Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1880, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED PAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Street, ty The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany. GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres’t, 2 EVENING STAR {a served to subscribers in the city by carriers ‘on their own account, at 10 cents Ber week, OF 44 cente per month, ‘the counter, 2 centseach. By mail— 60 csuts a month ; one , $6; six moni Pinteced sf the Office at Wi ‘Bs second class 3s ‘Tum WEEKLY STAR—published=on Friday—82 & A goeee prepaid. Six months, 81; 0 copies Toru ';, 20 copies for $20. ta in ade een ate caer than so paid fOr, Vlaies of abvertising made known on application. 8,365. V2, SSN? Che Lvening Siar, WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1880. TWO CENTS es SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR. = vATER, DIR! FROM 3. THOMPSON, 703 15th st.& FAC! E VIRUS. —A frech ACCT Teoma the New Engiand MPSON, Pharms- jan27-9 CR OE 7 supply rece ci ‘Company- eS POVINE VACCINE VIRUS = FROM THE NEW ENGLAND VACCINE COMPANY. For sale at MILBURN’S PHARMACY, jan26 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB. THE KINDERGAL THE NUR- SERY.—A rse of 20 Lectures by Mrs. LOUISE POLLOCK at ae Kind jervarten Normal Institute, 929 6th st, EVEHY WEDNESDAY at B_ o'clock. Diplomas awarded to governesses. Srothers specially invited. janis-t,: eS BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. Extra Quarity Dry. BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. EXTRA QUALITY Dry. THE MOST DELICIOUS DRY WINE IN THE MARKET. THOMAS RUSSELL, 1213 PENNA. AVENUE. For SALE BY Jan5 (Ber SPECIAL Nort CONGRESS WATER. Ite superiority as a cathurtic and alterstive con- nists in its entire freedom from everything bitter, acid cr crude that produces headache, internal sore- ness, and tends to destroy the mucous membrane. All mineral waters that are dangerous irritants may be known by an acid after-taste. dee8-370. SPECIAL NOTICE—A) freak supply | of PURE NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL at DREW'S Drug Store, corner 9th st. and Pennsyl- varia ave., at 50 cts. per full pint botile. oct DOUGLASS’, Ninth Ste, St. Cloud BUda. | IMMENSE SUCCE: F OUT FOURTH ANNUAL GRAND SALE. oF LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. i 25 dozen thoronrhly mde and trimmed | CHEMIS! sold each day at 25c. each. or four for one ‘This is less ghan the present cost of cotton trhuming. ae Every yarment ofured @ positing bargain. ass’, Jan25 522-524-526 Ninth st. WAsHineron, pC HUETZEN nd VE Pereons desiring tobe applicants for the posi ton Scheu in of Caterer of the herewith informe m that the Chairs. Applicants must har of bondsmer, on or 3, 1880, to Joim L. V ‘The Board of Di of accepting or r to the Stock holc For further informat ‘Treasurer. By order of Board. 08 t¢ itself the rizht names to be presented vO. L. VOGT, pply to SPRID ~ IDDIE BROTHERS, M DEALERS, Corner 135 si ° wiaave. Gentine guarantee. Top Buswies, Jump Seats, &c., $80 to $275. Repairing solicited. janl9 ae FLOWERS. quer OF THE RAREST FLOWERS, : ORAL DESIG: nage EDDENGS, Can at all times be supplied from my rich collection of Exotic Plants. DECORATIONS, with beautiful Palms, graceful Deus Orr ae other suitable plante. tural it ers. ii girs) JOHN SAUL, jan6-Im* _ 621 7th st., opp. Patent Office. F4* Wand « HUTCHINSON. 817 Ninth street n.w., Give special attention to REMODELING axp MODERNIZING DEFEO- ~~ TIVE PLUMBING GSGUTH, Sec. SUFACTURERS AND t and Pennsylva residences. manufacture BLATE PNR ene coil MP CHN ACES, RANGE! Gatrterrhs PrACE STOVES. English TILE and BRASS GOODS. Dr. Colboun’s Porous Evap- orator is the only good thing in that tins own the patents for manufacturing. $10,000 VATCHES, JEWELRY, ves SILVER WARE, ‘Will be sold at 1 cost To Red Stock For next 30 days, seston For Cash only. . P. LIBBEY, isiiiaa = 439 7th st. ‘and we ® "Geol jan$-3m_ {DGAR'S WHOOPING COUGH SPECIFIC. WuowesaLe Deror, N. W. Cor, 8th and East Capitol Sts. Janl7-2w r( ee Se IREVE, NOwany PUBLIC nd REAL ESTATE AGENT 125 SevexTa STREET N.W. Residence, 1552 8th st. n.w. jan17-1m QECEGE RYNEAL, Jr., DEALER IN OIL AND WATER COLORS, ARTISTS’ MATERIALS anp LAMP GOODS, Paints, Oils, Window and Plate Glass, ALL EINDs oy Fancy ARTicLes FoR Houmpar Goons. decll £18 7th st., (opp. Odd Fellows’ Hall.) | Le ! Look: Look! | Si. NOTE PAPER SELLING FOR 81. { Paper formerly sold for 7c. now reduced to 500. ‘The above bargain can be obtained at JNO. C. PARKER'S, oot 617-619 7th street. | = JOHNSON & CO., Bankers, WASHINGTON, D. C., DEALERS IN UNITED STATES BONDS, DIS TRICT and other INVESTMENT SEOURITIES. DOMESTIC and FOREIGN EXCHANGE. jes LL IN WANT ‘OF SEWING MACHINES should Call at OPPENHEIMER'S, 528 9th st. fe has all the standard Machines on , fer special indi dec20 SECOND BAND CLOTHING, WATOHES, | tained | confirmed the following nominations: ‘To be | tlary—Jas. Russel! Lowell. of Massachusetts, to | against | several states. The committee invited him to | report favorably several bills providing for the | meeting yesterday, discussed the subject of re- Washington News and Gossip. THE PRESIDENT will hold a reception this evening from $ to 10. ENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.—Internal reve- 41.73; customs, $4 Waite Hovsk Caters. — Representative Hubbell, Neal, Camp, Van Aernam, Ward, Wil Hurd, and Brents called on the Presiden to-day NORTH CAROLINA MOONSHINERS—Collecto Young telegraphs trom Raleigh, N. C., to-day as follows to Commissioner Raum: “Genera Deputy Moore just returned from Moore county where he captured two illicit distilleries tn fal blast, one belonging to J. J. Shields and Nick smith and the other to David Henneday. Hen- neday failed to give bond, and is in jail. Navar OnpEns.—Lieutenant Commander C. J. Barclay has reported his return home, and has been placed’on waiting orders. Pay Inspec- niston as member of the board of a elleviag Pay Inspec- is ordered to the rhmond and fleet paymaster of the Asiatic, station per steamer from San Francisco 2d Feb- rary. Pox? Looxovr.—Mr. Groome presented a petition in the Senate yesterday from the own- ers of Point, Lookout, asking the government to purchase that property and set it apart fora soldiers’ home. Cortes of the double-sheet Srar of Saturday, containing a corrected list, to date, of the re dences of U. S. Senators and members of C gress in W ington, can be had at the count- ing room for two cents each. ‘THE MCGARRATAN CLatM.—The House com- mittee on private land claims yesterday dis cussed at some length the bill of Representative Manning, of Mississippi, “to ertain and de- termine the title to the tractof land tn the of California Known as the Rancho Pan Grande” (Mc rrahan’s claim), and will r consideration of the matter at their next mye! ayra into the reported outrage upon Mr. . 8. comm 1 agent at that plac ert Was at St. ‘Thomas and would take s in the Nipsic to La Guayra, On the passage rom Hampton Roads the Nipsie at- speed of 11 Knots under sail and two- thirds botler pow Commander Schoonmaker reports that the fe isa good sea boat and in motion. ATTORNEY GENEKAL HAS DECIDED the tion recently submitted to him by tie Cab- in regard to the Eades’ jetties. Captain for the interest sem!-annually, 5 per ‘on the $1,500,000, the payment of which ts from him until the permanency of his ured. The Attorney General decides that. he is entifled to the Interest, but that it shall not be paid him for any time that he may required channel. fall to maintain the THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE to-day briefly and informaily discussed the funding sub- TH ject and agreed to invite the Secretary of the ‘Treasury toappear before them for the purpose of orally communicating his views in regard to it at a special meeting to be held at time to suit convenience durin the present week— . ‘The committee also to y vote decided to. report tavor- ,omination of John M. Morton, as on the ably " | collector of internal revenue for the first district of Californt: .—A dispatch from Chester Co., Penn-ylv received here to-day, says tyat Waddell elected a delegate to the Chi- cago convention, and that a resolution endors- ing Blaine was pai THE SENATE, in executive session, yesterday ENDORSING envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipoten- Great Britain; John W. Foster, of Indiana, to ; Luctis nild, of” Wisconsin,” to ni ee i. in, of Loulsiana, to Mex- To be U, s—Lewis Richinond, Jas. W. Siler, of Ari Yaguez. Siineon Dodge, of Mas: be Collector of customs forthe di rblehead, Mass. Stephen N. Si York, to be assistant a) the port of New York. Postmastei |. Robert_G. Staples, at Portsmouth; Georgla, David 8. Johnston, at Madison. The Senate, after another prolonged discussion, reached the int of action in the contested nomination of Dr. Philip 8. Wales, fo be chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery and surgeon general of the navy, and confirmed it by a vote of 32 co. Rhode Island. ansas, at chus A UNIFORM SysteM OF WEIGHTS AND MEAS- vrEs.—Prof. J. £. Hilgard, of the United States Coast Survey, came before the House committee on coinage, weights and measures yesterday and urged the passage of a bill establishing a uni- form system of welghts and measures In the come before them at their next meeting, and give his views at length upon the subject. The committee accepted the report of the sub-com- mittee, and agreed to report, favorably, a bill authorizing SS to use the metric system of weights and measures. ‘They also agreed to adoption of the new metric gold and silver United States standard coins, as formulated by Dr. W. W. Hubbell, for international purposes. POSTMASTERS’ SALARIES.—The House com- mittee on post offices and post roads at their adjustment of salaries of postmasters, and agreed to report favorably the bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Bailey, of Tennessee, which as amended by the committee provides that the Postmaster General shall readjust 1a accordance with the act of June 12th, 1586, the } salaries of all postmasters Of the third, fourth, and filth classes whose salaries have not hereto- fore been readjusted, who made direct ojfictal application on sworh returns of receipts and business forreadjustment, and whose quarterly returns show they were intended for readjust- offer inducements to cash buyers. GUNS, PISTOLS, &c., &c.—The highest b Brice, paid. 8; GUGGENHETMER. 237 Tih Sew. by mail promptly, attended to. dec31 no TO CARRY THEM OVER. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE NEXT THIRTY Days. OVERCOATS. ‘Overcoats now $20, formerly $25. Overcoats now 15, formerly 20. Overcoats now 10, formerly 15. Overcoats now 8, formerly 12. Overcoats now 5, formerly 8. SUITS. Suits that were $25, now $20. Suits that were 20, 16. Suits that were Suits that were Suits that were 10, now 8. Suitethat were 8, now 6. COATS AND VESTS, DRESS AND BUSINESS PANTS, YOUTHS’ AND BOYS’ CLOTHING, AT PROPORTIONATE REDUCED PRICES. A. STRAUS, avene, Between 10th and ith sta. _APIES DOLMANS AND sacauEs INDON-DYED SE. Linea win, Fae ee neee ER ae : rian Squirrel. B. H. STINEMETZ, anl6 Hatter and Furrier, 1237 Penna. ave, Dae ‘gecond-hand clothing, &c., can get the beat gos be eae Fa ae Prompt will be — given to orders paar =, AT BLAGE- Berween'7 ilar 12. 10. 1011 lees Per dozen. ment subsequent to the law of 1876. Such readjustments to date from the beginning of the quarter succeeding that in which such ap plications on Sworn receipts were made. THE NaTiONAL, BANKS CHARTER Lpwrt.—The actof February 25, 1863, provides that banks organized under it shall have succession for the period limited in the articles of the association hot exceeding twenty years trom the passage of the act. ‘The act of the year following—June 3, 1864—provides that associations organized un- der that act shall have succession twenty years from their organization. Under the first act 351 banking associations were organized. The charters of these banks expire February 25, 1883, or previously, the charters of 273 expiring on the date mentioned and 10S between May 1, 1882, and February 25, 1883. These banks will have to go into liquidation unless the law 1s changed. They can fo into liquidation and at- terwards reorganize, but their affairs will have to be wound up at the expiration of their chart- ers. It is also a question ‘whether they can re- organize under the same name-” This question has not been decided. The banks will try to get the law changed so asto avoid being forced into liquidation. Prorosep New Cotn.—The House committee on coinage, weights and measures have agreed to report favorably a biil creating three new coins, Specimens of these coins have been struck off at the mint. ‘They are the ~‘stella”, the 25 gramme silver dollar, and the goloid me- trie doilar. _ ee a eevet aor coin, of six grammes ree-1 gramm silver, and eee gone erence onioee! Itis larger than the $ gold piece, and PPT che looking. The 25 dollar contains the same amo@t of silver as two silver halves, snd h of gold. It looks much also six cents! worth of gold. uch is well known. like the standard silver smaller. ‘The goloid dollar tax. 5. viday, and Wil be the guestof Lieut drei ‘Princess Louise will arrive . Archibald. i eirvirss mn aunt bane oe Fighting the Apaches. MORROW'S PURSUIT OF VICTORIA'S BAND. Adjutant General Morrow to-day received a dispatch from Sante Fe, New Mexico, dated the 25th, stating that Major Morrow, who is pursu- ing Victoria’s band of Apaches was forced to go | into Ojacalicate from the San Mateo mountains for rations. The &@mmand had been in the mountains two days without rations, fighting daily. In the last two days’ figh' forrow captured one hundred horses and mules. The Indians abandoned large quantities of property in Mexico. Morrow Is reported as hav- ing punished the Indtans severely. It is thought, that the band is com) of all the Indians who have been living in Mexico, The moun- tains are very rough, with scarcely any grass. ‘The loss of the troops, occasioned by horses be- ing disabled, has proved to be quite severe. No official information has been received confirm- ing the report of the killing of Victoria, Gen. Sherman does not doubt, however, but that it | is true. The Exodus Investigation. ‘The exodus investigation was continued to- day. Warren C. Fearing, a colored employe of one of the executive departments, testified that he has during the past few weeks received let- ters from his kinsfolks in North Carolina re- porting that the colored people of that state re- ceive very low wages, and are dissatisfied with their treatmert and want to emigrate; that he has read letters published in the Greencastle Gnd.) Banner, written by some of the emigrants, expressing themselves delighted with their new homes, and that one of these men 1s reported to have sald that he would not go back to North Carolina for $500, and that Indiana Is just the place for colored people to come to. ‘The wit- ness believed that the refugees had been well received in Indiana. Senator Voorhees an- nounced that James A. Stokes, the asserted au- thor of the most emphatic of these letters, would be subpcrnaed to testify whether or not heactu- ally wrote It. : Charles H. Otuy, colored, editor of the Wash- ington Argus, and principal of the Howard Unt- versity, testified that he is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Oberlin College and y; that he has visited his rsince he left it, and has eople. He was one of Howard Univer native state every made a careful study of h of the founders of the Society, and drew its fil mee! speech sug) divert the em (Kansas) and nd about 5,000 into Indiana, as that was a doubtful state In the coming elec- "o one objected to this sagzestion at the time except the Witness. —“T felt that we had been used long eno’ knew that the former use of us h: ed to our advantage. In the south as one man we ad voted the republican ticket, and ourreward buckshot from the kuklux and no protection irom the national government. We had placed Mr. Hayes in the White House, and as soon as he took his seat he withdrew from _us all the protection we ever had. Hence, I was opposed to the longer use of my people by any poiltical party, and as soon as I saw that the exodus was to be used politically I withdrew from the so- ciety.” There were others in the society who afterwards expressed the same sentiments, but they remained in the organization. The wit- ness argued with his friends that in Kansas the colored emigrants might acquire homesteads, in Indiana and Ohio they could not: fo the one they had received an invitation, but to the others they had not. When the exodus from North Carolina began he wrote to the most prominent colored men in the state asking what caused this sudden uprising. All answers were that there was no cause for it; that the more ignorant were deluded by three men named Perry, Williams and Taylor, whe *2d been north and returned with srcu glowing news that the people could not resist them. Mr. Otuy described conversations held by him recently in North Carolina with James H. Har- ris, Osborne Hunter, jr., M. V. Turner, and other Yery prominent colored men, and with Governor Holden, Richard Badger and Col. Ike Young, prominent radical republicans, all fully in accord With the foregoing. They all likewise agreed that the condition of the colored people of North Carolina, athiough wuscorubiY improve- ment by contemplated amendments to some of the laws, and especially by a restoration of their niente toelectcertain county officers, is on the whole highly favorable, and that there ts no ad- equate incentive whatever for colored people to leave the state. “In fact,” said the witness, “every intelligent colored man in the state 1s opposed to it, and the six colored newspapers of North Carolina are all fighting 1t; and I say that, although an exodus from the southern states may be a blessing, the exodus from North Car- Olina is a fraud and a curse.” up its con: sa Mr. Mendenhall mat THE NICHE STATUARY AT THE CORCORAN Ga.LEeny.—The statues of Phidias and Raphael, executed for the front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, by Mr, Ezekiel, an American sculptor at Rome, have been successfully placed in the central niches, at a height of thirty feet from the pavement, by Mr. Bradley, contractor for the work. In the two other niches have been placed new pedestals for the remaining statues of Michael Angelo and Albert Durer, which are expected early in the spring from Rome. ‘These statues, cut; from Second-class Carrara marble of a light grey color, contrast well with the brown stone of the niches, and acquire powerful relief. For popular information it may be well to state that Phidias was the renowned Greek pape who, in the reign of Pericles, 438 B.C., filled and surrounded the Parthenon or Temple Minerva, at athens, with statues and bass-reliefs in a style of grandeur and truth, such as were never equalled beforeor since hisday. Indeed, it may be said, that they will ever remain the unapproachable standard of the sublime in sculpture. In the Corcoran Gallery, whose front is so fitly adorned by his efligy, may be seen casts of some of his glorious though mutilated works, such as the Two Fates, Theseus, Ilissus, and the bass-reliefs of the Panathenaie procession. To illustrate the full grandeur of his genius, he erected a statue of Minegva 40 feet high, made of ivory and gold (chryselephantine), in an inner part of the Par- thenon, and his more famous bronze figure of ee goddess, 70 feet high, outside of the uuilding. Mr. Ezexters Statute of Phidias is an ideal one, but it is conceived and wrought in a style worthy of the subject. Clad in a tunt st) back from his robust breast, the master stands at ease, with one foot htly raised upon amarble block. ‘The right arm 7 down holds his malict, while the left rests upon his hip, and both, as aiso the bare legs, are of a sturdy, muscular mould, a significant type of the power that wrought such breat! out of the dull marble. The head fs raised to the left, and with the re of the body con- veys the idea of the sooty tor pausing to observe, rk. the result of his wo Sculptor, stands the Opposite the greatest statue at Raphael, the to 1453-1520, For the Micenets of the head and tace, Mr. Ezeklel had authentic guides, for every one must recognize in the face, the flowing locks and cap, the aspect made familiar by the divine Raphael's portraits of himself. Unlike the Greek master’s, the face here is delicate and beardless. He is enveloped in a cloak, or man- Ue, held together by his right hand, while be- neath its fold, protrude the palette and brushes in nS left, and the lower limbs are shapely and wel ‘These statues, about seven feet in height, are executed in the broad free style necessary for an elevated position with no pretension to the finish and detailed character expected in ordin- ary statuary in a hall. Mr. Ezekiel, the scul tor of them, we may add, Is a native of Rich- mond, Va., who resid pany years in Rome. He has filled several orders for statues of the above description for buildings in Berlin, though his genius has constant employment In the more fin! walks of his profession. The beautiful effect of these statues upon the build- ing delights e' one. They are new evidences of the fe and munificence of its venerable founder, ever watchful to corsiope its attrac- uons, and they alsomake the public the more regret. the untoward obstacles thwart his cherished and more important pee of adding to the gallery a free As of A Litre Giru’s Bravery.—A New York Times al from ‘Troy, N. Y., January 2%, says:—Two children of Nathaniel Gorham, of Green one a boy 4 years old and the other a girl of'8, in the si to- day. lost_ control of ee §@" Edward and were crushed by a tail ot coal in the mine near Cum! Henry, aged 18, was t2~The colored Presbyterian church in Har- Pa, was borne . wanes 2; Invasion of Indian Territory. A PROTEST FROM THE RED MEN. The President has received the following paper, signed by W. P. Adair, John L. Adair, R. Bunch, R. W. Wolfe, Cherokees, and Pleasant Porter and D. W. Hodge, Creeks: ‘‘From in- formation received we are advised that white intruders, in considerable numbers, are n= ning to locate on the Cherokee lands, in the Indian territory, immediately west of the Arkansas river,’ and on and contiguous to the Red Fork of that river. Also, we are advised that the railroad trains of the M. K. & T. railroad company a few days ago emptied several cars of Texas negroes into our country at a point near the Caddo, on the line of the railroad. We respectfully, but firmly, protest against these infringements of our treaty stipulations and request your excellency toimmediately inquire into the matter and to put astop to it, and to have the intruders promptly removed from the Indian country. In this con- nection we also beg leave to call your excel- lency’s attention to the fact that we are ad- vised from sources we deem authentic that the ‘emigration’ raid which was attempted last spring on our country, and which your excel- lency checked, is in contemplation again by the interested railroad corporations and land pirates who inspired the movement originally, and we repens ask that your excellency take early steps to prevent this unwarranted assault.” The attorney general will issue a similar order to that of Judge Key. General Pope has already been instructed to check any such attempts upon the Indian territory as that the Indians complain of. Secretary Schurz has directed his officers to promptly report fully everything in this connection. EXECUTIVE ACTION. Postmaster General Key to-day issued the foliowing order: The officers, agents and em- ployes of thes Post Office department of the states of Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas and the Indian territory aré hereby directed to notify the Secretary of the Interior of any un- lawful intrusion by whites upon the Cherokee Jands in the Indian territory, which may come to their notice, and also to impart to the Secre- tary of the Interior such information as they may receive ing any contemplated tres- pass upon said HANzA EY.—Hanlan has received a letter from Dr. Soule, stating his willingness to include Riley in the race for the $6,000 purse. Hanlan is willing, and, {f need be, Will row on ‘the Potomac, but thinks moré northerly water could be found to answer just as well so late as M l Coming Prize Fic ni at Paddy Ryan's headquarters, in New York, the second instalment of the forfeit money for the prize fight between Paddy Ryan, of Troy, heavy weight champion pugilist of America, and Joe Goss, ex-champion of England, was putup. The ight is to take place In Canada, y 18th, for “0. There will be three more deposits of $250 a side, the last to take place April 19th. Mrs, FeRauson. the lady who got fn a smok- ing car in New York city, persisted tn riding in it, although Informed that it was for gentlemen only, and finally slapped a gentleman in the face with her muff because he wouldn't stoo smoking, has been tried on the charge of as- sault, convicted and fined $10. _THE SHERMAN Boom.—A telegram to the N. Y. Heraid trom Columbus, January 26, says: A. call signed by over 150 of the best men in the city, including merchants, bankers, mechanics, manutacturers, farmers ‘and laborers, for a grand meeting to press the claim of John Sher- man to the presidency, to be held on February 10, will be published in all the state journals to- morrow. The signers will adopt resolutions favoring Skorman and send them to the Chi- cago convention and also form a permanent Sherman ¢lub. Nor a WEDDIN Levere, of Oswego, N. Peck, @ young and pi rous merchant of Theresa, for $3,000, for alleged breach of pro- mise. Peck’s wife died last September, and Miss Levere claims that he promised to marry heron the 11th of January, and that though the min- ister and guests were present, Peck did not appear. ONE OF THE most portly and dignified of the Mormon bishops was lately seen running in a Salt Lake street, closely pursued by a woman, who whacked him with a broomstock whenever she got within reaching distance. She was the first and only wife of Brother Jones, and she. had heard the bishop advising her husband to practice the precepts of the church by taking an additional spouse or tw HORRIBLE ATTEMPTS AT SuIcIDE.—Joseph tor, a blacksmith, at Wapakonete, Ohio, wisaing to die, cut the arteries in his left wrist, then drove a smith’s scribe awl into his left breast; but to make sure of death put the awl into his forehead and proceeded to drive it in with a hammer. At this point he was seized by neigh- bors, who failed in their efforts to pull the awl from his head. His wife appearing, he pulled the awl out himself. It penetrated two inches. Dissipation was the cause of the at- tempted suicide. There is but slight chance of his recovery. A STEAMER BuRNED.—The steamboat Charm- er, with 2,100 bales of cotton, was burned fifteen miles above the mouth of the Red river, La., yesterday. Two chambermalds, two cabln boys, One fireman and one deck hand perished. The boat and cargo were valued at $130,000, A STRANGE VIRGINIA VERDICT.—A remarkable verdict in a murder trial was recorded in Nor- folk, Va.,on Saturday. In December last W. J. Powers, a clerk in a store at_ Great Bridge, Nor- folk, had a cee with Willoughby Taylor, colored, about the measure given for a pint of whisky. The matter had apparently quieted down, when two pestol shots were fired and Taylor fell mortally wounded. Two brotaers of Taylor swore that Powers did the killing, but other persons in the store say they did not see who fired the shots. The trial occupied one day, and the jury, after three hours’ delibera- tion, convicted Powers, and sentenced him to jail for three months and to pay $300 fine. ANOTHER MINERS STRIKE THREATENED.—A Pittsburg (Pa.) dispatch says there was a gen- eral resumption of work at all the river mines Yesterday at the old rates, 334 cents per bushel, but it is reported that a meeting will be held Saturday, at which 43 cents be wl and another strike may ensue. The railroad miners are still out. Rey. W. W. HaypEn, whom the New Haven iG BUT ant Svrr.—Miss Sarah has sued Frank M. Conn.) jury failed to convict of the murder of Mary Stannard, was bailed yesterday in the Sum Of $5,000, his counsel becoming sureties. THE SHEPHEED’s FOLD.—The investigation into the conduct of the Shepherd’s Fold, in New York, now in progress, presents the Rev. Mr. Cowlev who had ci of the children, in an unenviable light, ‘Tha children so far examina testify to numerous instances of extreme cruelty, in addition to the starvation discipline ‘so rigorously maintained. According to this testimony, not content with reducing fleshy Puplls toskin and bone, he thrashed the skin- bone afterward, kicked it and otherwise maltreated it. Whilst the wretched boys and ae under his control were swallowing with ard effort the bread and condensed milk, which were their chief fare, he and Mrs. Cowley re- galed themselves on coffee, choy = eee a Peper paint aa es New x wi special from Troy, N. Y., January 24, says: Mrs, Emma I. Still ‘Ot New York, who, im fof the. principles oF the as brought sult, in the COE upon the defendants, and the case is set down tor ial before Justice Duffy on January 30. woe is not the of Rome but all the lit- Mr. Talmage. So he says in yesterday's sermoie 102. N. ¥. Heratd, 2th. . s2-J. W. Tuttle, ‘who mysteriously disap- from his parents’ home in Westhamton, I., at the of 14,5 has been el from in Iowa. vieein of dime ‘The District in Congress. THE CORCORAN SQUARE MARKET BILL. ‘The O street market bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Hereford, as mentioned in last evening’s Srar, directs the District Com- missioners to have ea a a a ~~ after the passage of the act, plans and specifica- tions for the et-house, and on completion of the plans the rent of each stall (about 150 in all) shall be fixed, payable in monthly in: ents, in advance, at not less than an average of $4 per month per stall. That after completion of the ground pian, and, after due notice, by advertisement, the Commission- ers shall proceed to sell, at public auction, the stalls as numbered on the plan to the highest responsible bidder, subject to the rent fixed thereon; the sale to be continued until all the Stalls are sold. Provided, That the sale may be stopped when stalls enough to realize $30,000 have been sold, and subsequently the remaining stalls may be sold as the Commissioners may de- termine. Then, with the $30,000, the Commis- sioners shall preceed to erect the market-house, but the entire cost of the building shafl not ex- ceed the aggregate amount of the sales of stalls, Then, after the completion of the building, the purchasers of stalls may take ession, and the market shall be conducted as other in- stitutions of the same kind. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The bill to amend the charter of the Howard University, introduced fn the House yesterday, provides “that the government of the universi- ty shall be vested in a board of thirteen trustees, one of whom shall be the president of the uni- versity for the time being, two shall be mem- bers of the United States Senate appointed for the period of their senatorial term by the Presi- dent of the Senate for the time being, four shail be members of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed for the period of thelr Congressional term by the Speaker of said House for the time being, and six shall be elect- ed by the existing board of trustees, and any vacancies occurring in the board other than from the members appointed from either house of Congress, shall be filled by the merabers of the new board and their successors, and said board and their successors shall hoid the prop- erty and estates of said university In trast for the United States for the purposes pamed tn the lirst section of this act. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of increasing the usetulness of the university, and in considera- tion of the aid of Congress {n carrying out the objects of said charter, each member of the Sen- “ach member of the s c have the power of appointing, and keeping continually under instruction during the perfod of his congress- jJonal term, one student of the colored race, to whom Howard University shall furnish instrue- n and use of dormitories gratuitously, an¢ ntingent fees, Iu {ts normal, prep: ollegiate departments; and in m: pointments members of Congi select students from the colored ra 1 states or territori District of Columbia, said stud t equally with others’ to the rules ions of the university. . The board of trustees of said u. penditures, and shall send of the same with their annual catalogue ary of the Interior and to each member of the Senate and House of Represent- atives. See.4, This act shall go into effect July 1,1880." DISTRICT FINANCES. In the Senate to-day Mr. Harris introduced a Dill providing that the act entitled “an act au- thorizing the Commissioners of the District to issue twenty year 5 per cent. bonds of the Dis. trict to redeem certain funded indebtedness of said District,” approved June 10th, 1879, be, and and the same is hereby, so amended as to au- thorize the Commissioners of satd District to ts- sue registered bonds as well as coupon bonds, provided that the amount of both the registered and coupon bonds so issued shall not exceed the amount of $1,200,000; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to ex- change registered bonds for coupon bonds al- ready issued under the authority of the act a) roved June 10th, 1879, and to sell either the reg- istered Or coupon bonds as may be most to the benéfit of the satd District in the redemption of the said funded indebtedness of said District.” Society Notes. ft seemed as if all of those most frequently seen at entertainments here were visiting yes- terday, with the exception of the ladies who were receiving calls at their several residences. The ladies at the Navy Yard, Marine Barra on Capitol Hill, at the Arsenal, the Riggs House and National Hotel all had large receptions, as also did the families of all the Justices of the Popreme Court, except Mrs. Hunt, w to her husbann’s illness, does not see v 3. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Alley had a “card re- ception at their cosy home, “Cliffburn,” just beyond the city limits. Their married daughiter, as’ well as Miss Alley, is now with them, and both assisted at the reception, which was at- tended by a number of most able ladies and (eae ae including officials and their fai and also numerous citizens. “A very handsome collation was served, and during the pleasant drive home by moonlight all joined in complimenting their host and his family on the leasant entertainment. Miss Davenport and ‘iss Dawes assisted the ladies of the family in the reception, all of whom were most becom- ingly dressed. Last evening Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Ran- dall Gibson gave an agreeable small party, the pee at which were mostly young people. iss Montgomery's singing was one of the en- joyments of the occasion, The concluding entertainment of the series given by the Army and Navy Club occurred last evening at Marini’s hall, and was one of the most brilliant of all. The attendance was very large, and included nearly all of those usually seen at these soirees, as wellas others who have not been at the previous assemblies. The ger- man was omitted, and round and square dances alternated during the evening. Mrs. Hitchcock received the guests as the hostess of the occa- sion. The wife of Representative Deering, of Iowa, received sad news yesterday, and returned at once to her home in that state, where her sister ing. ‘The second evening reception of the'President and = Hayes will take place from 8 to 10 this evening. ‘iss Batterson, of I street, has issued cards for a small dancing to-morrow evening. Mrs. Representative Pound receives on Wed- 1215 K street. No Thanks For It. = (Cincinnati Enquirer.} The Constitution places the affairs of the Dis- trict of Columbia nesdays, at Congress, The Washington Stak probabl yolcés **2 seople of the Capital when It. eee it it would get no thanks for merely conferring the right to vote for scavengers, epee 4 tax-collectors, and a delegate in Congress without vote or influence. The: le want to vote for presidents, governors, legis- ures, members of Congress, &c., or not vote atall. The popular anxiety for suffrage in the District of Columbia is largely in the minds of eloquent orators. . HAUNTED By His VicTim’s FackE.—A co) him, ‘wants to be taken back to Norfolk and for the murder. work sted his detention until a requisition THEY TACKLED THE WRONG MAN.—A man named William a_resident - “4 i t 4 if at Ll : u ; : i : | 2 A i perpya exclusively in the hands of | FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. ‘TUESpAy, January 27. SENATE.—The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the report of the op- ee of the National Board of Health for 1879. Messrs. Pendleton, Ingalis and Cameron (Pa.) each presented petitions of ex-soldiers and sailors for the-passage of the Weaver bill, to pay such “persons the difference in value between greenbacks and gold. Mr. Cameron desired to say in presenting the petition that he believed every one of the signatures was a forgery. Mr. Coke presented the memorial of the state grange of Texas, praying regulation of Inter- State commerce. Bills were introduced and referred as follows: By Mr. Beck (by request)—For the relief of property-holders in squar city. By Mr. Butler (by request)—To incorpo- rate the Cosmo American Colonization and General Improvement Bureau. By Mr. Coke (by request)—Providing for payment of awards to Creek Indians wko enlisted in the federal army, v: id freedmen. By M amend the act authorizing tLe Di: ommissioners to issue twenty- cent. bonds, to redeem certain funde nesg of the District of Columbia. lac®To increase pensions of all w soldiers of the war of 1812, who now receive less than fifteen dollars per month. By Mr. Logan— ‘To amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods. Also, a joint resolution to increase the number of oicers of the army. allowed to be detailed as Professors of Military Sefence at colleges and univers! By Mr, Teller (by request)—To regulate In affais. Mr. Teller stated that the bill drawn by a gentleman conversant with Indian affairs, but he (Mr. Teller) dissented from a considerable portion of it Mr. Thurman offered a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the commissioner on public buildings and grounds to inquire whether the building now occupied by the Si Court of the District of Columbia the cour accommodation, and if not, what measures should be adopted to suppply the de- tielency. THE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASE. Mr. Randolph, from the committee on milita: affairs, reported a bill for the relief of Fitz dohn Porter. Mr. Logan made a minority report. He dis- sented 0: foro from the preamble first, that. the President had no authority to organize a com- mission to examine the case by taking ex-parte testimony; second. that the action of the court- martial is not_ reviewable by Congress; third, that Congress has noright to pay a person for services not rendered because of exclusion from (ue army. The pill was placed on the calenda OTHER BUSINESS. Mr, Edmunds offered a resolution, which wi agreéd to, instructing the committee on the jldiciary to Inquire whether in the settlement or adjustment between the United States and the railroads mentioned or provided for in the act of February 224, 1875, to provide for settle- ment with certain railway companies, any dis- crimination or difference of treatment has been made by the United States officers In favor of one or more of stich compantes as against others; and if so, what further legislation, if on the subject 1s expedient. . Pendleton introduced a Bill to authorize the appointment. of medical faspectors in the y to the office of chief of the bureau of med- and surgery, and to remove the disability present incumbent. MR. BAYARD SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF HIS RESOI.C- TION, The Senate at 1 p.m. resumed consideration of the joint resolution introduced by Mr. Bayard to withdraw the legal-tender power of U. S. notes. ‘Mr. Bayard spoke in favor of the resolution. Mr. Bayard said his object in urging the adop- tion of the present resolution Was to bring about an actual resumption of specte payments. Whatever else might be effected by the resolu- tion was secondary and merely incidental to this one cardinal object. Sound prosperity must rest upon a sound basis, and real money is like- ly sound currency. To resume by the existing system is as idle as te bail water by a seive. Paper notes are not an essential auxiliary to coin, but they are not coin—not money, ‘but substitutes for it. Their acceptance must be based on their credit, on their conventence, and must always be voluntary in order to be safe. ‘When an evidence of debt is made a comyplsory tender in payment of a debt the great law of honesty and of money that value ts to be given for value, is broken. “Referring to the fear e: pressed by many of the “money power” he sai Capital is the result of labor and frugality. W: there to be discrimination against those indi- viduals who had been more successful than others in accumulating prosperity. It was the “money power” that enabled the poor laborer to become owner of the tools whereby he acc mulated his own Mttleand growing capital. it gave bis children education and made =f his old age more comfortable. He did not ignore the fact that the equal and wholesome distribution of — property sought to be obtained of our fathers through abolition of primogeniture entailments, per- ‘tuities, etc., had n greatly defeated, and he inclined to think the system of incorporation which we have introduced in all branches ot industrial pursuits, had been’ nearly equal to the effects of primogeniture and mortmain com- bined in its influence upon aggregation of the wealth Into a single and never dying grasp. But he coujd not understand at what point de- nunciation of accumulation was properly to commerce. HOUSE.—Mr. Sapp, from committee on public lands, reported bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain and certify the amount of land with military warrants in certain states. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Coldwell, from committee on private land claims, asked leave to report resolution iustruct- ing the Secretary of the Interior and his sub- ordinates to cease and desist from hearing or in any wise considering any application for a atent to any portion of the lands known as the ‘ancho Panoche Grande, in Californfa, until the bill relative to that land now before Con- gress shall have been disposed of. Mr. Page objected. _Mr. Goode, chairman of the committee on Yorktown celebration, reported a bill to carry into ¢ffect_a resolution adopted by Congress In October, i7si, in regard to a monumental col- umn, at Yorktown, Va. Passed. [It appropri- ates $100,000 for the erection of a monument at Yorktown, abd $20,000 in order to enable the committee on Yorktown celebration to make all necessary arrangements for such a celebra- Uon of the centennial anniversary of the battle of Yorktown as shall befit the historical signini- cance of the occasion.} The Speaker then proceeded to call commit- tees for reports, Mr. Conversé, chairman of committee on pub- lic lands, reported bill reserving from or othe ertain lands in California in extent) on er ition ct (not to exceed two townshi; which are wing “‘Redwood” or “Big Trees” Aes = ae ot ae to the people, and set apart as public par! Mr. Cook, from the committee on post offices and roads, ted back bill dec! all pub- lic roads and highwas post — author- izing the Postmaster General put 1 service on all such routes when the public ne- cessity may require it. Mr. Blount made a point of order against the bill. The pt of the bill was to relieve the Postmaster 1 of all restraint, and to allow him to put star route service wherever he pleased, and to increase that service to any amount. ‘Mr. Money contended that the bill made no appropriation, and therefore did not fall within i 0b; jection ‘of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Blount.) Mr. r argued that the point of order was not well taker He declared himselt in favor of the. mar service, which had been ‘too long D ker sustained the point of order. e Speake Mr. Cook then witharew the bill, in order to |. prevent ite being sent to the committee on the Mr. Stone (Mich.), from the same committee, reported bill to prevent the unlawful handling and carriage of mail matter. Placed on calen- The laid before the House a mi ec i. essage the Acting. Commissioner Of Agriculture. Fol sive tone culture of te sugar boot Referred. at 2 0’! went into ¢com- mittee of the w! (Mr. in the chair) on the rules, the debate to be 226, Washtgton | Telegrams to The Star WAR TALK IN MAINE. Alleged Fusionist Threats. Movements of Troops. ——_e—__- MALE IN SUSPENSE. Fusionists Waiting for the Supreme Court Decision. BANGon. Mx., Jan, 27.—The Justices of the su- | preme court arrived here last night. They will | Confer to-day upon the fusion questions | The Fusion Legisiature. | _Avavsta, ME., Jan. 27.—The fustontsts assem- bied in Union Hall this morning. Inthe house the committee on investigation of the bri | case presented a report which was accepted ; that they had notified Wallace R. White, | against whom charges of bribery were made, to | appear before them, but he had not done ‘so. | There being no further business the house ad- | journed until to-morrow. In the fusion senate there was no quorum and they also adjourned | Until to-morrow. | War Talk To-day — Movements @ ‘Troo| The Herald's Augusta spe the arrival of a body 0 | fusionists from Lewiston and Auburn will 0» | followed this afternoon, if the information re- | cetved at the adjutant: general’s office be cor- | rect, by the coming of a company of 75 Bidde- ford fusionists. Leading fusionists say that any attempt to arrest the officials of their gov- ernment will be resisted by force. The gov- ernor has been urged to call the Portland Blues and Montgomery Guards to this city, and it has been suggested to have them quartered ina hall near ti in which the fusionists meet. The governor's proclamation is expected to follow close upon the rendition of judgment or decision of the supreme court. There are indi- cations that the fusionist legislature is ready to disintegrate on the appearance of a decision against it. There is no fight in the legislature, | and all threats of trouble come from greenback leaders outside, Some of them may be arrested for treasonable and seditious utterances. Fu- sionist Treasurer White refused this morning to allow the finance committee to examine his | ’ books. He sayS he does not recognize either government as legal. Mr, White expects to have a writ of mandamus served upon him, and thus bring the whole question of the legality of the’ fusionist government again before the ; but there Is some talk of putting him out Manchester Market. in. 2 ‘he Manchester G/ar- ial article this morning is not much change in the ct There js a fair Inquiry in nearly but the prices asked are mostly der 1t exceedingly dificult to is small, the | only department which can be called active being yarns for eastern markets, of wile’ fair sales are reported at prices In some Instances Slightly above those of Wall Street To-Day. New York, Jan. ‘The Posf’s tnancial ar. Stock Exchange markets are S. bonds are firm, and the 4 higher. Railroad investments ure, the whole list being strong. ilroad bonds are higher. In the ures are sas and lation in said to be an agreement by which the its business from Buffalo as s> ngland trafic, the agreement being with the N. Y. Central or Mr. Vanderbilt. The interest of the latter tn Erie ts believed to be mostly in the bonds of which (the second dan in its comm The he marke 0 high as to re ectite orders, hence the busines + well as It we consuls) he has long been a steady buyer. ‘The speciilation in the stock, while perhaps favored by the Vanderbilt's, is thought to be entirely a movement by outside speculators. There 1s nothing new respecting Wabash and Pacific. Concerning Kansas and Texas It is reported that { it is advancing on the prospect of a consolida- | tion with the Missourt, Pacific. The remainder of the list has been quiet and strong, but featare- less. In the money market the quotation for 6 per cent. on stocks, and 4a5 per S.bonds. Prime mercantile paper per cent. Three Bodies in a Barrel, “NEW YORK, Jan. 27. special from Atlanta, Ga., says: Two barrels shipped to Avery, & zist, were opened yesterday and found to in the corpses of three half-grown sons, which caused considerable ‘sensation. ‘The remains were for the Atlanta Eclectic Med- ieal college, and came from near Cincinnati. The Markets. BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.—Virsinia sixes, 8%: do. consols, 50%: do. second series, 30: ODE, North Carolina = forty coupon, BALTIMO! E 1 Flour dul vominal; is 5a6 7; do. new ten-forties, 36 £8, ha, 28. eb. id to-day. Jan. 27.—Cotton dull—middling, and ‘unchanged. Wheat, southern western quiet and firm, closing rather ern red, 1.36a1.38; do, amber, 1. No. 2 western’ winter red, ebruary, 1.41al.41 4531.46; May, 1.4 white, 58460; do. ye January and February, 55a! Mz: n54 5 packed, 20826; roll, i8a3. firm, troleum unchanged. Coffee quiet—Rio cargoes l4al6¥s. Sugar very dull—A soft, 9%. quiet, 1.11a1 12. Freights unchanged. "“Receipts— lour, 2,270 barrels; wheat : wushels: oats, 6,3 bushels. Shipments—wheat, none; bushels: Sales—wheat, 620,000 bushels 00 bushels. NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Stocks buoyant. 5a6. Exchange, long, 481%; short, 483. ments steady. NEW ¥¢ corn, Money, Govern- 27, 12:30 p. m.—U. 8. bonds, 4 Atlantic and Great Western firsi Certificates, 68%. Erie, 48; do. Ca 92%. Illinois Central, 10734. eadin, NEW YORK MARKETS THYS AFTERNOON | The following quotations were current in New | York to-day at 2 p. m., as reported hy Lewis John- & Co, -—U.8. 4 per oenta.. 104%; U- 8. 436 per tiene, 46:57 Hannfbat asa 5 ie, anni and 5! | 3856; Michivan Gent Lake Shore, 10175: sissippl, 31%¢; St. Wabash and” Pacifi —____—_~--____— District Government 4 ffairs. JURISDICTION OF JUSTISES OF THE PEACE. ‘The bill “to extend the surtsdiction of justices of the peace,” was by the Senate District com- mittee sent to the District Commissioners for information and report. The Commissioners referred the same to their attorney who, in his opinion, states that it meets with his approval. The justices, as courts for the poorer classes and minor cases, should be p! on the best possible basis, posed of the best personnel, clothed with ample powers and held to strict ac- countability. BUILDING PI ERMITS issued by the inspector of buildings: Great Falls Ice Company, construct an ice house south side Water street, between 10th and 11th streets, southwest, $1,500. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. District Suffrage. Editor Stvr:—Your short response of Satur- day to the District Sufi “4n conveation assembied,” hit the nail on the i; and 80 did Mr. Ramsdell when he asked in his Sunday Re- public: the promoters of the movement ee that the thirty thousand colored le in_the city are troubled with ‘taxation without ion?’ their nature nse} ness of this axiom . ency not already by the Constita- tion, as you clearly show, the of this District are, fod oH re Seal pg etn 6 value, still, were suffrage granted here. it be in direct violation of said axi i as It would be giving represent as Mr. Ramsdell si to some thirty peo- ple, without faration; and this is one strong reason why, as he says, “the who the taxes protest against the storation of of 2