 25 men marched through Monmou the jail, overpowered the jailer, a aowa two policemen and the and marched off, and undot though the body has not been found, ——— en ound, A CoMMUNISTIC CELEBRATION.—The elght an- pivereary ct the revolution of March 18, 1871, was celebrated in New York last night by exer- cises under the auspices of the society of the French ref in Clarendon hall. ‘fod, the commune color, pi Red banners and flags were on the’ in men’s coats, red ribbons ai Women’s hatr. bamone, the age were: war by organizing uy,” “The laws must be submitied to fae p ple,” “Ourobject—the reorganization ‘socieey, independent of president, king, loafer.” The chant of the in tine style; also, : eel ” by Ul Ing society. were John Swinton in English and by Citizens Grolacd and Martelef in French, Justus Schwab, Kd- mond Megy and other noted = ‘A banquet and ball followed the exer- cl . Y. Smith and §2-Toratio Rogers, Ji Nicholas eee "the James Y. Smith maanu- facturing works at Providence, R. I., have made a general assignment. Liabilities about $500,000. | Telegrams to The Star. WESTON CHALLENGES ROWELL, FRENCH CABINET CRISIS, FAST MAILS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. ——_e—___ FOREIGN AFFAURS, Safety of the Spring jae Loxpox, March 17.—The Lahone correspond ent of the Times telegraphs that suffictent rain i.as fallen throughout that province to insure the satety of the spring harvest, thereby en- ‘irely altering the financial and poiltical aspect of the situation, and affecting even the miii- lary. by facilitating the supply of graia aud forage. Critical Position of Europeans in Hurmah, The Times’ Calcutta dispatch says: The chief commissioner for British Burmah now has sut- ficient force to protect the British territory, but the position of the resident and other Eu- ropeans at Mandalay is critical in the ex- treme. The best for their safety rests on the belief that the king and his advisers are not So utterly lost to ail sense of prudence as to ee feemend thelr own downfall by rushing into ostiliies, The French Cabinet to be + 4 fted.>? ‘The Paris correspondent of the Times says: “The cabinet will probably be modified shortly, owing to the impression left by Taursday’s sit. Ung. The chainber of deputies feels that tne cabinet might have opposed impeachment with- gut making the matter a question of conil- fence.” ‘The. Parts correspondent of the daily Neos Says: “It ts universally believed that M. Wad- foe eed cannot remain premier, and it ts im- probable that he will consent to remain in the tministry in any lower capacity. mentioned as his successor. M certainly resign. It is astonishing how the opinion gains ground daily that M. Gambetta Ibust assume the preinierstip. M. Jules Ferry on Satuiday introduced a restoring to the state tne sole power of conferring degrees, ex clud!ng frota professorships the members of au- thorized religious societies and reor; ranizias {be council of public instruction, so to eliminate the clerical element. Gen. Yorel, who suc. ceeded Gen. Berthoret as minister of war under tLe De Broglie government, has command of the Rowen army corps. Reduction of Colliers? Wages. Lonpon, March 17.—The Durham coal owners have issued a expiring on the 5th of al pce a Ferd Long Het Of the wages of surface workers cent. of the wages of the underground workers, Weston Chajlenges Rowall. A letter from Weston, tue an pedes- Ula, to Sir John Astiey-is pubiished, cnat- ee nova to contest the championship M. Fournier ts Leon Say must loss, 1s ulterly false. It was circu. jated by the Zulus, in order to pateh Of assistance to Ekowe.” “47 We dis- Damage nt Szegedi Lonpon, March 17.—The Dectialary damaze by the disaster at ig estimated atabout one million and a bi Britain’s U! jum t Burmah. Lonpon, March 17.—A private telegram from Rapgoon contradicts the Betly Kevs of the 16th inst., saylog Unat It w: ug. tan ultimatum wi 7 the British to Mandalay. elated A Cardinal Dying. Rome, March 17,—Card! nad, Bishop cf Albano, is dying at the Sear i. Fast MAILS ON THE YSSISSIPPI. Informatio! rcoms furnished with cee be very Safeguard Peavy “freight nor any espioele: anny 2O wy freight nor any ve material. There are between 200 and Offices on the route and the round trip of 2 500 miles is to be made in the maximum time of 313 hours, There are now several mall contracts between bere and Ne commence and the w! contract. Cele! PROVIDENCE, stow, turned out in marched thi — OVIDE! Sherman t Adams et = memory . Sherman. i will have charge of the funeral. ees —————— CH March Te a last. night TCA —A fire stroyed ‘the gouth Ci ‘tactery, = ‘ther with the machinery, $15,000, Sgedheieeng '¥. The toss is ing near Ellzabethtews:, iat, naee Fallon uci to ea : Ubree millions of ‘dollars 11 xas, through the sale Boston Post this wise advk ives is wise vice: wPhere ty Sad esther ahead. Stick to: your flannels till they stick to you,” dering tis death ‘sentence said i: fence, vel tly: neti ree immediat ” tts it sen- tence will be commuted by King Humbert. nat hat ded many. hen ae time Ne Fh lo Parthian “Tn is said to have forced ‘A large mushroom ered with thick layer of asphalt. in the oor of the sav! ihe general where the farmers sul- 827-Out in Nebraska, a gh tog | pasty A Bride of Two Weeks Attempted to Be Murdered by Her Huvband. A TRRRIBLE APFATR, Saturday night about haif-past, 9 o'clock the denizens of the Dasin bank, near Sih street, Were aroused by the and agonizing soreams of “murder,” evidently coming from a woman, Investigation proved that the cries came from hear tbe grocery and grog shop of Angelo Bac- caluppo an Ttallan, on Sth street, near the basin. About two weeks ago, Angelo Bacca- luppo married the widow of his cousin, James Baccaluppo, who left considerable property in Teal estate, money, stocks. &¢ ‘Tals is betleved how to bave been the attraction possessed by the widow in the eyes of her cousin. Lust night, Baccaluppo decoyed his wife from the house | found the corner, in a dark alley. where be held her and commenced to stat her with a ped mgd ve a ey inflicting eleven st a st, ack and head, Some of them ‘extending four five inenes- am length, snd present Spnedrance Ene” wig rought to her side a numbe Who happened to > vioiney omers three mem, “ne covered that the poli : him, Baccatuppo Senpet tae hy sma | cers, however, followed ttm, him out. He was taken in char Person Was found about $3.90 obtained from his wife. in charge and committ whtca he had he accused was taken 0 the second Station. howe Woman Was carried ints nar hones and medical atd s 1 Bat her ic reert it was believed sb t lve Thromgh te night. Racca has been living has been an fi 0 ts about 43 years old, and re fora number of years. He justrious and sober man, and hereu fore hi regarded as hone-t' and SRVEDE,, His victim ts about 82 years old, and although not what might be called pretty, was considered comely, and hi’ who knew her mond Whig. 1ith, ARCHBISHOP PuRCELLs TROUBLES —Report o) the Trustees —The trustees appointed in, the errly stages of Archbishop Purcell’s financial en barrassments have presented a report, in Which they state that 2,485 creditors have pre- sented Clalins to the amount of $3.672,371.57, Besides this, the Rev. Edward Purcell owes to pore sre the ney Of $147,000. He moreover Owes to three parties the sum of $55,000, which is secured by eon real estate $3,S74,371.57. assets” of Rev. Edward Purcell consists of divers pieces of real estate, on which the trustees had fixed O value, besides which notes of hand and accounts to the nominal value of $434,000, ‘Kis considered probable that many valuxble costs and claims of Mr. Purcell will yet be discovered. The trustees are utterly at a loss to ad feved that considerabie pansy sums were spent on the cathedral, seminary and or- nal asylum. The our | unbustnessiike it are causes of the sad calamity which we most deep!y deplore _ which we have in vain endeavored to the clergy and laity of the diocese of Cineinnatt te rellet of Che ‘suiferings St the mney peor € re ‘sul the mi who have been thus ray tn their old confidence the i 4 af aj au : tie lie i “i | i 8 g i i Fail le | | , : l i asf ul e é A BH & i ; i