V--. 43- >'2. 6.527. WASHLN'GTON. I). C., SATl ltDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1874 TWO CENTS.

THE EVENING STAR.PTBLISHED DAILY, Sunday* Kvceptctf,

AT THE STAB BUILDINGS,Pennsylvania Avfine, «or. lltta St.

HI imiJC ST** *lSTSf\P!R C9IF1JT,s. a. &ir//ju.v.r, mat.

.TH * gVRNINO STAR ». mrr«i by carriers to

tt*ir nk*brib«r« »* Ts* C*xr« rsa Wm, o*

foiTT r«ri Cim rma M -nth. »t theoiiWTwd Cs!*v« .»¦!». B, ..>*»!.threem otha,. 1 9t, si i nvnths, $&J&. one »ear. $*.TH1 WRIKLT STAB-Published Friday.*1.50

¦ f'V. Oy InrarieMy in »«t*an<-»,iB t>jLUr.k'o*,w» »%vr Kit! n*-r than p*ij for.

It\r-* f ag*<-rti«ln*fiirnHh»d application.

"kvexixg star.Washington News and Gos3ip.I*t*s**l i:evmvi- ihe receip-s from this

sonrce to-day were

Thb P*»«ipr.NT received"* Ivge number or,w '*'¦ 'I'0. taking vlT»>itajf* of tti4

cb<-. r> .unehine ;ik| genial atmosphere, turne 1.*" iitionlj to p»v thfir respects to him.A C«*w«T !>i-. 'Vkkki*.. k'tnT. Henry receive 1

this ni'.rn.n* the announcement by telegraphfrom ft# Academy of Sciencea, Vienna, of tla

ov«ry of » >m« t in right ascension teeny-h. forty two minute*; declination ,dt*t» rr.y fo*r d.g-.^- nttv-one r.. r ate- uin'iu«, ton fouthear-t two and a half degraes.Btths KiTiRKMiiTor Admiral Sail* j

tbe r«M{:.a':on 'tiTn the Superintendency of""" « ..»« Survey of Professor Pierce [«om-e»*cie» arerr<»ft.t in the Commissi m to «»V*"* "¦f "»".« or v.*nn. lhe~» v i.-ai» i -s

7' t.hy ^''"iral T>».vi* and by Capt ti 'i

Patterson. the new Superintendent ofthe \,oa.-i Survey.I'rsfosii.Hon. Ale*. H.Stephens rodeou*

to-day tor the first time in several week*.General Spimrr is expected to return to

Washington to-night or to-morrow from hi«trip to the lagoor« nn«1 everglades of Fi>ri-

;. K,M r«*!*I't%t*Te SheMon. of Loais'aii.wil: leave \\ t-hing* ,n to-night to attend thetune ra! of h^ mother in Ohio, he to- lav harin*ttr*ived the distrt'< Dg intelligence oi heruC&in.

Tpb Paoroocp Nbw Bbid'e ovbr theKimers Branch..In the House to-day, afterdisposing of the Washington City and Point>£*«£ -ailroad bill. Mr. Eldridge.of Wiecon-wb, irrro<lnre«l t!i« bill providing tor the con-struction ..fan iron bridge over the EasternBranch of the Potomac, which waPreferred to

lEl ,he wbol,,. Th' pnivioioDs ofvne Mil, wh'.rh api-ropriatem hki f.r th-»pi.rpo»e of hmldlng the bridge, ha/e heretoforebetn pabliahed in fH« Stah.Tn*n* l u«< to be no general nndervtaal-

i"g in the public departmenui al>oii: closingtht m on Monday next in commemoration ofT.^IDiCOBb,rth,,)*T: as to-morrow is inreality the anriver«<ry of that even*, and %s »tna« not been constituted a legal fiolidav. it i-very d>>abtfnl if there will be any general *usTeveion of biwinesf on Monday, except af thePv*t Office «lepart*ent. wUlcb. by .rd ir of

that day.'eral Crei'w'f". Wl" l>e closed or,

CosriRMATtoHP.-The Senate. In execafive.effion jester.Jay, confirmed the follow.ng n<)ni.lnatlOM _J. w. Wright, receiver of pab< ciDOBeys at Heche, Nevada; J. o. Poster, re^uni «t°v- NeVa,,a- Com-ele.lamee M. TrueItM^ '*n>tl*; Newton Crane, m ...at Man. »,.-ter, Natnani^i l.rons.S erra L s.ne

r on"V ,0ne J nif4M Stiire" Marsha's-Is i ic

L r",r,her" dlstriet of New Vork. K 1-7iZ'n i vf*r"ey- *"**WB*ton Terrifjrv: B n-jam.n J. Sf-o« tier. Indian,. Collectors or Ciih-

K,J^, U, Jr' Fa" «^er Mhs^; w!rH. t odd ngton. Penh Amboy, X J.; N b. S itrP*ffan:ai;Boddy, .Me., and -everal postmasters!t.r«R«i* Wasbhmitoj, according to hintory

**¦ c»» 'be *M of Febraarr. It etrucl: Mr'Crittenden, of Mi?.«onri, that a great natioir.m .n^Te?t yho,1J'1 "U^ orl" on ,he fcnmrersarv.d

tbi* mor^iV^ "'"M ?rear nation a-i,lHo .S . i

* entered a motion that when theto-day it be to meet on Ta"«Uy next, in ordoj to a'low meniber? , uictlv tj

'Uw^«;te 'he .1 ,.t February £Zn i£f"l-®trtoeedeedaof a areat man, who wi^-rn 'Iboi.r-ic advance of that day some years since

Uve*%ar f -' T°!£ rt'ultf.I "> - ln the7mr%ZaVZf»t!i,2 negative, whereupon tii,-

STSaSraS- ',.enl in,,£',. res i!t. din ad4.p mg the motion by y-as ti.",. n4T,T . s ic the tir^t time in ten years th^ II .u- - hajndjonraed over for Washington'* birthday.A Wife a^i. Mother oy the Clbbk-hip

<, i ist" S'.fr In thiadarof retrench-mt-bt and reduction or clerical rorce, let me a«k(tb'ongh xour i aper in the name Of humanitrinat </,,. nmiU41't.n roiiy Ue exerclse«l bv

t*n"loritv in the discharging of fh-

Clerks. If a married man, with a wit* and littleones depending up<in hls dsj,y Uhor (or the,r<.atly food and shelter, be equallv as faithtuland competent in the discharge ofhts duti* as

^/rru:1 cler,t bwWe b,m- woeid be0 » fk1 a*'i *,U9t 'tat the man of family beff !i'n » T®1 1,1 tiinei? 1 ke the present,if.. ^1" a^i without ar.y prospect of get-tor «

" "r ^ 4t wonl<1 "uch more ea.-v

..i nn ^afr^nian .to l,*ck bl# "-Jnk and go" to father and mother," than for a mar¬

ried mat,, established in a house to breaker,anu scatter Li# family. Moth««! P

The (tovRsvEHT ana the IvoiAiin. TheBoard oi Indian Commit^ioi.ers have been in.**>:on at the Arlicgton for two days, all the

Parade",,hT.','-v,prCH*I,'t exceI'« Mr-Stuart, oti"Li,adelphia, who ig detained by illness Too

S^T'or^S^,,tu the presetaspect or Indian atlairs, and esr.c.-ia iv rr.»question of the pro^see] iegisla'ion looking :uthe opeairg of the Indian territory andthalaVtmenr" 1*° 'T/1*" hirenu t0 the % ar de-l-irtment, u well ** *onie detail^ ot Indianb amgeintDt. Secretary l,e\^o has bein m

.r'th thecommissioners, an 1 agree.inith them that the present policv ol treltin^the lnd.ans ehoom be persevered in. The com-RXNHOnen are of the opinioo that anv le/^u-t-oo, either uirectly or indireetlv. looking to theopening of the Indian terr.lorv woSld^be £ rl£lation of oar solemn treaty "ob.igations an iwould be a national dishonor, merftin* thescoir.ot the civilued world, and that t^e - v*saje

fy* organization of" 'Snot acceptable to tiie civilisedrf»jfcfr af?4<1,J*hic,* would indircctly odch '^e

wUUe,« woald. in the'8?*:jLX u-""""« «'«»<". ».

"CITIL 0ERTICB KBFe.RM '- Su.,^ltion.-

EUt*r S ar..l would beg leave to humbly sug¬gest through the columns of your valuableW" t0 honorable Senators comprising^»«V°5^m.llVee oa »n'i Ketreach-went, that they look into the matter of snr>*r

wt^ri »trHof miuor committees of the Senate*where a reduction couM be made of at 1ea!ttcmZt:: Cl'rk? *f » corves,oXg numblr^f

5 ..**M committees seldom if everholdirg meetings, and even in such an eveiit or

r°r ik! ""Portance that it would be possi'.lefor the clerks ot the more prominent commi'iee-"to attend to the business of the same in tlieirklsure boars. Ihijwcnldbe a saving to thegovernment of ,H.me tho-.sands of dillar* i>er

wbuh (l( ,D tbeir <f-"etion theythought proper.) the committee might add tothe appropriation for the harder worked cU*#or emj lojes under the jurisdiction oi the ser-geant-at.arms and «ecretary of the Sena'e.

01r» r">l ,uwt with ,hc approvaltee* »*ho tVJ^ k*"" ani"»f ortant comm l-

ot?fcrM° * * custom or common cjnwnt!' 'h " llodies appropriate the clerk to theirroilU.-r i n^" or in other words, make theonimntre clerk their private secrttary.

*'J£ji r LOTER."A* InrRorEB Kailboad Bill Saowa Up.

general Butler this morning, in favoriug a m »-tion to commit the Washington City and PointWhole0 rA^i'h0*^ '*tb® Committee of theeau^i it ^nnM0,,L>')*d th® route pro{>o#e<l behehJi .T .

ob.-truct navigation. He said£cSiS22 *1 Baltimore and*W*»cU wou^ h:llZht1>. " "" UP ^cause itsOf « V.W. ' V tt?7 do now. «l«jstroy the site

. o Twh>ch he hael hope»t to «ee at

Mr I >WriV' 1T0 .1'l,,e»tton pro(>ounded byh« t»»e route ofthe r.V.^l rca-1 would destroy bustnese alongIf pa»^i

8t'ho®eM thought the bill,"'Mnd l VST1 Jb? of thevailroil woniJj lbe K»'timore and OhmMil woair.i^ov CODt,#: Jt" Th" th®ton, ImU¦ C°m?ierce of Wasbing-the naval oaservat^rV **rtl*llT dettrovof property-holder* Jn ""P*1' the interests¦n-d that ke ha«ibiLJ?iB^!. tf>WB" Mr. S,.eartary of the Navj

° the Secre-was hellt it woui.i 21** '' *»». bridgeand that he bac* njver hLJ, n%T7 y*r,t-the subject. Oenerai k«M eon»ulted ennot ia favor enn or ,,,,^1" Vi.'d Lethe House to anv executive X rights orhope* that he would ^r^tafet0^ Vi*

a 'luestM>B by Mr. Kk\, Mr B i«er d.nLiTthat he had introduce.: a bill wovidln. r1r^lroad over nearly the «meP g'roaSl. VLi*biin> kTiI'iitt ^ n*J.er 'ntroduc«Hl a railroad.ill li ill U(6. Gen. Negle? taid hi> ohi^t

thj uSl?l^Ltien>OTlnll^'4t tte MU do >'« oncnarse^!tf 7hV feutlemen having"'"PL0? **. *¦* retusee! to allow am-nd*B1's'' to be offered, and be wished to for.-M th«mto terms. The bUl was then .r^^^ftwo o clock, referred to the Committee of theB hole en the state of the Union.

Koclcty.General Babcock gave a dinner party la>t

entiling to ex-Prestdent Baes._Mrs. Baxter ar<l Mrs. Mary Cleinm?r Ames

will receive a? usual to-day..Pennsylvania avenue was thronged yester¬

day alternoon. Everybody seemed to be out,3:ther driving or promenading. Washingtonon a Are afternoon like yesterday, presents avery gay appearance, and ttic ladies to be meton the avenue are not surpassed tu beauty bythose cf any other city..The Saturday evening literf.ry reunion of

Hon. Horatio King will be held this evening, a*anal..Miss Hattie Spencer, of Conn., who ha*

been passing the nelson in this city as the guestot Hon. and Mrs. .1. M. Pendleton, leftW ¦dn---day morning tor home. Her departure is miuhregretted bv ber friends..Miss Fannie Brownlow, daughter ot Sena¬

tor Brownlow, and tin daughter-in-law, Mr*.Jcbn B. Brownlow, who have been visitingtheSenator, leave the city to day tor theirhome at K nox ville,

How a I'onHiiereUI Ageney Appliedlor Inlormatiuu autl Uut It.

rvn a*D ACTHKSTIC rA RTJCVL ARi» <»K THEn3AB< IAL f»TASI>fH«, DOXl'TIC HABIT"*.A N I» KARLT PIRS1 1TP OK A WASHINGTONYOl'lO CHRISTIAN, AND RCfMNBSS HAS,WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.W th tliat thirst for information that besets

tte souls of gentlemen of the commercialagency persuasion, a Baltimore tlrm 01 tli'it-tyle recently sent a missive or inquiry to thiscity in regard to one of our young Avenue busi«net* men. who will be readily recognized with¬out naming him when we say that he is of act¬ive and energetic business habits, does notdrink, smoke, or use protane language, and isof extremely engaging per-onal appearance.I'.ysome odd mistake the Baltimore commer¬cial* directed their letter to the young miuhimself, and he, overcoming his natural mod¬esty, answered in the following satisfactoryterms, being well-posted:

Vi ashiju.tow. 1>. C.. Feb'y '20, 18T4.X'tttrt. Jn<> V. A u.p <f Co.. I>e*r Sirs: I have

receded vour circular of the loth, asking, "inconfidence, a statement as to the commercialstanding of the party named below." As thatj arty Is mvself, 1 hope that my answers will notinduce the imputation of egotism.Mv "age" is ovtr thirty. My "former busi¬

ness," at"au early period, was mining. I am'.married," thank you, and blessed with oilspring, one ot whom.the young**'.1® at pres¬ent engaged in the employment which occu-i ted tte greater portion or my youthful atten¬tion. In this connexion permit me to inquire itvon consider condensed milk superior to thelacteal fluid derived from the cow, anl, if s>.whether the Swi»s is r'ftUg preferable to theAmerican preparation. lectors disagree on this-ut-ject. but I will be guided by your opinion-Dropping the relative pronoun from yoir sixthinterrogH'orr. I reg.et to inform you that 1 do not. snceced," at the pre sent writing, in collectingthe bills due my establishment. You may havenoticed the newspaper remarks respecting toe-trn gency or flatulency of the money market.The times are sadly but of joint with us justnow, John & Co.! Parsing over your .< ¦'< i-i . i#.' queries about "the amount of capitalinvested in business," "the value of my realestate,'" and "to what amount it is tncumb- I,"I pause at vour conundrum, am I "of goodhabits'."' Ah! There I have ye on the hip! If>ou desire to gaze upon the lineaments of anexemplar, to behold a Bayard, a i r- u e cheraJi^rttipt peur rt tans r-/ rocki, send lor my photo¬graph' It mav be obtained from H. l ike, It 11Pennsylvania avenue. This celebrated arti«tdoes not, as you might presume from h»s num¬ber. engage, as a matter of po'icn, in the4.11.14 game.Am 1 "prompt."' Yes. sirs! 1'p before

breakfast every morning, and jumping out otthe wav ot early birds. "In good credit'.Splendid! None better! Ask those with whom1 deal how much thev think Of me! I a * "in¬sured" in an amount sufficient to ke*p my tam-ily from the almshouse in case ot my suddendemise. How is it with yourselves'.' I am personailv acquainted with several enterprisingagents, to whom I should be pleased to Introduceyou. Am I "a drtinaM* ¦vst'-ntr-" Sentme your illustrated catalogue, price list, andbest cash discount to the trade, and I will atiordyou the desired information.

1 am sorry, my dear fellows, that you did notask a few more questions.The weather here Is delightful arid folks a"

well Remember me kindix to your respectivefamilies, ami write again at your eai liest con¬venience. Sincerely your friend, .

VlMICT OS THE PHILADELPHIA K*-H"t'SKUisa-ter..'The coroner's jury on the Phil*delpLia brewery di-aster returned a verdictyesterday, attributing the falling of the building to the breaking of the cast-Iron plates sup¬porting the columns upon which the floor of theice-house rested, and expressed the opiuiou thatif the column* had rested on masonry insteadof rammed dirt the plates would not have bro¬ken. The verdict censures Henry Mnlier, thet wner, Gootbardt Frick, superintendent, and.lacob Both, engineer, (Hie latter a victim,) forneg.igeuce in setting the foundation for theplates.A Political Dkcihioh i* Favor of Women.The Massachuse.ts Supreme Judicial Court h*«decided affirmatively the following question,referred to it by order of the legislature"I'nder the constitution of the Commonwealth

can women be members of school committees?"The court holds that the constitution contain-nothing in relation to school councils, and thecommon law of the land was the l»w upon tliosubject, permitting women to fill any localcffice ot an administrative character the dutie-attached to which were such that woman wascompetent to perform them.Ta« Steam Casal Boat Prize .The com¬

mission to test the operation of steam on thecanal- have decided to recommend to the New^ ork legislature the passage of an act giving toMr Baxter the snm of *05,000 In considerationol his placing seven of the Baxter boats on thecanals, and the sum of *15,0im» to Mr. Dobbe'iOn bis placing three of the boats of his patent ontbectna'. Green, the engineer ot the commission. walla ft"* of awarding the *100,000prize to Mr. Baxter, Wiui > jecond prize to Mr.I>obben to cover his expenses.CHICar.O MtRi hant® Aoaikst I*fla-

tiow..A ineetiDgof the merchants of Chicagowas held yesterday. Resolutions were adoptedprotestirg against increasing the present voi-hrce of the currency, and denouncing the actionof the Illinois Senators on the, subject. Themet fir g was not large, bu»*mbr*. til a numoerol the large-t merchant* in the City.PoifoutD AT a BaT.t-.A young man named

John Magar attended a ball and supper parfvon Satuida) evening, given by the "Hough andHeady" Engine Company of Hyde Park, nearBt ston. at the Willard House, and dr»nk froma bottle which be found in onevf the privaterooms. It contained bed-bug poison, whichcaused his death Wednesday night.SIX Hr*t>BFI> WoUMN l)i*CHA*OE!>..

Ever since the Virginlus troubles a large forceof workmen have leen employed at tae Phila¬delphia nary yard. Now that the war cloulhas pssel away, and the govern uent haveno further employment for so large a body olmen, a wholesale discharge ot some si* hundredhands is to take place to«dav.Srct gssri l Strikes..The striking ship

carpenters of Philadelphia have resumed workat 13 30 per day. the price they demanded.The i igar makers' strike in New \ ork is nownearlv over, and in their favor. The capmakers strike Is still In abeyan-e, but »PP®«-auces look to a speedy end in favjr of thestnkers.Chicago Shhemaker* on a Strike.The

journeymen shoemakers belonging to theCrisp n Society of Chicago are on a strike. Theonly foint at issue between them and their employeis is that the Crispins refnse to promisepot to strike in a body whenever the employe*ol any one house strike.

A l.ADT AMD IBFAVT Ml'RDBRKT). . MrS'Flirsbtth Brtwnlee. wile of a wealthy farmerin Iowa, was brutally murdered by some unknown person In house near Davenpor-Wednesdav eve* ug. She was shot twice. Hervoungett child aged four years, was also fatallyshot. There 'j> no clew to the murderer.The recent diocesan convocation had a bad

etlect on Milwaukee reverence. The Sentinelstates that "half a dozen fellows got in a row ina Spring street beer-saloon, last nigbt, when th«proprietor arose and remarked with dignitr:.(ientlemen, I want you to understaud that thisis not an Episcopal council.' "

Two cowicTs, Nathaniel Jones and F.nsignWorthcna, alias Clark, escaped from the Bostonstate's prison yesterday. Clark succeeded inmaking a tunnel beneath the floor twenty-fourfeet eighteen inches square, through which theymade their escape...Ii-Dmrr SHamrv Cowkliko, of New

was found guilty of stealing three. vS?i®° fleatea from a southern planter,t>elmonioo'», recently, has been sentenced tohe state prison for Ave y ears.

GADAHOUT'S COLUMN'[ Writtenfor tke Ecening Sfar.]

-WASBIVnTOB'B MOTHHR's MOSl'MKKT.The Visit of the sub committee 011 the Waih-

ington monument to Fredericksburg to see whatcan be done toward completing the small monu¬ment to Washington's mother, suggests somireminiscences, particularly as the Delegatefrom the District of Columbia will be chairman«f the sub-committee.Ibis old lady, Mary (Ball) Washing¬

ton, whs a second wife; the General herfirst son, and she puwd nearly ail herlife after his birth, in and opposite Fredericksburg. She was comparatively illiterate, as aletter extant shows. Washington's boyhoodwas spent around Fredericksburg, and he wen'to Mount Vernon in 1748, three years beforeGeorgetown was laid out, to keep his richerbrothel's company. Inheriting that estate, hiwas within lorty mdes of his mottier when athome, and in those dav« country gentlementhought little of such a ride, ho.vever bad theroads.At the age of titty-seven Washington, fol¬

lowed by his servant, left Mount Vernon withhis mounted servaut man to pay the last visit tothis very old lady. He rode all night, leavingthe messengers trom Congress at his warm tire-side. who had come to tell him of his election tothe Presidency. At morning he embraced tUofond old lady, then aged M, who was living in atwo.story brick house at the corner of diariesana Lewis streets, Fredericksburg. Her de¬ceased son-in law, a gun contractor in the rev¬olution. had left much property there. She wa<suturing from a cancer at the time. He told ofhis new responsibility and the call to quitMount Vernon for New York. She said: "Myson, you will see me no more." The same dayWashington rode the forty miles return tripand reached Mount Vernon in the evening, totake his coach for the North the day followingIs it probable that in thistweiity-fours hoursofhorseback exercise the General consulted hisI«»cket flask? Is it likely that he cared for theopinion of history when he took a pull? Beau-titul episode! The war-worn veteran wettinghis whistle. In the light of this event let us lookmore tenderly at those galled trousers of his inthe Patent ottice.In four months Mrs. Washington was in her

grave, interred upon a sweli ot iand marked by. rocky and romantic ledge, where, it was s*id.she otten went to think and prav. Happy amineglected are the plain mother" "of great men '

We can think of her tenderly, arising there onthe courtship of her husband and the wonder¬ful child she brought forth, and the lonely loveof God drawing near her oM age. as mysteriousas aiother bridegroom approaching her girlhood.Forty-three years afterward President An¬

drew Jackson left Washington on a steamboatto lav the corner-stone of her monument. A<the boat stopped at Alexandria a dismissedlieutenant, bandolph, went on board to whs.e' »ld Hickory. He chose a chivalric moment,methinks, when a man was going to a tuneral,but there is no accounting for tastes when yourname is Kandolph. The boat proceeded to Po¬tomac creck, only nine miles from Fredericks¬burg, and the President was received by theimmemorial committee of unfinished monu¬ments. Next day they marched with military,females, etc.. to the grave, and M r. Basset madea spcech, explaining the virtues and matrontame laid down with those |*>or bones. G3n-eral Jackson, who was a Knight Templar forwomen, spoke with the eloquence of those days,and deposited an inscribed plate in the hollowcorner-stone, saying" Fellow-citizens At your request, and in

your name, i now deposit this plate in the spotaistined for it; and when the American pilgrimshall, in after ages, come up to this high andholy place, and lay bis hand upon this sacreicolumn, may be recall the virtues of her whosleep* beneath, and depart witn his attectionspurified. and his p'-ety strengthened, while heinvoke.- blessings upon the memory of themother ot Wa.«li!iigton!"Mrs. Sigouni»y then struck her harp in tho

distant parts ot Connecticut, referr.ng to Spar¬tan zea!, I'ater Patria, Mecca's shrine, andmany things which disguised the subject. Th-monument, like all that we attempt, wa« toobig tor the subject,.I ,-hould think, from » pic¬ture, designed to be forty or titty teet high. ItIs Of white marble, with a ba-e of large hewnblocks, plinth and tour short columns support¬ing an entablature. This was represented a*complete, or nearly so, in 1*53. Au obelisk isto surmount it, with dove* at the cornice belowand above a bust on which a bird ha- alightedMr. Lossing wrote:."Why the halt - hewnmarble has been allowed to remain so longuijfinished that Vandal reiic-seekerabaveruino'!it, I cannot comprehend." Butthi.- remark isgenerally made on Ameiican monuments; it issad. but not original.Frederick.-burg is a much older place thai.

Georgetown or Frederick orour upper Potomacplaces. It was founded by law in 1727, andnamed for the fath&r of George ill. The act otincorporation says that it was to be "a conve¬nient place where traders mav cohabit anlbring their goods to." Here resided General!-Mercer and Weedon, dohn Forsyth. and other*.It was the bett bombarded town in all the civilwar. It is forty-eight miles by rail trom Wash¬ington and sixtv-oue from Kichmond. Unfortu¬nately, the railroad bevond Quantico does notconnect with the day train to that point. .

TBI RCMBILICAL TWINS.Cbarg and Kng were gallant twinsDiscovered in Siam,

And Eng grew up at Sabbath school,While Chang he loved a slam;

A gristly rivet joined the twain,The which would not unscrew,

So pious Eng was always slainWhen Chang got on a slew.

In politics Eng was a Whig,And Chang a democrat,And when they held an argumentIt ended in a spat,And often when the vote was close,Atd both sides scored a brother.The court decided, tira voce,They must contest each other.

Poor Eng he loved a Quaker maidWho would not roost with Changv,

Because he came to bed so druukAnd said his pravers so slangy;

They compromised, and took a pair,And lived in great dejection,.The brothers wanted a divorce.'1 he fcistere a dissection.

And Eng he loved to sing a hymn,And Chang to tight a chicken;

Whenever Eng exhorted ChangHe got a martyr's lick in';

If in the chnrch'Eng led liisclafis'T would make an angel kick up,To see the one with unction pray,And t'other sleep and hiccup."

They called a hundred surgeons inTo pass the righteous sentence,

It 'twould be safe to take a knifeArd cut their own acquaintance.

The Doctors ot their hyphen feltAnd came.to this solution:Twas an action 'twixt the Little BeltAnd the navel Constitution.

At last Chang would not sleep at all,So much he was a soaker,

And kept his brother sitting npTo while him at draw poker;And whenhedied the wretch remarked;"The Lord must raise our bodies.

And I shall have all Eng's reward,And likewise all those toddies."The ladies sold the frail remainsTo serve a human mission;

The Doctors beat Sir Baruum oatAnd gave an exhibition;

They found the belt a derrick was,Two sacks.one thin, one thicker.

And Eng had bad to brace the beam,While Chang contained the liquor.

Hence one remarked upon the chainWith gravity rabbinical,

That on one side, at least, the strainMust be ascribed rambilical.

And so the oater verdict wasPut down with all sincerity:

Their fathers had been Siamese twins,W ith such anlike posterity.

OUR CLIMATS.The mild climate of Washington is the marvel

or many northern men, who have not notedthe intloence of the Chesapeake and the varia¬ble configuration of the country around as uponthe weather. l~orin Blodget estimates the pro¬portion of "fair and fine weather" in Marylandas one-ttlrd to one-half greater than in the lat¬itude ot New \ork. The rain fall of tidal Mary¬land is verv large. 46 inches, and greatest fnMarch and June, bmt our rains are oonspicuoasfor their quick, heavy single falls, ami do notsaturate and cloud the atmosphere, bat makefrequent floods. At Annapolis as high as foar«teen and a half inches of rain nave been re¬corded in a single month, while theknown In Washington in the whole spring sea¬son, taking the average for eight years, was be¬low twelve inches, and oar rain fall U only

a»>out 40 (6 in a year, while at Fort Washington,a lew rath s below on. it is 4r>.»2, and at Annapj-lis 53 The greatest heats recorded in Mary-Iund arc- in the narrow valley of Fort Washinfc-ton, 1(3 degrees and l<i5 degrees. The meant mjeratute of Washington sn spring Is aboit54. in sun>ro«T 74, in autumn ">4, in winter 3->;tor the year >1. Here, then, is the climate near¬est perpetual spring.

AKNAPO..IS TO WASHINGTON.The proposal to remove the naval asylum

l'roni Philadelphia to Annapolis, urged by Ad¬miral Porter, a Pennsylvanlan, will be in everyway advantageous, putting the cadets into per¬sonal association with our naval veterans, giv¬ing tlie latter salt sea room to pull and sail inand a .embling in the vicinity of tha nationalcapital the common tigbting men ot' the navv,as of the arinv. Annapolis is the tiue marinesuburb of Washington, heretofore indefinitelyteparated bv the |>erversity of the railroad con¬nections. If connection were made from Bowie,on the Baltimore and Potomac road, to Annap¬olis, the distance from Washington would bebut thirtv-two miles, <-r only sUteen or twentyyet to build. Then with four daily trains, andno transfers, every visitor to Washington wouldrun down to see the most perfect miniature cityin A merioa-tLe Newport Of the south. No townof the saine population has more institution*or reminiscences: the naval academy anl mon¬ument, Taney statue, old frigates of the latewar, superb state house and Washington cham¬ber. Carroll and Pmkney mansions, Severnwater and Hound bay, steeple view of the Ea«t-ern shore, beautiful governor's house, state li¬brary atid archives, St. -lohn's college. Puritanand Catholic battle ground, etc. A short ferriaee across the bay, here much contracted,will, with the Eastern shore railroads, giveWashington an ocean beach at Rehoboth by ashort 8i.\ hours' ride. The oysters of the Ches¬apeake, over such a road, would rearth us theday they were taken from the Cherter, Wyeanil Choptank. No man can look at the mapwithout seeing that Annapolis is the deep waterroads of Washington, our nearest bay port, with21 feet oi water over the bar and for eight milesinland. Bv the present conveniences it is far¬ther away than New York city.

FEAOSKXT.Young Jesus, full of flame,For wisdom won much name

In all the synagogues of Galilee;And quicker came his breath,Approaching Nazareth,

Where ail his whilom townsmen he should 636.

There lay it, dull and dim,To all the world but him,

Who knew each palm tree and each camel-track:Sweet is it to leave homeIn towns moro grand to roam,

But with good fortune sweeter to come back!And so his face wa« flushed,While, skeptical an<! hushed.

The Nazarines around their threshold:? stood,And in their hearts repliedNo municipal prideUnto the plaudits of the multitude.

Oh! beautiful indeedIt was to hear him read

Beiore them all, tall in the preacher's place,lie felt his mother's lookCome trembling o'er his book.

And father Joseph's as delighted face.And so by tate or lot,His lingers touched that spot

Where old Esaias writ it long before:.«GW* Spirit it in >*.

"Anointed I shall br" T< jnaih the to 'hr blind and your.''

WHO W AS MR. VERNON?"Some men have greatness forced on to 'em,"

said Artemus Ward. Such was Vernon. Wohave recently torn down our old market-housein Washington city to call it Mount VernonPlace. Every town has something to keep theman in memory. Who was he'.'This celebrated survivor of his memory died

m 1757. at the age of 73, and was embalmed sole¬ly in the Mount Vernon estate, which LaurenceW a hlngtal tequlr ;1 by marriage with theFairfax lamily. Laurence named it for Ver¬non because, "much eai lier, or in 1741, he hat.been under the command of Admiral Vernon Inthe West Indies. Thfc Admiral was probablythe greatest man Laurence had ever seen, aterrible lellow to curse anil wear feathers. Hi-name of Vernon probably comes from th;French, signifying tiowery or blossoming, acireums-tance to be recalled by supposing asimilar state for the warm-blooded AuoiiralVnose.The admiral's name was Edward, son ot

.lames, w ho held un office and pigeon-holed himii; the navy. Here, ot course, he develops fast,and in 1703 was a rear admiral. At the age otforty-three this old sea dog ran lor Parliament,and distinguished himself there for fourteen>cars bv growling loudly, until, when Sir liobert Walpole determined on war with Spain, healso got rid of Vernon by putting him io com¬mand of the expedition, l'ne obje<?t of the waron the part ot the English was to rob the Span¬ish mines, colonies and towns. The Englishcolonies in America were called upon tor a regi¬ment of ;,mki men, and Virginia levied a tantion the importation ot slaves to raise funds, andimpressed. not drafted.idle people. Moneybeing short, the planters were called upon tomake advances, and Laurence Washingtonprobably received his captain's commission inthis way, carrying along with him several ofhis neighbors. 'It was a great lark for a youngfellow of twenty-lour (Campbell says 29, andeducated in England.) The regiment undeiGovernor Sj>oiswiod,.w ho lived near the siteof Joe Hooker's subsequent baUle of Chaucel-lorsville,.lay in camp at Annapolis and em¬barked there, lu the West Indies, says Smol-iet, who was with the fleet of Vernon and wroteapart of ti< ¦kri'.l; Runfom about it, they warefed on "salt pork of New England, whichthough neither fish nor flesh savored of both,and bread from the same country, every bis¬cuit whereot. like a piece of clock work, movedby its own internal impulse, occasioned by themyriads of insect, that dwell within it." Altogether there were assembled at Jamaica 115ships. 15,000 sailors, and 12,000soldiers. At thistime Vernon was the popular idol of England,having attained some small success as PortoBcllo. commemorated in Kichard Glover's <.¦;!-ebrattd ballad of "Admiral Hosier's ghost.""As near Porto Bello lyingUn the gently swelling flood,At midnight with streamers dyingOur triumphant navy rode:

There while Vernon sat, ail glorious,From the Spaniards' late defeat;And bis crews with shouts victoriousDrank success to England's fleet,"'appeared the gUost of Hosier's expedition, la¬

menting that on a previous occasion the Admi¬ralty bad ordered them not to light.As this was the first expedition in which theJ*ritisb Vvlonists y, tre failed on to take part inthe foieign conquests ot Great Britain, itexcited the young men terribly, and mighthave had i*s influence to make young GeorgeWashington, then nine years old, a soldier.They salted tor Cartbageua, tne strongest fortitied place in South America, ami while block¬ading it the yellow fever broke out, killedSpottswood. and left Burning Wentwortli, aBritish native of Massachusetts, in command.He quarreled with Vernon, whom CharlesKnight describes as "a vain man. Indifferent toanv success in which he should not have thechfef honor." Smollet describes the navalofficers he saw as brutal and etfemtnate- Car¬thageiia was attacked, the storming party inwhich was Laurence Washington lost six hun¬dred men, the ex]>edition drew oft and after at utile attack ui>on Cuba, the Virginian returnedto Hampton. "The colonial troops." savs Hll-deth, "bad been condemned to the hardestdrudgery of the service, and out of four thou¬sand men not a tenth part even returned." Theconsequences of the expedition were a Spanishinvasion of America and the overthrow of SirRobert Walpole, partly the victim of Vernon'sbluster and popularity." Some time afterwardsVernon's name was struck from the list otAdmirals. He took to writing pamphlets, the lastresort of the belligerent aud unhappy, andfinally retired to his seat of Nacton in Suffolk,where he survived Laurence Washington liveyears.Vernon, therefore, was well aware of thehor.or the Virginia Captain bad done him in

naming the estate on the Potomac, and he livedto hear of George Washington as well. Thelatter obtained the estste by the death or Lau¬rence from a disease of which the seeds weresown In Vernon's expedition.

Arcturcs Gadabout.. .

Thi Official Votb ih Cbcil County, Mp,The Elkton (Cecil oonnty) Whig gives the offi¬cial votepf Cecil county "on Wednesday Uut Inthe special election for delegate to the Marylandlegislature la place of Mr. Grooms, as follows:Davis, republican, 1,504: Howard, democrat,1,508; majority lor Davis 91.A mis form or bpizooty has appeared inthe stables ot the city car llnea. A good manyhorses are rendered temporarily unfit to work,bnt so far no fatal case has been reported. A

little care and reat effect a core, ao that no in¬convenience is likely to occur to the public..If- T. Herald.VGairard county, Ky., has its candidates for

jailer.

FOBTYTHIBD CONGRESS.SATrRDAT, February 21.

THE SENATE tu not in ses-iou to-day.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -Mr

Shanks (Ind.) reported a bill to ooniirm anagreement made with the Shostiane Indian.!n1fwrn ln relal'onto the purchase otrie Wyoming reservation. Objection wasnndrtoltsprtsent considers on and it was referred c

tb£Coinmittee ot tl,e

w..r-Cr"te,,den (Mo-> tnored that when thene*t in jUr" il be to ¦»«.* on l'ueM*vne*t, in order that there m*v be a proper recoc-l,lr^<U>- The mXf,tk

^ e*** nnjpThe motion to table the bill in relation to

TUB W A SII221GTOH AND POIKT LOOKOUT BAILRoad CdMrAIfT

i',?'1unfinished bu*ines< lrom ye-

rp Ini! fTote wa* l»kcn, resulting in th

"i niv* °Th moMo"1by * vote ot 11 v ye** u,\ waI m

In detai! was a* followsI'arbfr H^rV'iA !*' *rthar- A^he, B*i>,in*Barrow* BunirfiS? urc.?n (K> '¦

Ce^ CM»iV. n ''? Un« «"i Teu.i ), OH.Iwel

ll'i mrV , w . .<Gu * Catcher, Uawloy, H*y"«¦, ¦ H (IL J ». H.ru

ililSlu J'".*1 Pike, Plan VVi R -J2ii

<o*.eo>*.«s mt'";dSb<rrwer'J.¦Xr* ,8h,;,u''Won/ ..d Woodworth.'lwwm>' Wulf*«

IKS'atr* 'iair'rEsn.es,'Id,h,EldrMceTraill Field K

^ViS}g"ifla?ckel« Hil., N ; V.,) II irrit

®«iigpSUs.k 0*Kr, » i. 0 Moore, N'»J, SiPl.r« p i ^Psckard, I'e ihaai, Petrr, Ph-ln*.MM5RJBSM&mic.-i^r^; h kV.Vmh'.^'Vm^ n;-r."

v«"!fmemi whiXw^rhe <'i'1 "° ,0 h!1ow the »Dien.i

tlon auir .fclT- gH1.n CX" tLe I'«>viOR«.,nee-MSa k. "M>Mr. Butler (Ma.-?.) opposed the bill an i «.i-

\?boieJ 'h re,erence to the Committee of the.. . ,^e argued that the bridging of th^Ea,i , rn branch would tiil up the channel a.^

»croas the Potomac had done untii

?reT w"8 Calle'1 UPJD tor two million dol-

br n^in^lV0^- " Wm,! *."««"!»» »oulJoring in a bill to remove the navy v*rd hemight vote tor it. but until it was moved lie

run^y the ?,h1am,el kePt °l*«> to it. It alsorun tiy the Observatory, arui the Ur of th-train would affect the very deli-a-e inltr,,"merits there. Then it run by the Washington

(Laughter.] Then it run by them! u? *?a t,ie deP*ftments.

verv cbielv "l V,"'le °ft *M not r".">gI pi.,;, ,5-, The oniv advantage tha»be tia<i heard, to be derived from the con-Truc-

tide water" WonM oarr> cu*' ,n

uue water, tie thought wme other way couldco*'. trom Ca«be^a5dto

Il-.E. lthout runiiinfc through the heinot the city. To tacilitaU' distribution liifhtdrAttvessels were needed, and if they cleaned out tbrPotomac channel, as CongrSs oaght to h,coal conla be taken on the Potomac. They bs-lbeen to great exj.cLse to beautify the city and

asK,ra Bof a park, bich he had hope,! to see

,,r0>pect

Iff HCnc®.{i!b'°5 aJ,ke'1 if this hill pas«e.)1! " ,wou <* give the control of the ent r

to bn/ineM road and frove destructive to

Mr. Iiutler saiJ he had heard it so stated hnf

zi>;»

jecttd to it, because it would come into some otthe principal streets of the city According to

m'a V|fw,t,'ie road wo»ld come "right in tronr 0t

in^iT^ house and the Trea-urv andcrrri .LW l' ':°th °f th0Se buildings. He b.H

lievcd the corstruction of the road would nltimately cause the removal ot the navy yanl from

river i» *w mm°"i ' fll) "»e chaYn^ffhSti i would tn iiiti opinion, shnt 'if.

WMbMnt^i t°f JVt8ll4n*toii. an<l woaM in.-

town .ri le ,e,,,,,.of Pfoj-env-hoMersin Oeorge-Mr' hIw?^Cr t."°' WHS to° "xleHnite.

? >,? ? (^-Y ) -lenied that the charter ofthe road was indefinite. He did not beUeJeeri%£Ctbebmmne km' awertion tully uner.. xia the bill. J he bill r"t« carefully i?iin<i-

ed, ard the Secretaries of Ww a^ the Narv

oi theroaSfeat extcnt 10 the hmits

a,Sot ar?,,ed that bill would'var,j.

e ri>er front and destroy the Navj

formed thl? iuf «.sai,,,he had heen rel >«.

jormeu tbat the Secretary of the N'avv w«.« not

^SWW*tKWK5^!Shi!llr' ?",ler (Mp» ) "*'d it did not matter to

Wa^ given 10 t,,e Secretaryftp .

over the construction ot this nrid^e.He was or>|>osed to giving dp to anv er-eculiye officer that iKjwer which belouired

«rPM" vknew that the building of a

<11 ^eoTf'pnch a muddy stream as the Fa'-rfver^l,'an.cJl.wou,d fl''»1' the channel ot fie

mJ' rshould guard . .ainst thi«.

,.^r ^r^,? ' gave as his reason for vottne

^at the1 I^sftnetAtb? '-^uitnittoe of the Wholeu>at the Insane Asylum grounds had been a.1-

tUhrouJh*?h7m by Hll0Wm« ** rallro»d

1 p.?° *aid hl* ohJ'ePt ln TOtin? to' ^ bill on the table wrj. not because her«nfi®rp° ».t0 r*ilroad, but because th«-gentlt man who had charge of it would not

fTK1 V^f?eDdmeilt<'t0 ofl'ered.o» ,».» 7a" U,tn referred to the Committee\»i i

* on ?er)eral calendar.fhft t i

t>om the committee on

rot*^sKrwsr*- K""rej w

Traobdy ik North Carolina.A QuarrelOrtr a Hotel Bill.A Guett Shot bg a Sin of theProprietor.A tragedy occurred at Stateville,N. C., Wednesday, which resulted in the killingof a young man from Richmond, Va.. namedCharles Neal, by J. H. Elliott. Neal was stop¬ping at the St. Charles Hotel, of which Elliott'sfather was the proprietor. Tuesday, it seems.Neal was requested by the elder Klliott to payhis bill, as he did not want him tn his house anylonger. The bill was then presented and a dis¬pute arose between them as to the correctnessof the charges, which Mr. Neal insisted weretoo large, but the matter terminated there with¬out any further difficulty. Next morning, how¬ever, the matter was renewed by Mr. Elliott,who stepped up to Mr. Neal while be was speak¬ing to a Dr. Mott, and grasped him easily bvthearm told him he must leave his house. Nealreplied, "I reckon not," upon which JosephElliott, son'of the proprietor, who was present,drew a revolver, and without even a word, firedat Neal. The ball took efTect in the youngman's left side, neor the heart. He fell, re¬marking, "that was a cowardly act," and in¬stantly expired. Elliott was arrested and com¬mitted to jail. Neal belongs to one of the niMtrespectable families in Richmond.

Railway 1)isa-txrs i* Grrat Britaiw.This country does not monopolise railway ac¬

cidents; three occurred in Great Britain vaster-

day, although they have a rai 1way^oommissionover there who overlook railway affairs, and itIs a dogma ol the present day that the remedyfor everything Is legislarton.lncme oftheseaccidents two person* were killed and fifteeninjured..STThe Main* senate by a vote of 14 to 12 has

puaed a btu to abolish the death penalty.*7-Tl>e people of Japan ara filled with bell-

coee desires against the Coreans and insurrec¬tions have broken out because the governmentwil 1 not let slip the dogs of war.

TELEGRAM8 TO THE STABo

THE HHKKT WAR.The C«iu|)hIcii *p«,iiwl la Si** York

nimI «l<lult>.protective cko-m or saloojt keep sr.s.Nsw Yi'kk. MnW| ft..The Mlwn keep¬

ers prof.t u> organize a protective union idcwry ward t«i the city to protect ttifir right* krcitirtns ai.«l tax pajers. and guard their inter,ests in general. 1 hey are now considering aprtHnil le mi l resolutions reciting that historyhas shown that the use of the gets of nat'irearil the product* of human industry cannot besuccessfully interdicted by the enactment otla* s, that every article of solid or liquid too.1 is.to a certain e\;ent, poisonou- that the p.'l.c.oi prohibition I t law 111 place ot the refill c >ot the rr.v . in fermented 11.; not®, l»eer anwines, is a.- clearly ag unst the li.il ot r.ght.- an 1cot stitution ot the-?ate and nited Su<,>. a-woud be interfere ticc w Th any other trade o:licensed bulam; yet notwithstanding thostreason*, fanatici-m and riotous proaeed'.tigs arerampant once more. At a meeting ot saloonkeeper* yesterday addresses were made de¬nouncing'the present crusade of women whowill not allow liquor dealer*, like ottaer trada*men, to ply their business in peace. StatenIsland begun the war yesterday by the wom«ntaking advantage of the at>s-noeofa pra|.r e-tor to pray in hissa.oon. The wouiiuof Orange.N.J, m gin to day.

mr. bf'echrr's orimow. »

New* Yolk, February 21.Kev. Henry WarJNeedier .-aid to his congregation last night thathistory would not show a parallel to the effortmaking in the west to suppress draui-drinktng.which he characterize<I as tne scourge ot thehousehold. It is an evil that has detied legisla¬tion. but now, under the providence of <iol,there has arisen a moral cycioue, a perfect tem¬pest of influence.

TBI mAYIHO CSl'SADEagainst saloons will begiu to-morrow in ttil#City, at Alderman Bruck~s.

Till MOVIMNT IN INDIANA.Locisyilie, February 21.The ladles ot def-

tersonville, Iudiana, visited several saloons andgrocery store* yesterday, but without apparentresnlts. The tem|>erance movement will be in¬augurated at New Albany on Monday nest.

?Xfw York Kute*.

nollDAY FOR THE HILLS ANI« I'.HA ilS.New Y'ork, February 21..The gold room

and stock exchange will be closed on Monday.THl STRIKE or TlIK CAT MAKERS

has erded, the manufacturers and workmenagreeing to a price-list from seven to ten percent, under what was at tirst demanded by theoperatives.

WEEK LI RAW K STATEMENT.I.can*, Increase, fc-vil.f.iiOO; specie, decrease.

|2r>-4,2(i0; legal tenders, increase. *£*,'» n, de¬posits, increase, ±m<,oa0; circulation, decrease,*124,300.

THE r. S. STEAMSnir MOiroKOAHKLAwas at Rio Janiero January 2»>.

HENKRAL PITZ -IOHN l'ORTEKhas telegraphed the following to Senator Cam¬eron In relation to Chandler's resolution in theSenate yesterday: "I otter noobjection to Sena¬tor Chandler's motion to remove the oath ofsecrecy troia the members of my court. It willgive some of them a chance to change theiropinions, which can't be defended, and to jainla mj apfwl"llie Moultor i'aiioiilen* «.»ue l» licj

Wml.Philadelphia, February 21..The monitor

Canonicus went into coiumi»sion this morning,and will sail for Key West next week, in tow otthe Powbattan. The Canonicus was repairedat Wilmington, and is now in excellent condi¬tion. The Ercnimg Telegraph publishes the fol¬lowing list ot officers Commander L. A. Ktro-berlv, commanding, lieut. com.. CL F. KWildes; lieut., J. J. Yates; masters. W. F. Low;H. T. Stockton, and P. Coml*; engineers.tirstassistant, J. P. Kelly; second do., W. E. Siblev;ca<let, L. W. Woostei. passed assistant paymas¬ter, L. P. Paulding, acting assistant surgeon,Joseph Taylor.

I'ureign No:. -

SICKNESS AMONG THE BRITISH TROOr* ISAFRICA.

London, Feb. 21.The correspondent of theDaily .V. v : on the Cold coast writes, under dateof the 2:<tb uIt., that there is much sickles*anioi g the troops comprising the A-hantee expedition. Half of the hospital corf* is pros¬trated. The disease however is not of a deadlydisaster.

DRATHS from PAXINE IN inti.Calci tta, Feb. 21.Information has reached

here that sevt re! persons have died fromfain.uein tne district of Nepoal.

KnlTorateil to l>en(h by UM.Wjlmimoton, K. C., February .'1.A. Mc-(learby, a citizen of Kobeson county, died atthe Pu'rcell House ft-om asphyxia, produced byinhaling gas. He extinguished the gas las*night, but. failed to turn it ort, and retired. AtVJ m. -u) day his room was broken open, andMcGeachv was found >jnite dead.A Union of S<>rTH Carolina Tax-Pater«

The South Carolina tax-payers' couventiou ad-joumed yesterday. A report was adopted in¬structing the executive committee to prepare acorstitution and laws for coanty organizations,to be known as tax unions, and to be establish¬ed in all the counties in the state. All citiseus,white or black, who pay taxes are to be adunt -

ted to membership. The object is to prosecutecriminal and dishonest officials, and endeavorto relieve the burden of taxation. A resolutionwas adopted appointing a committee to appealto the state legislature Tor redress of grievances,and a committee ot fifteen of the most promi¬nent citizens of the state was ap]*»inted to goto Washington Hi".I lay before Congress a nie-ttVrlHi Hi Uiat body.STRlK* or THE COTToH operatives IV

Philadelphia The male and temale em¬ployes in the cotton and woolen mills ot Phila¬delphia opi*ose>d to a continuance of work underthe reduction of fifteen per cent, on their wages,held a meeting last night. The proceedingswere somewhat informal. The sentiment wa*unanimously in favor ot a determined effort toremain out until the employers accede to theirdemands. Kesolutions to this effect wereadopted. The manufacturers state that tbi«action ot the hands is only injuring the latter,as most of the mills have now on^iand a largestock of manufactured goods, and were onlyrunning under the lowest possible expense tosimply keep going and give employment to theirhands.An Operatic How in Havana.Lucca At-

trmytt in Lcare for S'vo Yori, but u 3'<.|>pe-' >.)th> Prtlict..A dispatch from Havana says:.The members of the chorus and orchestra of theItalian opera have sued I.ucca, Marska an iY'izxani lcr pay and return passage to NewY'crk. The detendants refused, and the courtissued an order prohibiting their departureI rem the island until the people were paid.Madame I.ucca attempted to leave clandes¬tinely on the steamer Columbus for New Y'ork.Her 'husband, servants and baggage were onboar< , and shortly before the sailing of thesteamer a lady, closely veiled, was seen to ap¬proach. A committee of the chorus discoveredher to be I.ncca. and informed the police, whocompelled the whole party to return ashore.The Reformed Episcopal Chvbi h.The

New York Post says that the ltev W. H. Keid.rector of the new Church of the Mediator, > >r-mond place, Brooklyn, tendered his resignationto the wardens and vestrymen of bis parish onSaturday last. . >rdinarily an announcement oftbe kind had but little significance. Mr. Keid,in announcing bis resignation to his congrega¬tion, gave no indication of his future course;but it appears that the action taken also termi¬nates his connec tion as a minister of the Protes¬tant Episcopal chnrcb. and was the preliminarystep towards joining the communion or the Re¬formed Episcopal church, under the lead otBishop Cummins.

Telegraphic commukicatio* wi*hJapan While our ships are sounding thePacific tor a cable romte from i>uj ^Japar. tbe enterprise of the European andi >r:ental managers has at length, bv completingconnections, brought that country in telecraphic communication with ns via the Atlantic

Osur dispatches by the Atlantic cableto-dav inelode for the first time telegrams fromVeddo and Nagasaki, dated yesterday, reportin* apprehensions of political disturbances; therefusal of the Mikado to accept the resignationof Minister Iwakura; clamor for war againstthe Coreans and a serious fire In the district oFizcn.Mi rcer or a Colored Uirl in. Y iroinia

a colored girl, 14 years ola, named AmandaWashington, was murdered in Augusta county,Va., some weeks ago. She lived with a coloredmsn named Alexander, eo years old, and on the1st of February she left there to go to herparents, who res de some two miles distant fromAlexander's, but never came home, nor hadanything been seen of her from the time she left,until discovered dead. The coroner's jurycharged Alexander with the murder and he was

(Odged in Jali.KTFisb ng through ice Is the chief sport at

Daluth..TPriritt information from Ixjndon, Eng¬

land, confirms th* report that three regimentsare to be forwarded to Canada, one of them tobe stationed at Quebec.

au"-1b,e_ w ¦. . - w » .

niorrK'iii aaroav to »« rnunnrmCOLLBOB or rHl-*K I41i»-PHT»IOUMI-CAl ABP UMUriK'4l »AOTe.A aaecin'. <x the College Of Phratetaaaof Philadelphia wee h*1*' *t xtt<*T *."

dar evening. tor the purjxwe of Iwtriw t*«report of the oommiaslori o* the s»an»eae Twtaa.l»r. W S W. Ruachonbereei. l*mt»d Suu<navy, la the .-hair. The bodias M tbe siaaaeeeTvim being upon tbo UW», t*»e meeting pre-OMd«« to h«w tbe report at I>r*. PtnDtw »n.|AI tea. Tbe report of the former was mainly aato aargtrai detail* of mnorturf to the ptolV¦.ton. bat having little Interest for tbo generalreader. Ho *poae, however, ae tollowe of theirr»»» »»t I'fcT11 a bit i a*.A* Pr llolluigsworth t» pra»oat, f may beproptr for me to mdOoi. a fact whiob Utlgentleman can corroborate, that Kng «a* tboatrorger physically aixl Chang waa the *troarerawntally The name difference was ibwidfcUin thetr character*. Charg vw lie ¦ irritableMan t ng. especially siace an attack ot p«raly<uwith which be bad l«oan a: icted tale beiag atbe i>ule next U> Ijii The latter bad not onlyto bear with tbo tmlability ot his aoaoota'e. batalao to eat tort otm fc*)< w. ..y *

¦.v .. , DOTalso to aa| port one bait bu weight. Amongother pec uian ties, Cbaig w.uid muMtao*break u*«iul articles. or tLrow theia in the ttr«.o«K vjt'E*Tli<Ba AB«itBBBl<l>r. Fanciest While the bodies aro beingturned I atll take tbe opporttiulty ot replyingro one or two <|ue*tiona which Lai* bern tnkr i

rue Tint, in regard to tbe comaaon sensibility»f these iixlKiilualii. Arrard'ii| to tbe stateumiIi wo received at Mount Airy there wa» aline ol common *eiisil»ilitv corresponding to th*median tine of (lit bainl. I>r )ljliing-w»rtbhu that it a pin was stack mu> tbe hanit a*the mul'tn lino both of tbe twins would tool itlisttnctlv. bat that, even at a alight di«tan.*e t >either aide. tbe point of a|>ln produced an effectonly on the tain of that rule

AtiOtiier ¦.uestion ha« been a«ked m' a> t»abetter cither ot them Vu ever put separatel yat <1rr the influence ot an an i-atbetie. I anew*,it l<y saxitp that ao lat a* we know it never wa«alteii ited. but ibat wben, upon Uie final oc.-a-.lon.t hang «a» at athetired by death, Ku«»> tor a time unaffected. 1 bo atorv, a* toldat M.unt Airy. wa» that Kii( «akel up andnaked hi* aort, . Mow u vour incle <haagI be boy haul. "Facie Chang la oold. FacteChang i* dea«l " Then gr«*at evcltemoat tookplace Fng commenced crying oat immediateIt. saving to bi» wife. whom tbey eallotl la, "Myla»t bout bae come, ami finally aauk away. Howar in perfect health when tbey went to bod.Tbey had been alttlng up In 'a large doablochair made for then ar.-<inita<>da*.t<tn. Kngwa-» 1 a .

. . -.u>avnai »T1. rniwi*(.moklug h» pi|«o ntitil be boeame aleopy. andhnall* raidt< *. hang."We mu«t retire." Chang»>atd that be could not lie down comfortably.I umlerMand that wben they went from ^hang*houf-r to Knr> honae. where theydiod. It wmagan>at tbo direction ot I»r. Hollingaworth. but,with their uMial atubbornneaa, they peraiatod inriding tbe diotauce in an i«i«en litggv Toreturn to the narrative ot the mgbt ot their deathalter Cbang bad retu^ to lie aown.tbeywalkod about the houne tor norac timo, andeven went out to tbe porch andwuked the tbatld^ ami drank eome water It wan abort IoVloik »ben they went to t>od. Then Chang.lie.1 tome time between that and motnfng. hiedeath not producing tnr material impre«*ionon Kng. It waa onlr wbon tbe Uttor woke apand inquired alntut the condiuou ol hia brotherthat be wa* at all affectedAa to tbe question "What cauaod l-ng'ade.tUi"" I am not able to tell. TlMfM('a«rt'«which !ii> l>een ma<le iloea not hbow ibe condi¬

tion ot bia lungr. Trobably tbe valve- Of biaheart were in a disorganized londiuon, amiprobably aim the ahoch upon that weakenedorgan cauaed death.

the < at ar or < uav<.'# math1 >r. Allen.In my optaion,Chang died o( a1 cerebral clot. From inquiry at bia home, I

wm led to btltove that the lung aymptomn werenot due to pneumonia indeed, were not severeenough to have been bo cauaod. Tbe aud<ien-neM>ol tbe death, tbe general atheroma ol thearteriea, arid the !act that there bad been pre*iuuf,y an attack of cerebral paralyal*. allindicated that the deaiii waa of cerebral originlug probably died of tnght, a* tbe diatetulelbludder term u> |>oint to a |*rofound emotionaldisturbance ot the ncrvoua ayatem, the ru ndremaining clear until »tu|<or < amc on.a atajwra bich a probably aj net pal.

the i*' two oiaiiKCT rtrf-oiia.I>r. tloseph Holl.i.gswot th. to whom we areI indebted tor tbe inlormatiou given in thlr arti¬

cle as to their habitant' life and tbe clrcum-| stanoer of their death, atalns that be lias knowntbem as riaulent* in tbe neighborhood of MountI Airy, N. C . lor aome twenty years, during! wLicb time be baa acted a> their taimly physi¬cian. Chang, who la aaid to have derivod biariame from the Siameae word tor *'lett," wastbe leit ol the pair, aud wa- much (mailer andmore feeble than bia brother Kug, who^<8 namesigndiee "right." Their habit* were very ac¬tive. l»uring the latter part of thetr life theyai.dtbeir lain.lie* lived in two ho««ea. atiout amile and a bait apa»t, and it waa an inflexiblerule that tbey abould pas- throe day* alter¬nately at each bouae So determined wa* thi*alteration maintained that ai< knea* and deathin ore lamily bad no eflect upon tbe inove-ment* ot tbe father, ai.d a dying or dead childwa* ov one occlmou leit in obedience to it; In¬deed, l>r. Hollingaworth ia very po*itlve o( theopinton that the iteath ot the ta in* themaelveewaa the tiault ot thi* rule, or, at leart, waa ma¬terially hastened thereby. Thi* will be madeapparent Lereaiter

1 be evidence* daring life that tbe twin* werephysiologically diatlnct entittee were very nu¬merous and apparent. They were different iutorrn, tastes aud di*|Hwiboii*, all their phyaicaltnuitioBf nere j«trlormed separately ami uneoiiCKtedlv. What Chang ;:ked to eat Engdefeated. Kng a a* verv good naturod; Changcros* atid iri liable. 1 he sickneaa ot one hadno effect ulkju Ibe other: no that wbiie ^newould be suffering from fever the puta ot theother aouid beat at it* natural rate. Tbe twinsnot rarely tutlered from bil'ou- attack*, but onenever ruitvred at the aaine time aa tbe other.acircumstance which see ins somewhat aingalaiin view of tbe cloae connection which the poatmortem baa shown to euet between tbe llv«raof the pair. Chai g drank |>retty heavily.atfinite getting drank but Kng never felt any In¬fluence from the debauch ot hi* brothor.aseemu gly conclusive proof that there wa* v itree interchange in their circulation*.The twine often quarreled, and, of ooaraeunder tbe circamstaucee, their -juarrei- werebitter. They sometime* came to biowa, and ouone oceaaion came under tbe jurisdiction of tbecouita. After one of theae Uilticultiea Changand Kt g a|*{-lied to Ifr. Hollingaworth to eeparate tiiea. stating that they oould not lireloncer together. Kng aitirmed that Cbang wa*eo bad that he coulu live no longer with hia,an<1 Cbang atated that he wa* eatiaflc l to beseparated, only asking that he be given anequal chance with hi* brother, aud that thebaud be cut exactly in tbe middle. But a* Dr.Hoiling*worth advieed very decidedly againstthia. and declined to luter*'ere, cooler counaelaprevailed. In August, ih7«, Chang Bufferedfrom a paralytic stroke, from which be neverfolly recovered, aud during the last year of hi*lite be several time* said to I>r. Hollingaworth"We cant live long."

DSATH.Un the Tharaday evening preceding their

death, the time having arrived tor their de-paiture from tbe bouse at which they werestaying, the twin* rode a mile and a half in an0|>en wagon. Tbe weather wa* very oold, thenight being the *evereet of the winter. Changhad been complaining lor aome day* of cough,with distress and acute paiu in the cheat. Hewas ao unwell that hia wile thought be would bounable to bear the trip, but he finally wont.On Friday morning Chang reported that he feltbetter, but that in ibe night be bad had suchpain in the cheat, aud so much diatreaa, that hethought be ahonld have died.The twit a slept in a room by tb^maelrea or

with only a very young child present; aud aometime in tfce course of Friday night they got upand aat by the hre. A* they were accoetoaed.to do tbia frequently nothing wa* thought ot itI .** (k/ma ~

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by thoae of tbe family who aaw them, eventhough thev beard Eng aaying be was sleepy,and wanted to retire, and Chang insisting ou

RooMwtnVto the twine foraotne littlo ttmia,and wben thev did go Chang waa dead aai Bmgwaa awake, lie toid hia wife that he waa vory¦bad oil." and could cot live. He oomplainodof agonixing pain and diitreea, eenectally ta hialimb*. Hi* aurtaoe was covered with a ooldsweat. At hia roqueat hia wire had childrenrubbed hia lega aud arm*, and palled andstretched them forcibly. Thia waa atoadtly oo*>tinned nntil he mnt Into a atH|»or. which took|4ace aboat aa hoar after the family w«raalarmed. The atupor continued ap lo death;according to tbe atatemenu of the family therewere no convnlaioua. I)r. Hollingaworth didnot reach the bonae an til after the death atboth ot the twine.Aa bearing upon the qa.tton, what waa the

cauae ot the death of Chang'.' it la important to^ JHplhageworth had rapeatodly

told Chang and Kng that, In hia opinion, theibatli <4iA .

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u..dtath Of one did not necessarily compromise thelite of the other, that bo eoald aenarate them,by catting cloae to the body of theooadone.without killing the living one. It woakl a#paar(oaeibie, la view of thia, that the death of Kagwaa not aimply the reeuit ot fright.

Further XeaerMeaaThe dieeection ot tbe bond ooanoctiag the

Siameae twin*, tbe moat laentaat point atlaaae having boon concluded, the oaly point re¬

maining lathe oonatrartion and relation of theheart* oi the brothera, and althongh no regu tar< x*mination haa yet Seen made.it haa^eont ally decided upon by tbo medical men that the

abnormal relation cxieta aa ta tho oaoa ottbe liver, that la that the aprioee of tho hoartaapproach each other, the heart of one of th^mt-eing normally aitaated on the loft aide, aadthat of tbe other on the right aide, hot both w«Nperfect organs aa rogarda circulation. The ex¬amination is thia particular will ho made fromday to day, bat the fall report of facts la rela¬tion thereto will not be ready for

-William Scott, colored, of Laeoala, Ar-aa, to to be hanged for |

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