Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1882, Page 6

Continued from Fisth Page. BCR eo ecioee we) Papers and letters that I herewith rerort. Thave the honor to be, with great fe. pect, your @bedient servan Gigned) Bexsasne Hanes Drewsren, Attorney © eral District Attorney Corkhill’s Heport. ‘The letter of District Attorney Corkhill referre} toby the Attorney General Is as follows: Orrics oF THR ATTORNEY oF THE U.S. Fox THe Distaict oF CourMBia, " Crry oF WasHixctox, December 13, 1882 f Hon, Benjamin Harris Brewster, Attorney Gen- eral: Sm:—I have the honor to acknowledge the re- €etpt of your letter of the 9th Inst., directing me | to furnish yous written report of the eireu: Stunces attending the escape of Henry W. Hov- gate from the custody of the U.S. mursh2l of this | District, and also of the name of another prisoner ‘Who escape. from the custody of Marsal H and all the circumstances connectod with th Mentioned eseape. Ia reply, I have th wiz: In the month of being under indie: e gmounts of pr Into bis hands as di-b States Signal tureau, wow States jul. in this iy Dall for his appesrer that month I not fled ty the case down for tr: Therenoon requeste.t in: his home for the rations , | | pezzle Ben hid leer of the United in the United t om Mm the first of | nat Ishout) set Sof lnaking certain pr for ial, which I ie { Was necessar vis.t that ies § deputy marrstal, the jallant took ede to | r with ity 6 the | ne thw f Chartes 1 » MaicAry Deine left tor the a juy, wan Were consiceriuz 1 his Post about 10 or i1 6 Of the janitors or sw court cominz to the house In cir krev mp! : a Arthur, Mr. Stet appointed a deputy ui {connection With the cour: Alabama « Ti At this et, OF the time he | brow walked Off. | In consequence of thes Matters, which It ts feit 1t my @issatisfac 1€Y OF Hipios it 15 pri ty Bh Full cx Inlaistration « With accep imum comp to them th S deputies that in the tee t aliowei 2B. Cont Attorne Holiday Notes. WAR WEATHER To-pay—tHe crowns E | STORES. | ~ _ The avenue end 7th and othstrcetsare crowded to-day with the Christn shoppers, who are Making up lost time from the bad weather of the past two da Allof the stores will re- | Main open to-nicht till nearly 12 o'clock to! &fford buyers the very latest opportunity. In | Sddition to those heretofore noticed, the fol- | owing will be found attractive places to secure @ present: partment, offers id beaver overcoats. at prices ranging from $25. He says they are honest goods, style and well made. B. W. Reed's sons advertise te Feandiles, artificial flowers, Jape ferved fruits, owls and owi shades, soaps, nda fine line of day decorated | Thompson's shirt factory and men’s furnishing @mporium, S16 F street. opposite the Patent Oftice, has a nice lot of tite dress shirts, scarfs, gloves, ete., for gentlemen. Seaton Perry makes an important announce- Ment to-day. “He has determined to sell the re- mainder of his stock of cloth wraps, jackets and at cost rather than carry them Over until next fall. He has also made great Feductions in the prices of silk and plush wray ian circulars, seal plush jackets and fu Tned ottoman circulars. He further offers sou- | andembroidered robes at cost, and rare bargains in holiday goods for parties and recep- tions. Read his advt. Mrs. Selma Ruj the Patent Omic holiday noveitie: ppert, 608 9th street. opposite will offer this evening a lot of such as dressing cases, toilet sets, glove boxes, fans. plush and leather bags, faney and Japanese goods, card and cigar cases, handkerchiefs, ties, gloves, ete. Helphinstine, the Ebbitt house druggist, has achoice selection of coods yet remaining for holiday sale. His novelties in plush are well Worth a visit. The most useful and lasting holiday present | fsa sewing m:; €. Auerbach, corner 7th | and H streets, has an elezant stock of new, | Jatest_ improved machines, of various makes, | $5up. Fussell, at the corner of New York avenue ‘and 15th streets, has pickled oysters, boned tur- Keys, wine jelly, Bryimell’s candies, mince pies and all the youd things for Christmas. Mrs. M. J. Hunt, No. 1309 F street, has a beautiful line of fans and novelties for Christ- parties and | There 15 no use wasting time looking for holl- | @ay prisents when you can find a choice line of | ehromos, oil prints, steel engravings, artotype | engravi plush and velvet work boxes, jewel | boxes, toilet cases, porcelain ornaments, biseque . Japanese panels, picture frames, Christ- Mas cards and a great variety of other novel ‘@nd attractive articles at Veerhotf’s, 916 7th street. Chris. Xander has on hand a fine lot of self- | imported eordials for the holidays, at No. 909 | ‘911 7th street northwest. i “~Hahn takes the cake, and some say the bakery. for reliable shoes and low prices, 816 7th street and 1922 Pennsylvania avenue. finan pee Alexandria Affairs ‘Tue Ixseny To-JUDGE SaNcsteR—A note received ast evening by Clerk Austin from dudge Sangster I aim ‘In bed from the effects of an assas- Ww on tue back of the head, and will not be | fo attend court next week. Tudeed, can form | Hittle idea when I can get out. Isstie no pro- for hext week; I can’t possibly get down.” Sangster says there was no row whatever, ‘#nd that the first violence of any kind was when he was struck, with a stone, a blow ‘upon the back Of the head which knocked lim down. Rerorx Cuvs Meerixe.—The Alexandria Re- form club hei, last night, a meeting at their hall on Fairfax strvet. Hon. RB. Vance, of North » delivered an address upon the subject of ee; and at a meeting of the club after- arrangements were made for the protection ae Teens at the club room from being ease ty young men that behave unruly there. Rerouren’s Notes — Alexandria county has now Of small pox. The colored man, Samuel who died of that disease tn a shiinty Just the city line, was buried last night. There not been a case within the city limits tor ‘Tonths.——The house of F. Hutchins, on street, near Pitt, was set on fire yesterday ‘overturning of &@ stove. The flames were neighbors. | _ Inthe matter of the estate of Thomas Lewis, | who con seit OUR NEW COMMISSIONER. ‘The Charges Made Agninst Hi! MR. OLMSTEAD AND THE STAR ROUTE RING—HIS AFFILIATIONS WITH DORSEY AND BRADY—WHAT ME HAS TO SAY—HOGW HR CAME TO GO SECURITY FOR BRaDY—HE A HS OYHER CHARGES. THE CASH OF MR. OLMSTEAD. To the Editor of Tux Evewixe Stan: Asan “le busine ss man, and having a wide of D-strict affsirs and District needs, ™ ‘nstead has many polats iu Lis favor In tle way of capability for finz te office of District Commissioner. But there is one strong object’on tohlm that should be cleared up satt-fac- rity before he 13 confirmed for this postion. It isasserted very positively that Mr. Otmstead 13 han i-tn-glove with th: star route gang, and the Teeord Is held ty b+ proof to this effect: Paiva Bt nit te del t ha @ only for the tovis of ng disclosures In the owing that thy ster 4 toals placed it nelad— Cize: astend Says. INST HT. for District ening to a STAR ree had to make to or IS TH cx a F. Olmstead, the nomi sioner, sald Tis ES AG S202 PApor pty Ato Kilbourn. ‘The eat publication ween the p ™ one Is that n tuted for that of Kilt an employe of th at all responsible for her they were ric} y that to cast Ub It nt up Lise?” AS not be anonymous put hissirn: . Here ts one, a T from hjs pock of which I have a copy.” MR. OLM*TEAD AND THE BRICK COMPANY. document wisan anonym Neqing trreguiar conduct on t as president of tie W: in procuring a loan from a man having by sh: aly Lwas degosed as presdent of th> coz > Was mentioned as the J he matter was brought. Oa the paper was written a st of th: How tt placed’ in the hands of the 8» I got this paper within an hour to me.” tor from er he ed president of the company,” sold Mr. o ‘antil four months ufter that, when I had to leave theeity on account of other business engagements, ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL HIM. “Here,” continued Mr. Olmstead, laughing, another thing which I got to-day, and wi OWS Wit.ta candidate forofice has to stind.” This Was a letter signed by a female newspaper cor- respondent, setting forth that she knew cerialn unpleasant facts which were about to be printed in a weekly paper, represented to have enormous circulation, and stiting that she might “engage to keep it out,"if Mr. Olmstead saw fit to deal with her. 45 ‘ald Mr. Olmstead, “appears to me to be a pln case of blackmailing. I thought, when I tirst read it, that Twould turn itover to Me- Devitt, but I Showed it to a friend, who advise: Ine not to pay any attention to it. So,I suppose, this story will be printed.” Mi OLMSTEAD THE STAR ROUTERS. “There are statements 1m ide to your prejudice,” remarked the reporter, “that you are connected with the star route men, and that you are one of Brady’s bondsmen.” “That is not true,” sald Mr. Olmstead. “I am noton any bond for Mr. Brady. Ihave no con- nection wita starroute men. I never knew Brady until about three months before he left otttce. I have known Senator Dorsey for some ye: came from the same town in Vermont where my father was Dorn. Some years ago Senator Dorsey asked me to go ona bond for a friend of his at a letting, but I refused, tellinz him that ft was part of our ‘partnership contract that n0 member of the firin should go on a bond. To tell you the _trutb, don’t know What a star route 18 Idoa’t know what you mean by an expedited route. I haven't read a word of the testimony tn the case. I like a good fellow when Imeet him. Ihave never asked myself whether they Were star route men or what they were, so long as they showed their good side to me. It isa sort of oasis in the desert of human nature to meet a good coiapanionable man. I met Brady, ani he seemed to takea liking tome. Ihave known John A. Walsh for several years, and have becn very friendly with him. He 1s a very clever, smart fellow. With Brady and Walsh you have the antipodes of the star route case. No, sir, T have never had any connection with the star route ce <i The court records,” sad the reporter, 4s stated, that you were on Brady’s bond at the time the rst information was found against im.” “Yes,” sald Mr. Olmstead, “I went on the first bond for his appearance. Lewis Clephane, N. W. Fitzgerald and A. L. Rose went on it with’ 1a went on it just as I would go on a bond for you or any other man who got into a scrape and wanted to keep out of the station house. Mr. Brady was 4 friend of mine; but Ihave no connection what- ever with any Star rout» case. As I sald before, I ao not know what astar route 1. There Is af- other thing about the statements made against me which fs worthy of notice. Ia this brick ma- chine company matter and this real estate pool Matter not One person interested has ever ex- pressed the slightest dissatisfaction. The charges come from persons who have no interest in the matter whatever. No member of the brick ma- chins co‘pany has complained against me, and none of the gentlemen whose money was invested in the real estate pool has expressed any dissals— faction. You kuow it is charged that the firm failed to divide.” “THE SUIT OF SUNDERLAND AND HILLYER against your firm has been brought up against you,” sald the reporter. “That sult fs n court,” said Mr. Olmstead; “the Dill In equity was filed In the New York Sun four days before it was filed in court. We have taken ail the testimony in the case. They have ex- amined witnesses, and we are satisfied to let the case go as it stands. We think that we have proved our case by their testimony and our cross- examination. They charge us with having made $2,000 on the sale of one square to them. That 1s true. They chafge us with having made sums of money on other sales to them; that istrue. This Dili sets forth that we were their “trusted “show, It ents.” That 1s not tru2 in the sense in- tended in the Dil. This bill would repre- sent us as having undertaken to do acts which would be reprobated as against public Policy, and that Is toact ay the trusted both partles—both the vendor and the purchaser— engaging to make the best bargain possible for ey wanted us to get t property at the low- est price possible for them and to secure our com- mission from the party selling it. In the event of our not being able to get our commission from the party selling, we were to get the property at as low a price as possible, and they would pay the commission. Now asa matter of fact they were not Geceased, Ji Hagner to-day. on motion of Emma Dation, oon of tes oun nd asserting that on account of this Mr. our customers. We nae red = ae * money as commission except $330, for a plece of*property which we bought for them directly. They er said anything about these transactions tor years, down, and the balance in years. We had to make a meg sont ice rar pockets, ty ‘square, into our was 0 honest sal Then they say we charged them $5,000 2 year for taking care of their property. Thai's “true, _ too. We —_carri their Property through al! the years of the panic and $5,000 a rear was littie enough for It T sald nator, Who spoke to me about the castuat not tink the United States Senate, which a courts and made judzes,ou rht to ex imine a case lice this, which was Row belng exrmined of it3 Courts; eet ad property here; ‘DOS. f iis su-t, and was good for the Judgaent, if any skoutd be found egaiist me.” EXPECTS TO B2 CONFIRM=D. “D> you think your nomiaation -will be con- firme?” asked the reporter. “Yes,” s:id Mr. Olmstead. “I think it will go through. Ihave been harpooned and attacked, but I fear nothing. ‘There 13 no act of which T am ashamed or of which I fear investigation. The is a certata element in this town that seems to op- pose. There is an element here—and it ts very Stuall—whieh seeks to tear down everything. One man can tear down what it takes a thousand men to build up. He gets a lever un: and down it comes. My_ business here is good. During all the have ben In business here, Or efor t out, for t man is anyihing wrong. nlraid his oft ee Latest Tela oi Star New Jersey. A gang of thi rk proce=stonals, Is op Professional ‘Thieves in PLAIN J., Dec, 24 sus w Yo —_—> Freight Trains Wrecked by Collision. Lancaster, Pa. 23.—Two east bound freight Pennsylvania rullrond collided near during a fog, night. The ca- ven cars of the forward train were thrown from the track and badly 4d the engin ar train was Jacob | slight); President. . 23.—A warrant has been rr E. Upton, the deiauiting he City Bank, Tt was'sworn out be- justice by Edward Harris and W. 1, attorneys for the directors of the on IS Not yet apprehended. Highwaywen in Chicago. NCY OF THR POLICE. 39, Dec. 23.—S9 general is the complaint and-bigying ant ropbery in the streets at nizht, and <o fast Is the crime growing, that the Lum! exchange, aroun by the fact_ that bers hat been attacked, robbed, is © $500 reward sin a document, he city government for BS ine e December 1st. 17 cases of this on record, and probably many have been > erin t geo THE WASMINGTON MONUMENT. Annual Report of the Joint Com- mission. The annuil report of the joint commission on the Washingtoa monument, which was submitted t» Congress last evening, Is substanually as fol Ws? ing the past year the work on the monument gressel steadily, and at the close of this season’s operations the monument had reached Jfeet above the level of the floor {13 and particulars of the eY, corps of engineers, rin charge, which 1s herewith The amount ‘of money disbursed U.S.A, engin transmitted. fu the construction during the year end- ing) December 1, 188% 18° also Shown In Unt report. je estimate of $250,000 for continuing the work on the monument for the year ending June 39, 1884, 1s approved and ree: ded, plet? the su This app ‘opriation wil com- md mn and ft and p: isy the In- lerior stair case and ciev.tor, whieh may be ac. complished ut so:ne period during the year 1854, Itis especially urzed that tie entire sam needed t plete this obellsk may he appropriated at» fon of Congress, as being both in the in economy and the speedy completion of the structure. Col, Casey Reports Progress. Col. T. L, Casey, engineer in charge of the Wash- Ington monument, in his annual report to the chief of engineers, showing the progress made in when the work of laying masonry was suspended in that y en carried to 250 feet above the floor. At the close of the present season the height of the shart 1s 349 above the same da- tum, showing an facrease In weight during the Year of 9) feet. In this addition there are 1,440 biocks of marble, containing 44,292 cuble feet of Inaterial, and 700 blocks of granite, containing 33,468 cubte feet. AS TH WALLS INCREASE IN MEIGUT the proportion of granite backing to marble facing diminishes, and at the level of 450 feet backing will disappear,and the walls from that level to the top will beentire'y of marble. The rate of deliv- ery of marble during the past year has been greater than the previous seasons, but still has not been as great as to insure the maximum pro- gress in building. ‘The holsting machinery still enables a course to be set in a day and a halt, and by doubling the number of blocks hoisted éach trip, the several courses to the top of the structure cun each be set in that time. If the marble can be obtatne1 from this time out with the same rapidity If was de- livered this season, the walls and pyramidion or Toot of the shaft can be COMPLETED POSSIBLY BY JULY Isr, 1884, and certainly by the close of the working season of 1834. Since the completion of the foundation in 1880, the total load added to tho then existing structure has been 28,855 tons, and the settlement of the shaft due to this load has been on an aver- age about 14 inches for the structure. The total pressure now borne by the “bed of foundation” 1s 74,871 tons, or about ninety-two hundreds of the total pressure to be Mnally placed upon it. conTRacTs during the year were made with Hugh Sisson, of Baltimore, for 39,000 cubic feet of marble at$1.85 per cuble fect; J. B. &J. M. Cornell for wrought and cast Iron work, and with the Bodwe!l granite com- pany, of Rockland, Me., for 23,000 cubic feet of gran- ite at 53 cents. ; FINANCIAL. ‘The balance of the appropriation avatlable Dec. 1 was $33,417.37. The available balance will supply and cut the marble to course 870 and the granite to 390. An estimate of $250,000 is submitted, which will complete the shaft and pyramidion, as also the interior stair case and elevator, The above reports were submitted to the Senate to-day and referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds. ———+es____ Whe Estate of the Late Thomas L. wme. To-day, in the Equity Court, Judge Hagner, the hearing of the cases of Messrs. R. R. Perry and Reginald Fendall, the administrators of the estate of Thos. L. Hume, deceased, against the Life Insurance company of Virginia, and four other life insurance companies was, commenced. These cases are instituted to recover the amount insured by Mr. Hume on his life about @ year betore his death, aggregating $35,000 in the several companies for the benefit of his wife, their object being to hold the same for the benefit of creditors. It will be some days, it Is thought, before a decision is reached, as quite an amount of testimony has been taken. A Practice Judge Snell Disapproves. A LIQUOR CASE IN WHICH THE EVIDENCE WAS OB- TAINED BY DIGGUISED POLICEMEN. Inthe Police Court to-daya mulatto woman, named Barbara Kelly, was put.on trial before Judge Snell for keeping an unlicensed bar, at No. 1212 E street northwest. Policemen Edelin ‘and Skidmore testifiel to buying drinks in the house of the defendant. Policeman Edelin stated that he and the other officer were directed by License Agent Raff to visit this place. Witness took the character of a city gentleman, and his partner was fixed. up asa countryman, from Charles county. The front room was occupied as a cigar store, and the next as a sitti room, They had no difficulty in getting into the house. Witness introjuce1 his friend to a crowd of girls present as a Charles county man, and told them to orth. treated Es the deena abe he wee kat ater fe! e and The other witness corrobo- out after the drinks, rated this statement. The defense ge | A Warrant for a Pefaulting Banik | 2d in the aunual report of | the past year, says that on 1th of December, 1881, | PROUIBITION ON DISTRICT Yestorday afternoon the District Commissioners. issucd en order “that all officers and employes of the District government are prohibited from fur- nishing any informat.on relatihg to the affairs of the District, unless the same be communicated through the Commis toners, or is provided for by existing liw and regulation: Provided. that this order shall not prohicit news being given to the press on matters of pablic interest and concern, when duiy authorized by the Commissioners. The Mixed Schéois Question. THE CASE OF PuOF. GREGORY'S CHILD. ‘To-day In the Circult Court, Judge Macarthur, the rule to show cause issued in the case of U.S ex rel. Gregory agt. Birney et al. trustees of the public schools was returnable. This 1s an applica- Uon for awritof mandamus to compel the trustees to admit bts child (a colored boy) to the Prescott Schoc! building, tn which are schcols for white chil- dren, On the fi show cause. Mr. Jeff Chan lier, wha 1s Messrs. Shell wban,eran4 Wilson,appeared for 42 relator, and Mr. Francis Miiler for the respoa- dents, and this morning the laiter stated that the respondents had held no meeting since the rule was Issued, and the papers had been in his hands ouly since Thursday lyst. He therefore asked that t we to answer be ex! led to January 2, quest not bing opposc.i was granted by rt, who £xed Jan. 2 as the return day. Ww r the coui LITERARY NOTES. MEMOIR OF JOHN A. DAHLGKEN, Rear Admiral i Nave.” By hia widow, MADELEINE Minton DARCGREN. With Portraits’and Tcus:rh- fons oygn: Jamies 1. Osgood & Co, Washing- pert Beall. This volume will posses¢ more than an ordi- nary interest for the people of Washington, to whom both its subject and its author have been so long and well known. It possesses, however, a broader interest, based on broader grounds. It is the life of a true and knightly gentleman, who was of inestimable service to his country, | both as a brave and patriotic officer and as an | ingenious and skillful inventor, told largely in his own words. Mrs. Pahigren’s uty has been To connect passages from her hero's carefully kept journals, and to supply such material as was necessary to make a complete and perfect sketch of his career. That this duty has been med with an affectionate devotion that | little short of worship, need not be said. | It is natural, therefore, that in presenting his jew of her husband’s’ case, in matters where | rences of opinion haye existed, she should feel deeply and speak warmly ; and It js likely | that her presentation of these views may pro- voke further discussion upon some points. But upon this field we have no need to enter. _Inde- pendent of these considerations, the story of | Dahlzren’s life, as told in the volume before us, is at once Interesting in itself, and of great value to the young, in showing what can be achieved | application, integrity, loyalty and steadfast- ness of purpose. RAGNAROK ory papers of Philadelphia, afterward turning his attention to politics, with special reference to investigating some ot the marked character- istics of the Washburne family, Mr. Donnelly Seems latterly to have set for himself the task of solving all the material problems of the uni- verse. His first effort in that direction was to locate and people the fabled Atlantis. In the present volume he undertakes to show that our globe, which was then a ve ble garden of Eden, was once struck by a comet, which brought about the aye of drift, with its vast deposits of clay, yeland decomposed rocks, and played sm nerally with everything upon It at that time, including the destruction of the whole human family—then existing ina highly civilized condition—except a few members. who saved | themselves in cayes, and trom whom the present e sprang. In other words, Mr. Donnelly op- 's the comet theory te the glacial theory, raily advanced by scientists. His presen- tation of the matter ts a little too much of a romance to be entifie, and & little too scien- tifle to be a romance, but it is nevertheless | worth a few spare moments time as an indus- trious and ingenious inquiry in the realms of | speculation. By CHanirs V. Harlan & Co. mn. A two volume novel in this stirring’age and busy country is arather heavy undertaking for the «eneral reader; and this one may, in fact, be said to riseto the Englistf orthodox three-volume standard, as it is really acuntinuation to “Baby Rue, by the same author, although, oddly n, th this belongs to the “! f New York. Like its pre: 3 swith the Indian problem, andalso with slavery question, and it is called a drama, presumably, because its scenes occur just before, during and after the late war. On account of its topical character, as well as because the author holds the extreme southern ante-bellum view of things, his book will, no doubt, be both warmly admired and harshly criticised; but not for these reasons only. It has fauits a plenty, aside from any question of views, but at the same time itis not without power ofa certain sort; and, whether one likes it or dislikes it wholly, itis pretty sure to im- press itself on the mind of the reader. NANTUCKET Scuars, By Janz G. AUSTIN. Boston: James K. Osgood & Co. This taking looking volume which isin the words of its author, ‘the experiences of an off- islander, in season and out of season, among a Passing people,” is a bright and breezy sketch Of life ina once quaint and interesting spot— now too fast becoming a popular place of resort —Its attractions, curiosities and pecullarities. The descriptions are certified to be faithful by those qualified to judge, and Miss Austin her- self avers that whatever interest may be found in her book “‘inheres in the realities of the place, and not in the author's fancy.” Nevertheless, the author's fancy has had a good deal to do with the charm of the book. JAMES BEALTHWAITE, THE SUPERCARGO. By ESou. Wathington: 3.°3, Chapman oo This 1s a somewhat exciting but not unwhole- some story, for boys, telling of perilous adyen- tures by sea, including naval engagements, ship- wrecks, imprisonment, &c. It is suitably illus trated, and the introduction gives a brief biog- raphy of the author, who was a popular writer for juveniles In England, with a touching letter to his young readers, written when he felt the hand of Death to be upon him. = A captivating book for the young is “Our Boys in India,” by Harry W. French, published by Lee & Shepard, and for gale by J. D. Free, Jr. It tells the story of a little yankee lad who was kidnapped and taken to India, where he was found by his brother; and in narrating the ad- ventures of the two, many vivid descriptions of scenes and incidents in that country are given, together with a good deal of information in re- “Hagar” de | with Mr. Tyng, t | felted. “Mr. | compa gard to the history, customs, beliefs, and daily lite of its people, The interest of the story is also heightened by the profuse illustrations which accompany the text. Avery useful book to artists, art students, travelers, and in fact to ail interested in any way in its general subject, is the “United States Art Directory and Year Book,” published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin &Co., and for sale here by Morrison. The fact that Mr. 8. R. Koehler is its compller is guaranty that the work has been intelligently and carefully done, though, like all first editions of its kind, it may be tound to be not entirely free from minor errors or short- comings. Those whoare interested in the literary features of the late visit of Mr. Herbert Spencer to this country will be glad to get the neat little pam- phiet, recently published by Messra. D. Appleton & Co., containing the interview with that gen- tleman, and the s; es made and not made at the banquet lered him on the evening of sailing for home. D. Appleton & Co. send, through A. Brentano & Co., a very attractively illustrated and printed edition of ‘“‘Sir Rogerly de Coverly,’ re-im- printed from ‘The a eran May lovers of that Geet minty bees aoe glad to have in its t dail well as f ailty"to holiday purposes an for ia neering qualities. _ To meet a new demand for “Democracy,” which is doubtless based. upon ‘its popularity ‘The Lettery Company's Suit agaimet ter Morgan. The case of the Louisiana State Lottery company agt. Thomas P. Morgan for damages Iftid at $7,000, claimed by reason of defendant closing up their office here in August last, was this morning called in the Circuit Court by Ju'ge MacArthur. The sult was brought by Mr. Jeff. Chandler in Septem- ber last, and the defendant, by Mr. RiJdle, fled a demurrer to the declaration claiming that plain- Uf under the law in force here has no right to establish its office and agency here, and tae acts and things don? by plaintiff at the locus set forth in the declaration are forbidden by the iaws, and sald acts amount to a sale of the tickets of the lot- tery company in the District. The court, at the lnst.nce of counsel, certified the case to the Gen- eral Term to be.heard in the first instance. scan) cleat Arrival of Prince Arisugawa. ‘The Japanese Prince Arisugawa, uncle of the Mikado, arrived in the city this afternoon, accom- panted by his suite of five persons. Owing to an accident on the road, the train did not reach this city until nearly half-past two. The distingutshed visitor was met at the depot by the Japanese min- ister, the American secretary, Mr. Stevens, and other members of the legation. The Prince was driven to the Arlington in the carriage of the Japancse minister. He will remain here until the 29th inst., when he will leave for San Francisco, During ils stay in this city it is expected that he Will be received by the President. ‘The Secretary of State will probably call upon him this evening. All the members of the party are dressed in Euro- ean costume, and one has the distinction of wear- ing a full i has been Prepare! for their reception at the Arlington, and they will have a private table. le took place to- eS Champlonship course from and was won easily by Bu- day over the Th: Putney to Mort! bear. Tim>, 23:03. ee The Vice-Regal Party in California. SAN Francisco, Cat, Dee. 93. arty left Monterey this morn Barbara by rail and stage. It 1s expected that after a short stay they will go to Los Angeles and the southern country. TERUANTEPEC RAILROAD.—Senor Matias Romero, the Mexican minister, has received a eatlegram frem his government, dated yesterday at the city of Mexico, informing him that Gen. Pacheco, the secretary of public works, has signed a contract he representative of the Learned u Tehauntepec ta holders of the same roud, witch settles I factory manner for both patties the dl rowing out of Mexteo in declaring tyng sold to the Mexic the road and railroad material belongins tothe Any, and accepted as sa clients te action of the Mex the premises. na Satis- tMicuities ie Erant for= THE HALF HOLIDAY IN DEPARTMENTS RESOLUTION KILLED IN THE SENATE. Senator Eimunds’ objectfn to the resolution of Mr. Chilcott. In the Senate to-day, requesting the President to close the departments at noon during the holiday season, seems to have Killed tt dead. The indications a at no further attempt will be made to pass th lution. —— Ingersoll’ From the Philadelphia Timos. Colonel Ingersoll’s appeal to the three colored men on the star route jury in closing his opening address yesterday was evidently bronzht al! the way from Buncombe county. He insisted that it was for each of those biack men to say whether he would convict a man who fouzht to take the chains off their bodies. As a defense of aman charged with swindling the government on this ts one of the most unique ever de’ “al oped in an important case by t lawyer. It would ap- that the poli urts had ylelded up thelr ‘dents und methods to the service of great scoffers. —_ eo Davitvs New ireland. Mr. Davitt. in a speech at Bermondsey last evening, said that emigration was no cure for tlre discontent in Ireland. A system ot public works enterprises, he said, would be far more creditable to English statesmen than forcing thousands into workhouses, and then forcing them to quit the country. But If during the vinter and spring 50,000 families quit Ireland, they wouid go to swell the ranks of the new Treiand which was growing beyond the Atlantic, where they would be trained in repubtican ideas. From his knowledge of the new Ireland in America he could tell, Lord Derby that English statesmen before long would have to. take into account the Irish element In America in the settlement ot the Irish question. eS ms A Speech by Mark Twain. THE HUMORIST DI G WOMEN AT THE NEW ENGLAND DID IN NEW YORK. The seventy-seventh annual dinner of the New Engiand Society took place at De!monico’s, in New York, last evening. Josiah M. Fiske pre- sided. Among those ou the platform were Gen. Grant. Mayor Grace, Judge Abraham R. Law- rence, Rey. Arthur Brooks, Chauncey M. Depew and Goy. Bigelow, of Connecticut. Robert L. McCurdy, Col. Vilas, Rev. Dr. Upshur, Mark Twain, Gen. Horace Porter and Senator Miller, of California, were among the guests. Mark Twain made one of his characteristic after-dinner speeches, taking for his subject “Women.” He described the matter of dress, comparing the daughter of savagery and the daughter of civilization, and said the daughter ot savagery when she went to church wore nothing but her complexion. He described it as the neatest and most graceful costume now in fashion. It wears well, is a fast color, it doesn’t show the dirt; in fact, it is the handiest dress: in the whole realm of fashion. One don’t have to wait for three-quarters of an hour in the parlor before she is dressed. ‘he daughters of say- agery do not go to church to see what their neighbors have ou, and don’t return to describe and slander it. A large part of the daughter of civilization is her dress. Some civilized women. lose half their charms without dress and some would lose all, The modern daughter of civili- zation is a marvel of exquisite art and expense. He didn’t know where her hair was from. He could never find out—that is, the hair that she did not go to bed with. He described a switch as a thing which she twists and then coilsround and round her head, bee hive fashion, and then tucks the end in under the hive and harpoons it with a hatr-pin. He gave a very graphic de- scription of his hunt for an owner of a hair-pin in a Pullman car, and his disgust at not being able to succeed. He closed his speech by utter- ing, with sincerity: *‘Woman, God bless her.” ee es Herdell Out in the Cold. A telegram to the New York Times from this city says: The inconsistent character of the ver- dict of the jury inthe first star route trial at- tracted the attention of the whole country. Three members of that jury found Rerdell and Miner guilty, and allowed Brady, the Dorseys and Vaile to escape. The country could not un- derstand how honest jurors could vote for the acquittal of those who must have been the chief conspirators, if there was a conspiracy, and at the same time pronounce the employes of these men guilty. Revelations made since that ver- dict was rendered have thrown light upon the action of the jury. By some persons it was suggested that the principal defendants had de- cided that they must take care of themselves and let Miner and Rerdell go. The inconsist- ency of the verdict was denounced by Miner and Rerdell and their counsel. Rerdell’s confes- sion to Mr. James and Mr. MacVeagh had been a burden upon the shoulders of the other defend- ants, and in the court room Kerdell sat. apart from pion. 38 the erone re ef is ee by a separate counsel. lea jury wus being formed: Rerdelt protested against ‘the accept- ance of a juror who had been accepted by the other defendants. Somephrases in the opening address of Ingersoll have excited comment. He said yesterday: “Now, as to Mr. Rerdell, Thev say he was the privatesecretary of Stephen W. Dorsey. He never was—not for a moment. not fora single moment, He attended t some of this business, I have no doubt, but the gov ernment jmagines they can debauch some- body in order to get information. I give them notice now, go on. There is le we 5 that I know precisely what they are endeavoring to do.” This attempt on the Mr. Dorsey's counsel to n government | |W Je | Listened with smiles to the old, old story (Warrren vor Tee Ev rxrxc Star. My Husband. ‘Who took me from my childhood’s home, And sald he'd love me all alone, And for my sacrifice atone? My husband. ‘Who grumbled at the poor beefsteak, And bade me better coffee make, And told me greater care to take? ° My husband. ‘Who swore because the baby cried And to the spare room quickly hied— While I to quiet vainly tried? My husband. ‘Who tears the buttons off his shirt, And said I could those ills avert If 1 was more on the alert? My husband. ‘Who bade me rise the fire to make, While he another nap should take Although I'd been all night awake? ‘My husband. ‘Who when I ask for half a crown Knits up his brows into a frown And asks me “Where's the other gone?” My husband. And when I see my mother dear Who tries my lonely jot to cheer, Who says she’s dreadful, dreadful queer? My husband. Who stays away till late at night And then comes home so ve: ‘That nearly I expire of fr1 My husband. Who breaks the china, slams the door, Leaves al his clothes upon the And swears it’s alla dreadful bore? My husband. And who do I, for his dear sake, Of every sucrifice partake Lest I his confidence should shake? My busband. — Anse E. Evnus. = ee atin [Werrren ror THs EVE! STAR. On the Beach. Down thro’ the park we rode at even, Sunlight stil! on the white sands gleamed; The blue of sea ani the blue of heaven Ss mixed with the gold of the sun’s last beam. The tide was out, and the sand hills dreary Stretching away t 1 shore, Sit lke wanderers worn and weary, Sodtied to rest by the ocean's roar. Out where the horizon’s misty cu Tratied its edge in tie purpl Salled with a motion siow, uncertgin, A white winged bark, like a sea-bird free, Far in the west a snowy clowd-bank, Fretted with gold and crimson bars, Proualy reared {ts castled turrets Upward toward the evening stars, On the sands, where the great white sunges Dashed their foam-wreathed heads in glee, Or mournfully ted dreary dirges, A youthful pur rode merrily. She, with her hair like o golden glory, Ani blushing cheek like a ripened peach, her lover whispered that night on the beach. What cared they for the radiant splendor Of tinted ciouds or of sunset skles? ‘The music of waves was not so tender As his voice, or the light of her sparkling eyes. What to them was the wild commotion e50n a rocky shore? the thought of life's ocean Which together they'd suil forevermore. — Dora Darmoore. oe “Don’d Feel too Big!” A frog vas a-singing von day, in der brook (id Vas beddher, mine fricnils, you don’d feel too Ly Und he suvelled mit pride, und he say, “Shust ook. Don’d I sing dose peautiful songs like a book?” (id vas beddher, mine friends, you don'd feel too big! va! A fish came a-shvimming along dot vay ¢ beddher, mine frients, you don’d feel too vi “Il dake you oudt off der vet,” he say; Und der teedle frogs ie vas shtowed avay. (id was beddher, mize friends, you don'd feel too big!) A hawk flew down, und der fish dook tn (id was beddher, mine friends,yeu don’d feel too bi Und der hawk he di it der shmariest vin Ven he shtuck his claws in Got fish's shkin. ldzer, mine friends, you dou'd fecl too A hunter vas oudt mit his gua aroundt (id vas beddher, mine frends, you don’d feel too Und he suy, ven der hawk vas brought to der | groundt, Und der ish und der Uttle frog vas fowndt, “Id was beddher, mine friends, youdon’d feel too big!) ©. F. Adams, Editor’s Drawer, in Harper's Mag- azine for Januar A Christmas Thought. A sweet Christ-month, the mouth that Love was ___1. ¥. KNIGHT, Manager. STEWaRT BROWN'S SONS, We. Hanwax Brows, Davisox Brows. G0. ALEXaxDrR Brown, member X. ¥. Stock Exchigt. 38 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. ‘Stocks and Bonds Bourht and Soid on Commission. al Seg at oP an = BS i oe Mba a See cae gies. ee, See SPECULATION. 2 business, having sree Parties wishing to make moner tn Stocks should com- municate with the old established firm of JOHN A. 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Lo! in the woods, beneath the frost-kisse4 hill, The holly lights the path—December’s rose— And underneath the scarlet berry grows, As If to tell us Love ts living still; Living, albeit under ruder skies; ‘Though the glad glory of the year be With frost and death Love lingers to the last, And In Love's breast her blossom never dies. ’Tis nursed with thoughts that come with Christ- mas chime— ‘That “gracious time” when Love and Peace are crowned, When the world’s woes in one great joy are drowned: The summer of the soul is Christmastime. Is it but fancy? On the midnight air Forever sound those wild harmonious bells; Through vacant vales and long deserted delis Mysterious anthems echo everywhere. In deepest solitude the Christian’s soul Surs to a thrill of some strange touch divine Apart from shrines, he heeds the sacred si That holds the world in Love’ sublime con! Harper's for January. ark Benepe eee A Kiss For Mamma. 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