Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1883, Page 5

WM. W. CORCORAN. 2d Edition. - AT REST! JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, THE FINAL FUNERAL RITES. NATIONAL HONORS TO THE DEAD POET. —_—_.—_— UNVEILING THE THE PROCE After thirty yearsot burial in the land of eile, the remains of the author of “Home, Sweet Home,” were to-day laid to rest in the sotl of his land. The pageantry of the funeral cor- tege and the ceremonies of the oceaston, which, Yong deferred and finally ible by the patriotic raunificence of a p:t sh- Ington, were a tribute toth us of John Howard Payne in keeping with the plice which he holds the homes and hearts of the American people, ‘The homeless wan an y, longing and q great peop) last tokens of resp @olemn strains of funereal iD of martial c following of notable Sabie Walks | of ion passed through Rational capital — to Place of the dead. All the pc Of human grandeur contribu paid by the living to the di ‘Was represented by its Chic’ Executive and his Councii of constitutional S;_ by the occu. 3 Of the bench of Its Ju j by members of h houses of "S33; Dy ‘ous Tepresenta- tives of the army aud navy,aud by members ui the @plomatic corps. The array of prominent governmé the representatives of foreiga p: ence of the military, and the t) Gave the demonstration a nat character that Inarked tt 4s the tribute of the entire nation. The Procession. The processton was formed at the Corcoran G: lery of Art, Where the military and the clvillans Degan to gather some time b-. the appointed hour, which was four o'clock. The remains, en- elosed In a handsome easket, were placed in a hearse which had been especially built for the oc- easton. It was a sqvare-finishe1 vehicle, with Plate-giass walls, surmounted by six urns, and Was drawn by wlilte horses. ‘The procession moved from the Corcoran Gal- lery 0f Artat4e’clock p. m., in the following col- umn of March, via Pennsylvanis avenue, Bridge, Conzress and Road streets, to the cemetery Brevet Maj. ¢ Aids: Liouta. Geo: a Lotus Niles, (21 arti Alds: Messrs, Harrison 1 Bs ‘The National Rif_les, The Union Veteran ©: Light Battery, @! z reverence, paid the ing all hon. ral process of the ‘he government Washington Light High School Cade aa ‘S.A.; Commo- . C. MeMtchael, . Col. 7. L. Casey, Hon. W. Baird and Maj. ALS. Nich- Pall-bearers—Gen. dore W. G. Temp Githert Harriso: A. Maury, Pro’ olson. ‘Hearse, Baaring Rematns of John Towa The Relatives of John Fi The Orator of the D.y. The F ‘The Presi tent of the United Members of the ib Members of the Di Justice s Supreme € Justices of the ted States, ste Justices of the £ Columbia, Clerk and M of Justice and Judges of the United States Court of Clatms and Its Clerk U Members of the Senate and Huuse of Represen- tativ ‘The Commissioners of the District of Cotumbla and Seeretary Mr. Corcoran ant his F ‘The Committee of Arr All along the whole course of th: route the people had gathered to witness ghe splendid and impos- ing funeralpageant. The st Ss were thronged and tue windows filled with eager spectators. THE RELATIVES OF PAYNE. ‘The relatives of Payne in the procession were Rey. Mr. Liquer and wife, of Bedford Station, New ‘York, the latter being a niece of Payne. Mr. O. N. Payne, of Brooklyn,who ts accompanied by Gabriel Harrison, are intimate friends of Payne, and the ‘Quthor of a book of reminiscences, Another tnti- Mate friend, Mr. Joseph De Sha Pickett, of Frank- fort, Ky., was also present. ‘The Monument. Before the procession reached Oak Hill the hold- ers of tickets had begun to arrive and take their Positions on the platform which had been built @round the monument ‘The site chosen for the latter 1s one of great ‘Datura! beauty. It rests on the crest of the hill near the main entrance and about midway on the Jawn between the fountain and the chapel The Bhaft, of white marbie, surmounted by the bust one-half larger than Itfe size, 13 supported ona | Dase Of solid gray granite stx feet square. The helght of the monument Is 14 feet, and its general is, a8 Will be seen by the wood cut repre- Sentatica below, Roman, of the pure classical e face of the bust ts turned towards the east, and represents the poet after he had passed out of his young manhood and had been made sad and serious by his long and hard bitte with adver- 'y. Brooding anxiety ts depicted In the face. features are somewhat sharpened, and, a3 Might be expected, are marked by lines of care. A short beard fringes the face, the melancholy ex- pression of which excttes tender feclings in the lof the belolder. It Is the expression in Martie of his thouzhts of exile trom home. ‘The tuseriptions and designs on the shaft are Simple. Op the front is the following brief but ‘nt inseription: Joux Howanp Parse, Author of “Home, Sweet Home,” Born June 9, 1792, Died April 10, 1552 On the back ts the nsertption tombstone that marked his gre 88 follows: “Bure, when thy gentle spirit fled Wii, Realms above the azure dome, ih arms outstretched, God's anijel sald: ‘Welcome to heaven's Home, Sweet Home,” ‘This was written by Mr. R. S.Chilton, the anthor Wt the poem which was read on the present occa- Bion, when he heard of Payne’s death. On the Bides are medallions In velief. One bears a lyre, enclosed in re of laure! eee ee Scroll, crossed by a pen, which'is surrounded by a ‘Wreath of palma = i THE SCENE IN THE CEMETERY. ‘The monument was shrouded in folds of white, 3nd uuvelled during the exercises, Ample plat. hich was on the ein Tunis. It is uilns. With the | forms were bullt around the three sides, leaving the south side open. Onthe north side way the platform occupl+d by the speakers and the dice tingutshed guests. On the left or west stde were Seated the singers and the Marine band, and on the east side was a large platform where the gene- Tal public were accomodate, There were seats ifor about 1,990 people. The rront of the ’S platform was covered with evergreens : the folds of our national fig Tunis colors gave an additional touch of he s ‘Ing of tals scene in the cemetery com- some of the fest effects of natural beauty. A cluster of ta dotted the Tawn, and t Jong luxurlant arms, tossed hizh In the alr, fo 2 ed ce Work of living green, through which the Tays of the declining sun sent golden shafts of light. In front lay the cool lawn running up to the covered with graceful f In the rear the gr Valley of Rock Creek, rhant shafts and the silent s! at vety stretches of A fence, which was toons of growing vines a steeply down to te I the tees and Iuxu- nthe gleaming white arking the resting places of pers in this city of the dead. The perfumed with rich fragrance of flowers. the fresh and grateful odors of the woods, it reireshed, and the til! trees wave irbranches to the ng of the St a benisr ind quiet. t spot they loli the mortal re- of one who had been a weary. homeless tthe earth, Here he was t time. There could be no t than Payne's restless, rish life @nd the peaceful qulet and restful ¢ this spot. The Order of Exercises. When the procession reached the cemetery the in was earrt the pall-bearers inside the grounds and latd upon a bier at the side of the monument, Itrested upon a bed of evergreens and flowers. The order of e: re strikinj mises were as follows: “Lohengrin,” R. ; JP. Sovisa, cé Rev. Dr. Leon: portic Bish irection of I: 8-11; Genests, , NV: 50-58, a3 follows sLup trom before his dead, give sons of Heth, saying, Mhy-place with you, that ¥ bury my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, say)ng unto him Dear us,imy lord: thouart a mighty prince Atnong us: in the chotce of our sepulchres bury none of Us shall withhold from thee his re, but that thou may: bury thy dead. And Abraham stood up, and bowed himselt’ to the people of the land, even tothe children of eth. hecommuned with them, saying, If tt be your mind that Ishould bury my dead out of my t, hear me, and entreat for Ine to Ephron, the give me the cave of Machpelah, whieh és in the end 0¢ his fleld; for as it ts worth he shail give it’ mo ssion of a burying-place amongst _ you. ron dwelt among the ebfldren of Heth: tite answered Abraham In the i Iren of Heth, even of all that Went In at the gate of his city, saying, N.y, my lord, hear me: thé fleld give I thee, and the cue that és therein, I give it thee; in’ the presence of the sons of my people give Tit thee: | uury thy dead. And Joseph sald unto his brethren, I die; and God will surely vistt_ you, and bring you out of this lind unto the land which he sware to Abra- hum, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Anil Joseph took an oath of tae chilhiren of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye Try up my bones from hence. ‘ph led, being an hundred and ten years d they embalmed hita, and he was put in acoMa in Egypt. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot Inherit the kinzdom 0? God; neither doth corruption Inherit incorruption. Behoid, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shail all be changed, Io a moment, In the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sonnd, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be change For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and $his mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on in- corruption, and this mortal shall have put on im- mortality, then shall be brought to pass the say- ing thats written, Death 1s swallowed up in vic- ory. O death, where is thy sting? © grave, where ts thy victory? ; The sting of death js sin; and “the strength of sin is the law. th us the vic- But thanks be to God, which gt tory throuzh our Lord Jesus Chris ‘Therefore, my beloved bretiiren, be ye steadfast, uninoveahle, always abounding i the work of the Lord, fora:much snow that your labor 1s not in vain in the Lord: Muste—Quartette and chorns— Departed,” (Requiem), (Last Judgmen'), Spohr. Phitharmonte Soctety and Organ, K. C, Bernays, ctor; R. W. Middleton, organist. dinz'of poctn, by Robert S. Chilton, esq. Following ts the text of the poem: Poem. BY RORERT S CHILTON. and now at last 5 shall repose. Ds @ should ead—the drama st are tho The exile hath return In kindred earth hb Fit recompense for all h That here the close. Here, where his own loved skies o’erarch the spot And where familar trees thelr branches wave; Where the dear home-born flowers he ne’er for- got all bloom, and shed their dewsupon his grave. Will not the wood-thrush, pausing In her flight, rol more sweetly o’er this place of rest? Here iinzer longest in the fading light, Before she seeks her solitary nest? Not his the lofty lyre, but one whose strings Were gently touched to soothe our human. kind, Like the mrsterious: harp that softly sings, ‘Swept by the unseen fingers of the wind. The home-sick wanderer fn a distant land, Listening his song hath known a double bliss: Feit the warm pressure of a father’s hand, And, seal of seals! a mother's sacred kiss. In humble cottage, as tn hall of state, His truant fancy never ceased to roam. O’er backward years, and—trony of tate!— He of home sang who never found a home! ‘Not even tn death, poor wanderer, till now; For long bis ashes slept in alfen soll. ‘Will they not thrtll Y, a8 round his brow A fitting wreath is twined with loving tol? Honor and pratse be his whose generous hand Brought the sad extle back, no more to roam; Back to the bosom of his own loved land— Back to js Kindred, trends, his own Sweet fomel ‘The monument was then unvefled, and Payne’s “Home, Sweet Home,” was sung by a full chorus with organ accompaniment; RC. Bernays, con- ductor; RW. Middieton, organist. Oration by Leigh Rebinsen. ~ Leigh Robinson then delivered the following oration: ‘w stories are more affecting and appéaling than the current one, which I have seen ascribed to Howard Payne’s own Ips, that when his yen- ‘Ures, theatrical and literary, had proved failures, in the pecuntary sense at least. he was wandering one night In the streets of London, feeling sick at heart and tn the world’s regard,and with the sense of present evil sharpened by the acquaintance. with better days, which throbbed and darted through !t, and woult not be forgot, sank down finally on the front steps of a nobleman’s manston, and, between the entrance lamps, wrote the first draft of “Home, Sweet Home” Later on, under the blue sky of Italy, surrounded by the foltage, the flowers and the birds, the light and fragrance which make scenery soft, warm and musical, and those who dwell therein ‘and look thereon, hts ear Was caught one morning bya flower girls sweet melody. Suddenly, that which had been frag- mentary combined and took shape. He mixed the music with his thought; adapted the alr he had Just heard to the words he had lately written; dotted down the notes tn his memorandum book, and thenceforward bore in bis hands the harp ot home. The thought was born musical; its natural utterance was song. Once more the soui of a song had found tts body; the heart of man a voice. Payne’s career was the unhappy one of disip- potniment, a history of baffled alms, a life nowise proportioned to boyish promise and precocity, but rather the melancholy non-fuliiliment thereof, fairly—first and foremost, parents entitled to his love: tuous manners; bued with the of that early day. Shut its gates In his face,and when future It was to that future of the defeated, whose very veil is of stone, And now, when his heart Was even more bankrupt than his purse, and when hfs purse was empt; was without a crust, his head without a roo! pavement, In the Tartarus of earthly disappointment and’ defeat, he lifted up beheld afar off thé home bosom. That Sorcery of appearance, in the vain pursuit of which the force of bis youth hud been wasted, stood r-vealed now as th? sh:ll without the meat! and there in viston Lefore him rose his far off home, to which the heart was as the snail torn from ‘its shell. If sweet ts health to the sick, liberty to the captive, the heavy laden, be the hunger and thirst after home by irreverence of the tmes whatever other falth hath famished, the temple of the hearth 15 sacred. As St. Columba 8iys In his farewell to Aman, so we say 1s with thee; the garden of God within sound of thy bells.” In the sinking fate of tae man this, too, came to him, like the memory of sprin, in winter, of the ripple of the waters in the deser of A paradise lost. This ts the forlron pathos of that which makes htm famous, that ts the song of home by him who had not where to lay his head. It 1s like bright light on deep shadow. The sweet rose of life had faded from him. Only tts thorn was preased against his breast. A wandering bird cast out of the nest star- tles the midnight with the song of his earllest food of sweetness, all the more ex- red from the throat of sadness; ‘plain iving and high, winging in Itviny PiOutsiae of his heme he wasn praised and petted boy, protege of edilors and Precocious, and pre- cociously fond of the stage. Partly, 1t may be, to repress this longing, a desk in’a counting house was the portion first assigned him. But friends of the bright boy, won by Dis charms, resolve that he shail have''the advantage of a col- In the heyday of youth, as in tion of the grave, when his hunger only pillow the his eyes and philanthrophy And now’ we have the old, old story of natural parts and aptitude college rules, restraint and admonition, even that of his benefactors, Then follow in SWIIt succession a mother's death, ‘The il wind which smote the four corners of his father’s house blew him the ques- Honable good of a reluctant permission to pursue ‘The alternative lay between, on one side, thé busy and the beaten track, a life of labor, possibly obscure, at all events monotonous; mM the other a life of pleasin variety, before which spread itself the applause of muititudes, perchance the smile of fortune on her favorite. ‘The muse of his fancy was the muse of hig adoption. That which had been his stolen satisfaction was to become his serious life. entered what was forhim a garden of enchant- ment. The plaudit of friends from the gallery to the ground was there to welcome him, Iam told that Mr. Jos. Jefferson, than whom no one 13 more competent to speak, says that the best thing which can befalla man, who has the making of an actor in him, 1s to fall at the out- set. Itseems to mea saying worthy of accepta- 3 thanone. For aman ts brought face to face with his own defictency when’ he can best amend it—the obstinate fact which fronts him and will front him till it sub- dues hin or 1s subdued. In a word a man fs thus forced to front reallty, which surely should be essential to the calling which has for its province the imitation of reality, stung to the victory ‘which favor never could Perhaps it had been well ayne if, at this time, adversity hid deen Stirred more freely tn his cup and from tts di the primer of greatness in every school, he ba drawn {ts desperate Jorce. wise, Life betrayed him with its kiss. Let us not underrate, then, as possibly Payne aid, the career which’he now set “h he seems to have had a fatr en- cowment AS it was sald of Lethultz, that he | drove all the sclences abreast, soit may be sald of the stage, that all the arts are tributary tot To create before the footlights a _Itue world, which shall be the successful mimicry of the gréat and to picture these in miniature the perplexities “and passions of man’s life, his laughter and his teal Wealth of tone and color, by the {llusions of sense and sung, the poet's, the pxinter’s, the musictan’s art, by the expressiveness of countenance and ges- ture, to throw upon the staze a form which shall be the glass of life, a voice wii by the very body sight to the the homeless? of his life—the bel quiste that it 18 beauty from ashes, the bird-son; the mouth of the homeless. It is the sorrow in the throat which makes the song so sweet. This cong, born of suffering and sadness, like all immortal things made perfect by suffering, 1s, to-day, his song of triumph, In 1832, after an absence of twenty years, Payne came back to his native land. Why he should have remained away so long, when so warm a welcome awaited him in it, 1s a mystery. Compll- mentary benefits in Boston, New Orleans and New York awaited him, public receptions and dinners, for all which he returned his acknowledgments in the graceful terms which never fatied him. But the projects which thenceforth engaged his atten- ton were the desperate after-game of Ife: Inter- national reviews, sacred history, Cherokee In- Projects of'a fertile rather than a practical brain—the double-flowering tree, romise, votd of fruit. runis In 1842, recalled In 1845, amid the du: of home from tion on more si Many a man has been It happened other- dians and what not: | sel a ‘c vit the consulship to nae antl foray renewed in P on There, aspects and the Calus Marius Was seen sitting on the ruins of Car- thage, Payne laid him down—there, in the shadow of the broken and dejected column of his own Ufe—latd down to die. April, 1852, in the 62d year of his ilfe, he away. Two sisters of charity and his Moorish do- were with him when he died. A priest of the Greek church sald prayers over his grave. ‘The breath was hardly out of his body when his of art and sword of office and sold at auction for ersonal apparel exen diss universal theater, In Tunis, on the 9th of 0 unfold thes ‘h shall be fis echo; | furniture, Wbrary, works were seized enough for ‘the has labored in The greatest. word ever spoken literature floated swan-like from the bourds of the ‘To be the poet of representation 13 not a small art, but a great one, by which the word of genius 18 made flesh, cInation and prepossession of youth m of the soctal cireie, the prodigy of thé intellectual, with an engaxing tanner and person, a bell-itke votce, a good ear, and above all, the quick sense of beauty, Payne sway the scepter of the stage. many from Boston to Charleston,tn his native land,his native land grew insuftctent for him. Ambition whispered that on » ampler theater of the English stage, snatch a nobler laurel, ness these, the advent of the elder Booth, who, as to me, with a wiser discrimination,saw in » rather than in Europe, ng genius, Ho was prosent the first night of the Tetur of Mrs. Siddons to the stage, and Deheld the majesty of those powers which, tree, were challenged solely by the ‘om of thelr earlier stem. ‘The frien ton Irving obtained swift access to te frst lite. Tary and dramatic circies. With no undue dim- derice he flung himself azainst Kean and Kemble, in the arena of those triumy each “a stately hieroglyphic of humanity.” He achieved laudation, the promise of distinction, distinction itself, and not success. Other things in this unylelding world go to the make up Of success besides the most._si most applauding psalms. Pay: mand, but had always to concil!ate his theater. All credit should be given him, howeve celerity and cheery heart with whlch he now bent Ties of translations, adaptations, tragedy, comedy caine it all,which one whose entrance wa his Ife sank behing a cl his face was turned toward the mornin . As the breath of life left his body, his life in the breath of others began. As his hy abode became the spoll of hi every home In Christendoin bi light of his Ife went down, like that Norwa: which sets into sunrise. to-day of him, whose whole subs! sold in execution. me his spot. The The world 1s the nce the world "ry home 1s the sweeter for him, as it 1s also admonished by him. He might be termed the Apostle of Home. Th some sense we might say, without trreveranee, I trust, “the chas- Usement of our peace was upon him, and with his ‘Therefore, it 13, that the grave cannot confine him in the land of the Stranger, nor the ocean divide him from his own. The ship of a mighty people has spread tts sall, and brought him up from th over the deep water to rest at last, under the oaks and beneath the violet of his country. The magistrates and the ms are here to-day, equally his imourners—the music and the verse, the chivalry and the beauty of his own land and the ambassadors of all others. Here in the consecrated stlilne: the holy murmur of the sireain, which in lire he haunted with his love, Mis restless ghost will fold its wing. A charm from the sky will seem to bal- Jow him here. AsI sve awaltin: chre prepared by one, the venerable snow of whose winter has dropped no flake upon his open hand, itis tome as though the fixure of that charity which never faileth were bowed in benedict over this grave, It 1s as though we were witness- Ing the ineffable voyage of Payne’s soul from the the earth, which was his tavern, to the Heaven, which ts his home; as though this, the transla- tion of his mortal part from the land of old bond- age to the land of new promise; from the dark continent to the bright One, were the Ikenes his far great greater resurrection, not from hems here, but from death to tmmor- sallted forth to\, stripes we are healed.” He arrived in t the field for under world and ven in the dry 3363 Of his country ‘lorious blos- of the wood and by 3 Which had made him the sepul- t voices and the never ald com- himself to that compositions, dramatic, operat e, hutnbering some fort consumed the best years of his lite. it is always a pathetle spectacle, the conflict of taste, talent and se suing of the beating heart and prow! honor of in. genuous youth with the Iron world of business ain with the earthen sivllity; the striving and pur- | Paere to hemisp! The exercises wero then continued as follows: Interment ceremontes—The Rt Rey. William Pinkney, D.D.,LLD., officiating. rand Hallelujah Chorus” (Messiah), Philharmonic Society and Marine band Prot. F. Widdows, conduc- the encounter of the vase In that flood of destinies whic! human Ife. It ts so hard tor the endowed and ad- mired one to realize that over against bil Jealous eye which tsever turned on In: unestablished strength; that his house, lke the tempie at Jerusalem, must be bullded'with the trowel in one hand ‘and the sword tn the other; that his various gifts and graces are scan as coldly as ever slave upon the block by the spirit of trade, which stands there not for sentiment, but. bargain, Payne’s versatfle struggle through all these years of disappointment, deception and un- deception 1s to me the flutter Of the bird against Als bars, trying them all in turn, and all in vain. ‘Thus it came to pass that middie Iffe stole upon him, and found him not unfriended, indeed, but undemanded and unavalling. (the audience rising). tor (by invitation of Prot, Bernays). Music — Finale Arms of Jesus.” Marine band. P. Sousa, condu Philharmonic Society—S. KE. Middieton, presi- dent; Fred Reichenbach, secretary. The coMn was placed in the vault, which had been prepared directly beneath the monument. The following gentlemen acted as ushers at the Assistant Engincer Mr. Lee Phillips, Mr. LE Mr. W. F. Peddris “Safe In the harles W.: Rae, eal, Mr. John C.Poore, In all that made GRADUATION DAY AT ANNAPOLIS. ——— GRADUATION DAY AT THE NAVAL | These orders ACADEMY, Interesting Exercises In the Ch: ‘The Address of Mr. Mills—The List of Graduates—The Hop Last Night. Special Dispatch to Tae Eveste Stan. ANNAPOLIS, June 9, 1883.—Tne graduation exer- elses of the Naval Acaceny were observed here today. The ceremonies commenced at ten o'clock by the cadets forming without arms and marching | Littlehales, Wm. H. Leadbetter, John H. Barnard, to the chapeL Here the exercises were | John M. Ellicott and L. Eilinger, detached from Opened by prayer by Chaplain McAl lister Hon. R Q Mills then addressed tho graduating class. THE GRADUATES. The diplomas were then delivered to the graduates by Captain Ramsey. The following are | J. Mitcnell, Harry C. Pottit,'P. H. Phlibin, Win. J. the graduates in the order of merit, the Arst six | W being the stars of the class, they having obtained 85 per cent of the maximum, the maximum being 700. 2g next elghteen received 74 per cent of the il be proper to observe here that Prior to the act of Congress ot August th, 1882, there were two classes of cadets at the academy, known as cadet midshipmen and cadet ehgineers, who pursued dtfferent courses of study and who graduated independent ofeach other. The act above referred to abolished this distinction and made all the cadets at the academy naval cadets, and both were, by the same dct, to pursue the same course of study and maximum. It w! graduate as naval cadets, 8. Dana Greene, jr, of Rhode Island, a son of red No. 1, Capt. &. Dana Greene, U.S.N., grad his average being 697.68. No. & Geo. W. Street 9f Wisconsin. “No. 8 Samuel W. Armistead, of Virginia, cadet engineer. No. 4 William J. Bax- ter, of Washington, cadet engineer. No. 5. Charles P. Eaton, ‘of Wisconsin, cadet engi. neer, No. 6 William 8. Aldrich, of New Jersey. No.7. John B. Jackson, of New’ Jersey. No. 8. Geo. W. Littiehanes, of foe ae cadet en- son, of Pennsylvania, cadet engineer. No, 10. John M. Elicott, of Mary: land, cadet engineer. No. 11. Richard W. Barclay, gineer. No. @ Chas.’ W. of Missouri. No. 12 Wm. F. Darrah, of Rh le Island, cadet engineer. No. 13. Chas.E’ Sweeting, of New York. No. 14. George F. Zinneil, of Peni sylvanta, cadet engineer, No. 15. Albion 8. Keith, of Massachusetts. No. 16. Harry George, of Mich gan, No. 17. Benj. E. Thurston, of Indiana. No. 18. Alexander S. Halstead, of Pennsylvania, cadet engineer. No. 19. Fred. L. ‘Chapin, of Illinois, _ No. nder, of Kentucky. No. 21. Wm. . nnsylvanta, cadet engineer. No. 22. Harry A. Field, of Virginia, oudet engineer. No. 24 Chas. F. Webster, of Pennsylvania, cadet ngineer. No. 24. Thos.’F. Gignilliat, of Georgia. No. 2, John H. Barnard, of New York. No. 26. a. No. 2. Thos. A. With- 20. Robt. ©. Ale: ©. Herbert, of Pi Alfred P. Agee, Alaba erspoon, of Tennesse. No. Robt. T. Fr: of Tennessee. No. £9. George C.Stout,Penn: nia, No. 30. Cyrus T. Brady, Kansas. Sydney ¥. Mitchell, Alabama. No.82, 0. A.Jac Florida, No. 33. "Harry H. Balthis, of Iilino!s, No. 34 Tremlet V. Toney, of Iilinots No. 39, Frank R. Colvin, of New ork. No. 86, Elton W Dalrymple, of Iowa. No. of M imothy 8. O'Lear Fawin B. W W. Shock, of M North Carolin York, cadet, en| cock, of Maryland, cadet engineer. No. 58 Philip J. Ryan, of } Those present in the chapel then remained Scated untll the cadets had left the chapel. THE HOP LAST NIGHT. The hop given at the gymnasium at the naval Aacaderay last night by the nival cadets of the class of 1881 was a most pleasant and enjoyable affair. The hop was more or less informal, and Only a limited number of invitation were sent out, they belng sent tothe particular friends of theclass. There were Just enouzh present to fill the floor of the ball-room and to render dancing easy and gracefui and to avold the troubles and asses, &e., attendant rowded balt-rooms. Mrs. Lieutenant Com- Mander Taotas acd Naval Osdet Braven re- Dy lerson, Rees, Wilkes, the Misse3 Hea p, aptain Green, Mr. Naughton, Mr. Beatty, 3 and Lieutenant Zahn, N,_ From Baltimore the Misses Murray, the Tyson, Misses Ellicott, Pratt, Hoogerwort, annoy upon’ ances, damages to di ceived. Among those present were the follot rom Washington: Misses Miles, Hen: ash, Ensign Rod: Ox, Me ton, daughter Mauchand, Miss Howard, Miss Beck, Messrs. Den- ett Stelle, Billings Steele, Frank H. Sto: Jr., and a large the academy aad their wives and naval cadets, hop was Kept up until a late hour. Ife beautiful and noble to him faflure was his He was one who had cro: ‘Swords With the world and had not overcome. The W, ‘'T. Wheatley, Mr.Dantel Leech, Assistant E: C, G, Talcott, Mr. Jay Cooke, Licut. R. F. son, and Mr. Andrew H. Allen. familar voice, 2,)JOHN HOWARD PAYNE; Mn. Brese will not accompany the Greeley ree PosrMastens ComMrsstongD.—Commissions were issued to-day to postmasters as follows: M. Welsh, 3 a F. Carroll, Hurlock, Md.; Van -\ Kt ADVERTISEMENT For Bios.—The Postmaster | General has ordered a re-advertisement for bhi: i furnishinz blanks and blank books for the money The bids were opened on the 6th of and ft was ound that there were Seven Bide ders, one being the government printer, who sub- mitted an estimate. His_eatimate Was not in the Torm required by the specifications, *ConLzcToR oF Cr: at Widgeon, Mi Linville, Van, W! Va. THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT STATIONERY Cox- TRACT3—The following 1s a stot the Washing- ton bidders to whom awards have been made for furntshing the Intertor department with station- allsntyne & Son, J. J. Chay Morrison, Gea, Ryn W. Thora & Co, and @. A. .—The President to-day 5. Brewster, of Laredo, Texas, collector of customs at Browasville, Texas, vice Haynes, suspezded. —— GovERNMENT Recrirrs To-pay.—Internal reve- Due, $478,117.34; Customs, $453,008.78. ‘The graduating class gives a banquet at the Riggs house, in Washington, to-night. {BY ASSOCIATED PRESS} ‘The Exciting Scenes at Annapolis To- Day * CAPTAIN RAMSEY’s PUNISHMENT OF CHEERING CADETS, - ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 9.—There was a scene at the naval academy graduation this morning that has never been witnessed at that Inst{tution, nor never, probably, excelled tn dramatic interest in any commencement exercises. The cadets listened With great interest and applauded to the echo the | address of Mr. Mills to the graduates, and espe- clally those points that severely criticised by im- plication the conduct of cadets in cheering and groaning their fellows against regulations, Then Captain Ramsey, superintendent of the academy, arose to deliver the diplomas. Bebind him, Seated on the platfornr, were Dr. Leavitt’ president of St. Joun’s College, members of the ard of visitors, members of the academy board andjnumbers of ladte Capt. Ramsey stood with his cocked hat in hand and full uniform, and looked stratght forward Into the audience. His lps were seen to move, but few of the spectators heard what he sald. The name of 8. Dana Greene, jr., honor man of the class, was called. As Cadet Greene Stepped forward to’ recetye his diploma a number of cadets broke into cheers, the usual course On commencement day when a favorite steps to the front to receive testimony of his gradustion, In an instant the bright and cheery scene was chan; Captain Ramsey’s coustenance lowers, and in a voice broken by anger he sald: “You show your insubordination and attempt to disgrace yourselves and the naval academy before fhe eyes Of the country; those who applauded march to the front,” and then to the astonishment of the spectators twenty cadets stood. before the irate superintendent, who said to Lieut. Green, who followed them up, “Take them to the Santee until further orders.” Several of the con- victed cadets’ parents were present and saw their sons march off to prison and nobody seemed to know the reason, The Ite was composed of Cadets Gi Gray and Webster, of thegraduating class; Cadets McKay, O'Malley, Crisp, McKean, Jones (1. B.), Jones (H. W.), Beecher, of first’ class cadets: Jacobs, Wartleld, DeKraft, Fenton, of the second class; ‘Cadets Winrom, Griswold, Dodd, Jenkins and Breed, of the third class. Diplomas were then handed tO the remaining graduates in funeral new quarters, where they were di Then tt was discovered that the first words applauding, and the unfortunate cadets, lke nearly all the audience, had not heard it. Omcers and cadets crowded around the and represented the situation, and Qa) relented and ordered all who had not heard the | 0Mict orders to be released. In an hour the cadets were once more at liberty. Messrs. Glascock, Gray and ae Mrs. Scoville’s Change of Name. Cnrcaco, June @ivorced from her hi January, filed a terday, to have Maria Howe. The Nickerson Divorce Annulled. mon pleas to-day annulled the decree of divorce tonal local examiners, which completes the list of local boards: New York custom house—John M. Comst of the naval of Neison G. Wil- Promotions in collector's ltamsand Henry D. Stanwood, of the office; Cyrus A. Stevens, of thé appraiser’s office, ‘Office: George E. Seeley, and Charles W. Musgrave, of the surveyor's office. | the Patent OMice: Geor, examiner; ‘New York, from third to second asststan' iner; Mrs. V. C. K. of the Treasury to-day rejected the bond of Col- | third aaststant exami lerkship ‘tner; Frank S. Skinner appointed clerk cl. one, vice Sullivan promoted. A CoLtxctor’s Boxp REsEcTED.—The solicitor leetor Pleasants, of Savannah, Ga.,on theground that the sureties were not sattactory, Tae U.S. S. SaRatoga ts at Pokeepsic, N.Y., where she will rematn until the 13th inst., when she wid sell for Newport, RL fourth artillery, to duty at the West Point milt- tary academy, Will to-day be revoked, and’ he is | CMpany, of Philadelphia, for $14,000. relieved from bis present duties in connection] Corron CENTENNIAL COMMISSIONERS. —The Presi- with the Wheeler expedition im this ane ceneenl rae Fegiment oa the 30th june. ‘Tue Pursrpenr attended the Payne memorial | #84: exercises at4 o'clock this afternoon at Oak Hi | Back Ee sheim, W. B. win, Cemetery. He will go from there to Soldiers’ Home. Orders have been issued from the War depart- ‘Ment directing five officers who have been on duty bere in the signal service to return to their Fespective regiments, as follows: Capt. W. I. Clapp, 15th infantry, June 80th (relieved at his own request); Capt. J. W. Powell, 6th infantry; trong, 4th artillery, and First Lieut GA. Booth, 7th infantry, Ju M. Bilis, ‘4th artillery, ‘September Ist, Were issued in accordance with the new law, Which provides that not more than ten | commissioned officers of the army shall serve In pel— | the signal servic», exclusive of the second leu- tenants detailed by law and officers specially de talled for arctic sea service. The Naval Graduates THEIR ORDERS TO DUTY. been oriered to duty John B Jackson, George W NAVAL ACADEMY EXERCISES. First Lieut. R. P. Naval cadets have a3 follows: the naval academy and ontered to the Tennessee; Philip J. Ryan, Chas. E. Sweating, to the Yantic; John A. Jackson, Chas. I. Webster, Robert Mc- Ciellan, Eustace 8. Giascock, Frank L. Chapin and R. W. Barclay, to the Nipsic 8 Aldrich, A! S. Keith, Witherspoon and A. P. ; Harry George, Wm. Wm. J. Baxter, "T. A. Agee, to the Kearsange; S ison, R. L. Lerch, R. A. Woods, B. E. Thurson, '. H. Gignilliat, F. Colvin, RT. Frazier, RB. A. Field, W. T. Gray, W. C. He ‘oney, G. M. Vonschroder, Geo. are, CT. 8. Halstead, T. V. G Stout, A.B © W. Dyson, L. W. Armistead, G. W. Street, F. Danah, T. A. W. Shock. C. P. Eaton, H. H Bal- this, T. & O'Leary, Jas. KE Palmer, S. D. Greene and Harry A. Gillis, to proceed hoine and await orders; Harry G. Leopold to the Yantic, instead of the Tennessee; J. O. Whitham, G. Kammerling and O. B. Shallenberger to duty in the draughting Toom, bureau of steam engineering; Lieut. John Downes to the receiving ship Colorado; Licut. Henry McCrea to the Colorado, eae Important Keal Estate Sales, RO. Holtzman, 10th and F streets northwest, has made the following sales s!nce the first of Lot 8, reservation 12, north side of Pennsylvania avenue, between 24 and 31 streets northwest, 25 by about 100, improved by a two-story brick house, | for Mrs. Moorsell, to Mr. E. B. Stocking, for $7,509. Lot 82, 1n square 22, 14th street, west side, be- Wand Boundary streets northwes 120, for Mr. C. C. Glover, of Riggs & Co., to Mrs. Florenc> Gibss, at 30c. & sq) Lot 19, in square 205, U street, between 14th and 15th streets northwest, south side, 68 by 110, for Mr. Thomas Lanahan, of Baltimore, to J. Paul Wilson, at 25¢. a square foot. ‘The South 25 feet of lot 100, 10th street northwest, etween Penns avenues and E stree three-story bri: Mr. H. 0, Towle Lots 7, 8 and 12,1n square 2i6, norm side of Massachusetts avenue horthwest, bet ireets, 66 by about 9), at $ iss C, Munroe to Mr. E Fra: upon which Mr. Rig some residence for his ow Lots 6 and 7 and a part of 2, in square 25 100 feet tront by 107 feet der strect northwest, between 13%" and 14ih streets, ind J. J. Berret, to the Unton Transfer company at 80 cents a square foot, ‘This ny 13 now erecting upon tits ground prick stable that will cost about $16,000, in which to stable thelr hansom cabs, wagons and hotel co; @ Lot 16, in square 40, 23 by about 71. 231 street and ircle northwest, for Wiliam Galt to aughlin at $1 a square for and 62, In Square 9, north side of O street ~ between Bist anil 221 streets, 44x10, for Col Thos, F, Barr, to Mr. Lawrence Sands tor Lots 111, 112 and 113, In square 310, Improved by three frame houses, P stree' Strects northwest, south side of street, for Mrs. Emma T. Rawlings, to Mr. J. B. M. Hardaugh, for Lots B and C, in square 187, south side of P Street, between 17th and 18th Streets northwest, 18x90 ‘each, for Mr. M. V. K. Slack, for 52 cents a square Lot 5, in square 514, north side of New nue, between 4th and Sih streets northw: 144, to Mr. R. Goldschmid, at 84 cents a square square 195,0 street,north side, between 15th and 16th streets northwest, for Dr. James A. Harlan, to R. O. Holtzman, for $1.30. square foot. Lot 19%, In square 206, 19x12), 14th street, west between S and T streets, for Mrs. EmmaDins- more, to Hon. D. L. Yulee, at75 cents a square Lot 200, In square 206, 20x120, 14th street north. west, west siae, between S and T streets, for Hon. G. M. Robeson, to Hon. D. L. Yulee for 7 cents a t 1, In Square 166, 52x98, northwest corner of enue northwest, and im- house of four stories, and Ned by the Paymaster General, U.S. A., for Wm. Galt, of Galt Bro. & Co., Jewelers, to the on. D. L. Yulee, for 242,500. Ast 23 feet of 101 25, In square 209, Q northwest, south side, between 14th ‘aid 15th streets, for Mrs. Carrie E. T. Knox, wife of Con- troller Knox, to Mra, Christiana’ J. Osborn, for 000. a 98, square 206, 25 feet ten inches by 129 feet, southwest corner of 14th and T streets northwest, improved by @ neat two-story frame house, for Mr, J. D. Clary, to Hon. D.L. Yulee, for $5,000. The west 16 feet of lot 5, In square 158, north Side of N street northwest, between 17th and 18th, for Mrs. Alice E. O'Hagan, to Mr. Lawrence Sands, for $1 a square foot. East 94 feet front of Jot 2, in square 441, north side of S street northwest,between 6th and 7th, for Mrs. Margaret Whitney, for $1,000. Lots 104 and 105, square 206, horthwest corner of | Pierce and 14th streets northwest, §2.6x12), for | Mrs. Matilda Wagner, to Hon. D, L. Yulee, at $1.25, @ square foot, Lot 7, in square 460, north side of Pennsylvanta avenue nortiwest, between 6th and 7th s'reets, improved by a five-story brick hot through to C street, lot 27.10 by about 83, Occupied by M. W. Galt, Bro. & Co, jewelers, to Hon. D. L Yulee, for M. W. Galt abd William Galt, for $35,000. Mr. Holtzman has also made the following Im- rant leases. The house of Col. Rathbone, fayette square, to Mr. John McLean, of tie Cin- cinnatl Enquirer, tor two years; the house of Mrs, Marcy, No. 22 Lafayette square, to Mr. LZ. Leiter, for one year; the house now occupied by Sherman to’Gen. Slocum, member of Congress- elect from Brooklyn, N. No. 1405 H street northwest, to Dr. Mackall, and Dr. Mackall has leased Als hose, 1 northwest, formerly the Chandle let 1405 H street to the Chinese legation. Mr. Holtzman has sold over $500,000 worth of nee the Ist of January of this year, and this ls the second list we huve pubiisiied of his in square 348, 25 by West side, Improv: tave Sohn, to building a ha: south side of D for James G. assachusetts, No. 38. Patrick H. Philbin, of | Some Uwo-sto: Maryland. No. 29. Wm. B. Carswell, of Delaware, let engineer, No. 40. Robert L. Lerch, of Ohio. 41. Robt, H. Woods, of Virginia. No. 42 Jas. E. Palmer, of North Carolina, cadet engineer. No. 43. Juilus Ellinger, of Maryland, cadet engineer. No. 44. Harry C. Pettit, of Indiana. No. 45. Harry A. Gilils, of Pennsylvania, cadet engineer. No.46 f Oregon. No. 47. Thomas A. ryland, cadet engineer. No. 48. George M. Von Schrader, of Missouri, No. 49. Wm. H, Ledbetter, of Texas. No. 50. Wm. J. Wilson, of Ohio, cadet engineer. No. 51. Alexander B. Le fare, of South Carolina. No. 62 Willie T. Gray, of , between 4th and 5 neer. No. 54. Eustace S. Glass- erney, to Mrs. Mary 17th and Pennsyi proved by a largo new McKenzie, Davidson and Mr. Phil. H. Tuck and wife. Others present were the Misses Hamtl- 3 of Governor Hamilton: th3 Misses Robinson, daughters of Judge Robinson, of the Maryland court of appeals; Judge Robinson, the Misses Claude, the Misses "Stockett, the Misses is Claude, Hugh Neison, James T. Briscoe, jry muer of other ladies and gen: Uemen from Annapolis, the officers and professors the Kennedy house, house, and sub- ee Drvorcep.—To-day a decree of divorce wasmade ‘ase of Charles Gersiorft He charged her with ') by Judge James in the agt. Maria Gersdorff. inzin the summer ‘and fall of 18 aduitery with one Bont, an Its a it, While he Wes there in the service of t ive, and that, subsequently 3 and was with Bon! when pe sets tao JURY TO Assess DAMAGES. marshal of the District empannelied a Jury of in quisition to assess damages to the property of Jn. M. Springman, at the northwest corner of Mars land avenue and 6th street southwest, esused, as 1s claimed, by the location of the B. 4 P. RI, on 6th street, in front of his property. Payne represents the_petitione: Totten the railroad. ‘The follow jurors summoned, from whom selected: W. T. Ashby, H. D. Barr, W. W. Ktord, RJ. Beall, J. W. Boteler, \ “Coldwell, Win. Galt, Aus stus Gursdorf, J. B. Johnson, Cyrus S. rancis Miller, W. Mayse, Owen O'Hare, John Ryneal, George J. Mueller, W. B. has. Schnetter, ficaseds ac —The faneral of the late silence, the situation being painful and gloomy. |, Miss Loser’s Prwseat.— ‘This over, all the cadets were marched out to the | Miss Symphronta M. Lusby, for many teacher In the public schoois of East Washington, Capt, | took place from Christ church Yesterday after” ams: noon, and the church was cro e pu Ramsay had spoken were that there should be 00 Of ht eco menting monn former ye deserted him, | ‘This afternoon the dette, B. L. Bis B. D. Carpenter, J. badges, and many ers general her Sunday school claas and a host of friends were Present. Rev. C. D, Andrews, rector of the assisted by Rev. AF. Stecle, urch. The interment was best father, who was buried last Sunday at the Webster of the graduates were also given their | Tesslonal cemetery. iplomas. and vold. Immediately upon its recetj ‘Sherman directed the Adjutant Get PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 9.—The court of com- | Major Nickerson under miltta! POPE'S _RVIDENT POLICY, Borrox, June %.—The spectal correspondent 6& the Piot at Rome cables as follows: “Rowe, June &—The Pope to-day refused to cetve Bir. Errington, who had asked for an ence. This may indicate a complete change In| Irish_ poliey Ppp fae Beyond Mr. Errington ts in absolute disgrace with the Vate Jean. Recent letter from the Pope to Irish. Was, tt ts said, intended to be secret. Mr, ton had a copy before. the Trish bishops resell theirs and he communteated tt to tue Bay ernment and the London Times. The arty in Rome, which has been very iufluential at he Vatican, ts tn atthe Pope's emphatis refusal to give audience to Mr, Errington. Itis Ye ported that Mr. Errington will at om tor Engians Gen. Crook NEWS FROM RIS COMMA’ AY S0rm. CuIcaGo, June % — A special dispatch from Fort Bowie, Arizona, says: From seml-of sources tt ts learned that Gen. Crook was tn the Zabuaripa district, In the southeastern part of Sonora, on May 2th, and that upto that time he had had no ‘general engagement with the hostile. This {information comes through Mexican r commanded sin himent of Sonora stale troops engaged im scouting throuch Zahuarton The point where Crook was met wak about 28) miles southeast of the boundary line. A large Mexican ranch 18 10 cated there, and a detall of American ¢ was engaged tn laying ma lance stock of proveions: The hostiles had Scattered, but were being followed, by Crook's San Carlos scouts. Crook was contdent That his forces would overtake and overcome the hostiles in the crest of the mountains. Gen. Crook Stated that the march from Babisbe south had ‘deen a severe one, but the troops were In good Cone dition. He was ‘aware of the disposition of the Mexican troops tn Sonora and Chihuahua, and exe Pressed satisfaction at the arrangements for co» Operation. On May @9th Gen. Crook entered the Sierra Madres agatn and pushed south, naecieasot seentint A Little Boom in the New York Steck Market. Rw Yorn, June 9.—The Post's financial article Says: | Two “stock market was more active and ronger this forenoon. The general advance Im rices on the active list has been jy to 1%, the lat. wading, Jet : ch 1% higher, the princtpal features of the tores noon, though the alxo some Important ade 8 In the s S—Alton and Terre Haute, Tent to 83 and Misstssippt, 1% to 33 Prorta, Dec. and Evansville, 14 to 2 lo Coal, 13g to 24, and Louisville, New Albany and Culcago, 1 per cent to 51 Local Notes, This morntng there was Recoraer of Dewds ana and wife to Mr. It benent of creditors Mr. 3 transters his Testdence, houschold furuiture, the stock In big store on “Market Space, and all outstanding ace he reservation of leeal exemptions, neerted In assignments of thts kind Is Mr. Mitchell. hena Literary and Debating Club hela sing meeting List evening at the residence Mr. A. Britton, No. 2 F siteet nw. The sud- Ject of debate for the evening was a resolution “that a le 18 sometimes justifialh Mr. AL Britton was selected for the amir ond M Redman for the negative, e Was closed In favor of the atirmati Policeman Scott t ‘ning arrested Charles Ox, charged with robbery, in Maryland above int Of Rocks, oF Capt Wesley Hatnes of the ronal boat West Virginia, of $122. searched and $121.70 was recovered from him, 1 esday as Mrs. J. H. Roilins, No. 59 N nast,Was taking a kettle full of bolting er kitchen, tt ac tally 1 her three children, the oliest, a girl of 8 years, named Lula, recelvihg painful ‘Ine Juries. The deaths pf Micharl Dorle and Spencer Conas Way from sunsiroke Were reported to the health office yesterday. Win. Briggs, of this city, was elected secretary: and treasurer of the Nattonal T posraphical Union, at Cincinnatl “yesterday, ‘The union | adopted a resolution that an effort be made to gat full wages for female compositors who have Served a regular apprenticeship, — Sth pon District Government Affairs. GAS MAINS. During the meeting of tue Board of Commine Stoners to-day several new privileges for layh And extending gas mains were given the Washe ington Gas Company, such as laying new mains on streets to be paved during the present fiscal year. OL. BUILDING. ildings visited the Land 4th streets or of t ding, corner: | nortuwest—usea for a school—which had been ained of nd a slight defect imber, wi to be repaired, oF eae supported by an add'tienal timber, costing: uta trite, Olberwise the Duliding 1s as a8 ever it waa, = RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOL TRUSTER The Commissioners Were In receipt to-day of ® letter from Mossra. Frederick Douglass, jr, Wan. H. Black, RS. Laws, D.D., and Frederick Doug- lass, sr., Tecommending the appointment for the ositton of School trustee James J. H. Smith, a ctt~ zen and resident of this city, and lawyer by pro- fession, and a member of the ltw faculty of the law department of the Howard University, vice W. IL H. Worley, resigned. Herercw Coxrrematio: of Washington Hebrew c l-morrow evening, at Will commence the celebration of the festival of “Shebuoth,” or Pentacost, commemorative of the Revelation of Sinal, and lasting one day, accord» ing {0 Scriptures.’ In the xynagogues of the Beformed church the ceremony of confirmation takes place on this festival during the hours of the morning service. The names of the youths to be confirmed at the Sth-street temple, between Ht ond T streets, next Monday morning, ares Henry Lansburgh, Solomon Solomon, Jos Kaufian, Bernhard Behrend, Abraham’ King and Max Openheimer, Services will commence at 9 a.m., lasting about two hours, a Brut. For Recovery or C Bowps.—To-day Mr, W. Pierce Bell, tor James H. Mart, admintstratep of Erhardt Mack, deceased, flied a bill agt. Edward Kubel for the recovery of U. 8. bonds. The come plainant sttes that about Auust 24, 1879, the lefen tant recelved from Mack six U. 8’ bones for $1,000 each, to be returned on demand, and having made a demand for them the defendant refuses to return them or the Value as ossels for distribution among the legal representatives of the deceased. ic: stent “ordeals SECRETARY CHANDLER, at Concord, N.IL., yestere sald he was not, and under no ctreumstances id he be, a candidate for We Senate at this ssion Of the legislature. THR NEW YORK STOCK MARKTE. 7) efollowing are the opening and closing prices neregation, Says that down, the Tsraeiites the New York s Market to-day, as reporvad Dy special wire to H. H. Dodge, 539 15th stre st Name | 0. Name. a Ches & Oni6.,) 205; Do. ist pret.) 304 Do. 24 pret OCT . Central 2.1454 145.4) 12059, 13g Lake Shore ...110% 111 (St. P. 4 Omabia| 47 | 465g S146] Da. pe «1896108 i Texas Pac ..._| 38% 38: #5 Union Pac 2..)) 96 a" Wab. Pac ay B Wab. Pac. pd SY. Central West. Union. — oo Alexandria Affaire Reported for Tur EVENING Stan, best d Med cade by M. st drilled cadet, pre y Mal W. C. Potter, of New Yosk, their late Comtnanden, was contested for in the camp of St John’s bat- talon at Fredericksburg yesterday. Among the epic ned were Cadets —, and © — of Washington, grandsons ra. Gen. Gaines The contestants were at last reduced to thi De Lea, of Tillnots: Grelish. of Georgia, and Cai of Virginia, and won by the latter, and the pres- entation was made by ex-Lient Gov. Mayre of ‘Virginia, who resides near the camp. Reparr.—The superintendent of police 19 now using bis force for the repair of streets In Uhe second ward. Fairfax, between Cameron and Queen, and Royal, tetween the same streets, have Just been put In cood order. Reporter's Norrs.—The Cadets are home next Mopday.—The committee on finanes ‘will submit to the city council at its next meeting a upon the long vexed questions A oo Arrai ts are now completed for clasing sev= eral Of our private schools next week. = schools will close on the last Friday the month.——Mr. Thos. Kinsior, one of whose hands was badly mangled at the 9h street plan! tn Washington, 1s now ont again. —Frank fell from overheat at the Midland works 5 and required medical attention.—WMr. James Caton, the senior gold medalist at the National Law college, 1s the clerk of the common council of industrial and cotton , ‘M. Hudson, F. C. Morehead, John V. Moore, 8, Gua A. Breaux, and A. thls city and assistant city treasurer. —_____—— were dispatched to} Coxcerntn6 SUMMER Resorts —“Our American ipres- Resorts; Where to Go and How to Get There,” the ttle of a handsome and timely book just ‘Louts M. Babcock, a well-known’ ¢ and contains ize