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THE EVENING STAR.Washington News and Gossip.GOVERNYENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev-

nue, $572,4T5,60; customs. 896,810.19.Ix THE U. S. SUPREME COURT to-day, the case

of McBride against Secretary Schurz, involvingthe title of the Mormons to Immense tracts oland In Utah, settled by them under ther town-ship site system,was advanced upon the docket.A BILL WAS INTRODUCED in the House to-lay

by Mr. Singleton, of Illinois, declaing th3ttele-graph messages sent between Individuals shouldDe deemed private communioations and be pro-tected from search and seizure.THE NEED OF AN APPRePRIATION to carry on

the government printing office is now begin-ning to be fully felt by congressnen. No bills,reports of committees or testimony taken by in-vestigating committees can be printed. TheDistrict of Columbia committee is sadly embr-rassed for the reason that the testimony to betaken in the District investigation cannot beprinted.DISTRicT INTEResr.-Treasurer Giltillan to-

day made a requisition on Secretary Shermanfor $8.79 to pay the interest due April 1st on

the funded debt of the District-$2ST,19s, whichwill be due on the city of Washington five percent stock. and 39o0, the Georgetown eight percent quarterly stock.PERSONAL.-Mr. W. H. Hoffman, who Is well-

known in architectural circles of this city, willleave for Mexico to-morrow morning, where hewill have charge of all the buildings and gene-ral improvements on the mines to be developedby ex-Governor Shepherd.--Gen. CharlesGrosvenor, of Ohio, is here to consult with See-retary Sherman touching the outlook in Ohio.NOMINATIONS.-The President sent the follow-

ing nominations to the Senate this afternoon:Jacob Kendrick Upton, of New Hampshire, tobe Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; ArthurEdwards, of M1ichigan, to be agent for Indiansof Omaha and Winnebago agency. In Nebraska;E. i. Bowman, of Ill., to be agent for the in-dians of Pawnee agency, in Indian territoryAiso a number of pqstmasters.TEN INDIANS, of the Chippewa tribe, located

in Wisconsin, arrived In the city Saturday even-

ing. in charge of their agent. J. L. Mahan, toha- e a talk with the Interior department abouttheir afTairs.ATTORNEY GENERAL DEVENS has replied at

length to the letter of the committee of theWendell Phillips Club, of Boston, thanking himfor his services in the recent cases before theUnited States Supreme Court, which have re-sulted in the reaffirmation of the constitution-ality of the thirteenth and fourteenth amend-ments. He gracefully acknowledges his lndebt-edress for assistance to the Hon. William%A illougbby. of Alexandria. V ., and Mr. Georgeo. Davenport. of West Virginia, and says:-" Isincerely trust ihat, as these decisions are anauthoritative exposition of the binding force ofthe thirteenth and fourteenth amendments, thecolored people of the country will be permittedhereafter peacefully to enjoy the benefits plain-ly intended by them. In a letter from my dis-tinguished friend, the Hon. Alexander Rives,judge of the United States district court for thewestern district of Virginia, of the ith inst.,alter exchanging congratulations upon the re-cent decisions, and kindly thanking me for myarguments in assertion of the great funda-mental doctrines now settled by them, he adds:'Henceforth the fourteenth amendment is aliving and pervading force throughout thestates, and available to the humblest citizen.Heretofore it was regarded at the south as amere paper guarantee that it was commendablein state officers to deride and evade, while itwas ostensibly held as binding on the state. Ianticipate the best results from these sentencesin recalling our people.to a sense of their con-stitutional obligations, and repressing the dis-orders and oppressions that have been such adisgrace to the south.' "

A CONGREsSIONAL PRIvu.EUS.-The c'mmis-sioner of pensions recently inquired of the Sec-retary of the Interior if he would be justified infurnishing members of Congress with penaltyenvelopes of the Interior department for the

r purpose of mailing free of charge to their con-s stituents matter emanating from that depart-ment. The question was subsequently referredto Assistant Attorney-General Freeman. of thePostoflice department, who has rendered a de-cision holding that It Is competent for the In-terior department to furnish the envelopes.Judge Freeman has also made a ruling on aquestion recently submitted to him by a mem-ber of Congress, to the effect that extra copiesof public documents which may have beenoriginally ordered by Congress or by a commit-tee of Congress can be mailed free of charge.This decision Is based upon the fact that, nomatter who orders the prfating of extra copiesof such documents, their character remains un-changed.6 THE IRIsH RELIEF Suip.-Secretary Thomp-son has found a cargo for the relief ship author-ized to be sent to Ireland by a joint congress-ional resolution. The United tates ship Con-stellation, now at the New York navy yard, willbe the ship sent. She will be loaded at NewYork and dispatched as soon as possible. Com-mander Edward E. Potter has been ordered tocommand her. Lieut. Commander J. M. For-

O svth has been ordered as executive officer. Thefollowing officers have also been detailed for thetrip: Lients. W. F. Low and N. E. Mason, Pay-master L. G. Billings, Passed Assistant SurgeonC. W. Gravatt and Boatswain Edward BousalLThe Constellation will, as soon as loaded, sailfor Queenstown.

The Prefidential Campaign.A CIRCLAR FROM THESnERMAN HEADQL'ARTERS

IN THIS CITY.A circular is being issued from the Sherman

headquarters in the Corcoran building. Itstates that C. W. Moulton and Mr. Vale, editor,of the Washington World have been added asmembers of the executive committee of theSherman National committee. The object ofopening Sherman headquarters in Washingtonis to centralize the various Sherman oraniza-tions that are springing up in various locanitfes

-in all the states. The circular states that acampaign in behalf of Sherman will be con-ducted in an aggressive manner as soon as pos-

Ssible. No unrair agencies will, however, beSemployed or scandalous attacks made on rival'

- candidates within the prylines. Five reasonsB are given why Secretaryhrman is the strong-.est and most avallabl candidate the repub-Ucan party can nominate. One that neitherthe stalwart nor reform elements in the partycan object to, his republicanism; another, thathe would get the soUd. German republicanvote which would split on Grant; another, thathis nomination would not put the partyon the defensive; the ot,her two are based on

ihis linancial policy and determination to se-Scure the peace and preserve the rightsof everycity. The circular also says: "T'he nationalcommittee at large is composed of leading menin every state, and at the proper time this com-mittee will Issue an adesto the businessmen of the country.' It is signed by C. W.Moulton. _____

THE IRIsH FAMINE RELIEF FUND itn' the'~ United states and Canada footed up last Friday, 3923,900. Of this sum It is estimated that about

344J0,tA00 have been contributed by the Catholicchurches.Hdw THEY CHANGE.-Leadville is rapidly be

coming civijized. Six months ago a poorman whonever kept his agreements went there and theyroughly called fma low-lived liar. Now they usethe more gentlemanly description Of a "good fe:-low but forgetfula." He struck a rich mine aooutfour months ago.-aston Post.

THE OHIO TEMPERAcE CONVENTION was heldSaturday at Alliance. Three hundred andtwenty-three delegaes, were present. Resoilu-tions were adopte to sustain principles ratherthan party; recommending no separate prohibi-tion party, but to labor In caucusses and at thepolls to secure sober men for ofliclals.WrThe family of Mr. Calhoun bave asked

permission of the Charleston (S.C.) commoncouncil to remove his bones from Charlestonand buty them ilathe cemetery where lie hiswife and most of his children.-WrThe South Carolina demfootata will hold a

,. convention at ColuI!bia, May 6th, to nominateI, delegates at large to the natlnna conivention.

hos resoionpoiigfor tnMifagbyavote ofI19toI.gWGen. MeInrnfPs liewas saved when he

awas fired upon byVaeaythe other day hy aChain shirt Whifhe wer Uer his vseinrm.W'rieomn has had LL. D. tat ,is as

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Wells, Fargo & Co.'s P. 0. Depart-ment.

REPORT OF THE PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT IN-VI8rIGATING COMMISSION AGAINST IT.

The report of General A. D. Hazen, ThirdAssistant Postmaster General; Assistant At-torney General Freeman, Chief of SpecialAgents Parker, Assistant Superintendent Rail-way Mail Service Jameson, and Chief ClerkOffice First Assistant Postmaster General Marr,In the matter of Wells, Fargo & Co., is alengthyand exhaustive document. It states that thecommittee has given the report of SpecialAgent Sharretts careful attention, and beforearriving at a decision the legal questions In-volved were eliminated and submitted.for opin-ion to the Assistant Attorney General for thePost office department, and Wells, Fargo & Co.were invited to appear by such representativesas they might designate. resentative Pagecame before the committee In behalf of the com-pany. Section 8.993, Revised3 Statutes, directsthat all letterP, enclosed in stamped envelopes,may be sent otnerw,se than by mail, providedthat the stamped envelope is of a denotninationsumeiient to cover the psaeIf the samewere conveyed by mal:s but tePostmasterGeneral may suspend the operation ofthis section upon any mail route-where the pub.lic interestmay require such suspension. Un-der this law, it appearsfrom there rtof AgentSharretts and the admissions of r. Page thatWells, Fargo & Co. have been operating for

mense magnitude wth edquartrs inSan Francisco anA ramifications in everyone of the Pacific states and even extend-ing into foreign countries. In the managementof this business the company employs betweenfour and five hundred agents, nearly one-fifthof them being postmastsrs. These agents keepon band for sale stamped envelopes preparedexpressly for the business of the company, andsell them at an advance on government prices.They rdgularly receive, dispatch and de'iverletters in such envelopes In the same mannersubstantially as that of the postal service. Alarge private post office is operatedin San Fran-cisco; and in the business portions of San Fran-cisco the company have erected boxes for thereceipt of letters side by side with those of thegovernment. In short, Wells, Fargo & Co.are running a post office department of theirown without government supervision or con-trol, and in competition with the regular gov-ernment service. Besides this, it ape thatthey have a banking house in San Francisco,the correspondence of which as well as that ofthe Western Union Telegraph company and theCentral Pacific Railroad company, they haveunder some mutually advantageous arrange-ment. for a long time carried, and still carryfree-that is, without the use of either postagestamp or stamped envelopes. The committeereviews the growth of the business of Wells,Fargo & Co. from its origin In the early settle-rent of the Pacile coast. It for a long timesupplied a want which the government couldnot. Now it is different. The department hasextended Its routes to every hamlet in theregion. The company thus no longer cateringto any essential public want, should be re-quested to give way. to that the governmentmay exercise Its right. There are strong legaland practical objections to the letter-ex-press business of the company. 1st. The mani-fest intention of the law creating the Post Officedepartment as explained by subsequent legisla-tion, and as interpreted by distinguished lawofficers of the government, was to iive It ex-clusive right to carly the mails. 'Under thishead numerous decis'ons are given where pri-vate letter carrying business has been brokenup on decisions of the law officers of the gov-ernment. 2d. Another serious violation of thelaw by Wells, Fargo & Co., which should be nolonger tolerated, is the employment of postmas-ters as their agents. It, is against the law anddamaging to the public service. 3d. A moreserious feature of this business, one that Is alto-gether unjustifiable, and which the officers andrepresentatives of the company do not make apretence of defending, is the free conveyance ofthe correspondence of Wella, Fargo & Co.'sbanking house, as well as that of the WesternUnion Telegraph company, and the Central Pa-cific railroad company. No stamps or stampe Ienvelopes are used but the express company, itis fair to assume, o'hltain from the other corpor-ations an equivalent for their services. Tilepractice Is In utter violation of the law, and byIt the government has no doubt lost thousa ads,of dollars of its revenues, and is still losinglarge sums. 4th. Besides the foregoinglegal objections to the business, there aretwo practicable ones, which by themselvesare sufficient to justify its suppression. One ofthem arises from the danger that postage onlarge quantities of mal matter passing throughthe company's handsis either InsuffHciently paidor not paid at all; the other arises from the un-doubted delays that cecur in the transmissionof letters where people deposit them in thestreet boxes of the company. mistaking themfor the boxes of the government. In conclusionthe committee say that it is their deliberateopinion that the letterexpressbustnessof Wells,Fargo & Co., in all Its phases, is at variancewith the postal law; that its operation is calcu-lated to Injure and degrade the postal serviceand that the interests and dignity of the PostOffice department demand Its mmediate discon-tinuance. The free conveyance of the corres-pondence heretofore mentioned is not only aninfraction of the law that ought at once to beinterdicted, but which, if there is-any legalmeans for obtaining it, the department ought toseek indemnity.Automatic Movement of the Frond

of Asplenium Trichomanes.Mr. E. J. Loomis, of the Nautical Almanac

office, Washington, recently showed me a phe-nomenon which I supposehas never before beennoticed and which is commended to the atten-tion of botanists. A tuft of Asplrniun Telcho-nns, gathered last autumn in the mountains

of Virginia, is growing in his house, in a glassdish. About two months ago he noticed thatone of the fronds-a rather short and erect one,which Is now showing fructilcation-madequick movements alternately back and forth, atlight angles to the plane of the frond, throughfrom 20 to 40 degrees, whenever the vessel wasbrought from its shaded situation inte sunlightor bright daylight. The movement was mor'eextensive and rapid when the frond wasyounger. When I saw it on the 23d of Januaryits compass was within 15 degrees, and wasabout as rapid as that of leaflets of Desm odistmyyrauus. It was more rapid than the secondhand of a watch. but with occasional stops inthe course of each half vibration. This was infull daylight next a window, but not in sun-shine. No movement had been observed in theother fronds, which were all sterile and reclin-ing, wIth the exception of a single one whichwas just unfolding, mn which Mr. Loomis thinkshe has detected incipient motion of the samekind. It is very easy to obtain this little fernand to set it growing. W~ve may expect furtherobservations to be made upon It without delay.--Asa Gray~, Lu ie fareh ILnmber of The BotanicalGazette.

The District in Congress.REPORTs FROM THE SENATE coMMITTEE.

The Senate District committee to-day agreedto report favorably the House bill to provide fora free bridge over the Potomac, and the Senatebill to tethepracticeof dentistry In theD)istrict, oth with amendments. The bridgebill Is amended so as to Invest the Secretr ofWar with discretion to purchase the Aqudutbridge, ifhecangetaperfect title,ortoulanew bridge. TIhe amount appropriated is$140,000. The bill to rglte dentlatry Iaamended so as not to aplits restrictions topersons already pratiig.

THE DEATH PENALTY POR RAPE.Senator Thurman to-day reported back from

thre Senate judiciary committee Senator Harrs'bill to pnish the crime of rape In the Districtof COlumbia with death, with an amendment.The amendment is really in the nature of a sub-stitute which, in cases of rape, invests the jurywith discretien to fix the punishment either atimprisonment for life or for a term of yer.orwlthdeath. In caseswherea plea- of gltisentered the court shall have dsrtotosen-tence the prisoner to Imprisonment, for.such term of years as may seem poe,or todeath. Senator Edmunds announe hthedid not concur and would submit a minority re-port. His report will reommend long impris-onment, a. the Senator does not believe in thedeath penalty.

TEN DIsTR10W IvErGATIoN.The House commiee on the District of Co-

lumbia will, at to-morrow's meeting, resumethe invesigation of the District Commisiners.MrIoome, the certificate clerk. Collector Cookt,and two clerks In the ofiee of Win. Dickson,esq., have been sulipened.

nIcemans oF TE peucu FoEcs.Geni. Hunton will endeavor to have the rules

of the Boose susnpended this afternoos, so as toenbe him to put the bil Increasing the Dis-trict poc florceupa | pasage.

-Ta -os u wrEo oomrnmgat toda' mntr began the avamiatninn ofthe eutamata cfth DImrAt nnemnnmwitha vlewtoth preparation whet Mkan

Society Notes.The seoond of Senator and Mrs. Blaine's Sat-

urday evening receptions, whiek occurred onthe 13th, vied with any reunion during thewinter in Its agreeable features. The host, hiswife and daughter, and Miss Dodge, enter.tatned their guests with their customary charmof manner. The company included a numberof gentlemen of distinction and many ladies,who enhance the pleasure of any reception atwhich they appear. The dressing was as hand-some as If this were not presumed to be theLenten season, and as many enjoyed the dain-ties on the tastefully decorated refreshmenttable as It this were the carnival instead of theseason of abstinence. Nearly all the diplomaticcorps attended and afterwards went to Secre-tary Evarts' to.He and Miss MinnieEvats also a portion of the evening atSenato't e's house. Among others observedthere were Senators Anthony, Pendleton,Vance and McPherson; Mrs. and Miss Ran-dolph, Mrs. and Miss Pendleton, Judge Millerand daghter Mrs. Stocking, and a fria;Judge Br dley, Mr. and Mrs. Hornsby. Mrs. andMiss Reed, of New York, Mrs. Nordhott, Mrs.Wells, Capt. Story, Gen. Jo. Johnson, Mr. A. M.Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Tucker, Mr.Fernando Wood, Mrs. Hickok, Mrs. Dahlgrer,Gen. Keifer, of Ohio, Judge Drake, Col. andMrs. Audenreld, Gen. and Mrs. McKee Dunn,Gen. and Mrs. Babcock, Mr. W. B. Shaw, Capt.Jouett, Col McKee, Gen. and Mrs. Haines andMiss Clark Mr. and Miss Sherrill, Mr. W. E.Chandler, fr. and Mrs. Burch, Mr. Z. L. White,Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Noyes, and Mrs. EugeneHartshorn, of Boston; Mrs. Newman and friendsfrom New York, Judge Aldis. Gen. and Mrs.Van Vliet, Miss Rachel Sherman Mr. Healey,the artist, and his daughter; Mr. dames B.Eads,Miss Kilbourn, Miss Campbell, and ex-Secre-tary Robeson.Miss Milly Strong, who has been spending the

winter In New York studying art, has acceptedthe hand of Mr. Slater, of that city, and themarriage will, it is said, take place this spring,probably In May or June.--Mme. De Heger-mann, who has recently arrived IS the citywas one of the most richly dressed ladies atSenator Blaine's receptlon.-Mr. James B.Eads's daughter, who was recently married InSt. Louis to Gen. Hazzard sailed with her hus-band from New York for Liverpool, last Thurs-day. Quantities of beautiful flowers were senther by friends to aaorn her stateroom.

The Republican Elements of Vir-ginia Once More Moving.

A BLAINE BOOM.FALLS CHURCH, VA., March 14th, 14).

F lior Star:-The disbanded forces of the re-

publican party In this state are again being mo-bilized-are gathering to reorganize.

"Double, double toll and trouble;Fire, burn; and cauldron bubble."

The political pot is seething. It is time for it.The districts-there are no -townships In Vir-ginia-are holding primary meetings to electdelegates to the county conventions, which areto elect delegates to a state convention. to as-temble at Staunton, which is to reorganize thieparty, put up a state ticket and choose dele-gates to the national republican convention, to

held at Chicago. The primary meeting washeld here on Saturday evening last; the countyconvention will meet at the court-house onThursdzy, the 19th Inst. The first business wasthe adoption of a resolution instructing thedelegates to be chosen to support Blaine dele-gates for the state convention. The resolutionof instruction was presented by W. A. Duncan,esq. This elicited the introduction of a substi-tute by L. S. Abbott against Instructing, and itwas urged for adoption by Mr. Abbott and Dr.Davis, and opposed by Mr. Duncan and thechairman of the meeting, Mr. George Thomp-son. The meeting voted to Instruct for Blaine.I understand that in the county convention thepreference will be rather mixed. Delegateselected were Geo. B. Ives, W. A. Duncan, J. W.Winsbecker of Anandale, Charlie W. Fitts, A. J.11111 and F. F. Foote. The last two representthe colored citizens, who were, I think, in themajority in the meeting. A resolution was'adopted Instructing the delegates to supportDuncan for a delegate to the state convention.

CITZEN.

Publication Notes.A promising attempt to fill a recognized want

n periodical literature for young folks has baenmade in the publication of the new paper calledColden Days, by James Elverson of Philadelphia.It is a handsome weekly illustrated paper fortoys and girls, backed by an energetic andcapable publisher with ample capital. Few peo-ple understand what an undertaking it is topublish a paper. On the first numer aloneof Golden Days Mr. Elverson has expended noless than $36,000 in actual cash outlay, and heexpects to spend as much more on subsequentnumbers before the returns begin to come in. Itis only in this way that a new publication canbe brought to public notice. but, If it deservessuccess, the profits are in proportion to the ex-penditure. And Golden Days promises to de-serve success. "Recognizing," says the briefsalutatory, "the fact that our young friends de-mand stories, we sball give them warm, inter-esting and vivid narratives, prepared by. themost popular ndacompetent writers-writerswho understand childhood and comprehendtheir own responsibilities in this respect. Onthe other hand, we shall avoid that rigid, un-bending strictness which repels the sympatheticnature of childhood and fails to Interest andteach, through a too great eagerness to act as amonitor in aTl things." This.s the right idea,and the first number is made up in accordancewith it.No. 676 of the Seaside Library has a tale by

Anne Ellis entitled "Them Women." Thescene is laid in Washington."Hester Trueworthy's Royalty" is the title of

a new story by the author of the "Win andWear" series, published by Robert Carter &Bros., New York, and received from Was. Bal-lantyne & Son. Also from the Ballantyne's, wehave "How a Farthing made a Farthing,"byMrs. C. E. Bowen, 'and "The Interpreter'sHouse," by W. W. Newton, two recent publica-tions by Carter & Bros.: also from the same "APractical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion, itzSymptoms, Nature. Sequences, and Treatment,"by George M. Beard, M. D., published by Wm.Wood & Co., New York. In this last work theauthor undertakes to deal practically with a dis-ease that as he expresses it, Is at once, "themostfrequent, most interesting, and most neglecteddisease of the modern times.""The Christian Mother,"translated by one of

the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in Washing-ton, from the German of Rev. W. Cramer, comesfrom James Bellew."Counsel to Parents on the Moral Education

of their Children," by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell,supplies some wholesome adv Ice upon a subjectof vital Importance.The four concluding numbers of John Russell

Young's "Around the World with GeneralGrant" have just been issued; making twenty inall. The work Is not only a singularly fascinatingbook of travel, but the conversations with Geon.Grant on questions connected with AmerIcanpolitics and history, reported In it, are of no littleImportance and interest. The-talks of Gean.Grant upon the campaIgns and battles of thewar, an~d in regard to hismilitary cotemporarieswill add to his reputation for modesty, fairness,and calm good sense.

THE DE KALBs CAss.-Further poeedings inthe trial at De Kalb, Miss., of Viri and Hfous-ton Gully, for the murder of (llmr,have beenabandoned and the case stands continuedon account of the failure to obtain a jury.SUrT AoAINar A CLuERAN.-In the suit of

Robert F. C. Pennell against the Rev. GeorgeC. Pennell, rector of -St. John's ProtestantEpiscopal church in Newark, N. J., the par-ticulars of which have been pulished hereto-fore In the Pribune, Charles Hatwell was ap-point by the Spreme Court, yeserday,ndant at Newark previou to te trial. ThePlaintiff claims to be the son of the defendant,and suss him to recover a claim of P.444 for his(the plaintiff's) board. The claim was assignedto himn by the man in whose family he livedirom 1561 until he became of age, in 1878. Theoobject of taking the Rev. Mr. P5ennell's testt-mony Is to poehis marriage with Mary ISchaepel,theplaintlf's mother in 1858.-N.F. itbn,18th.Ax E-IrNA AGENW INiwor.-The United

States grand laMwaukie,W ve re-ured n efdithen ex- agent

returns and ve0nin to the J~VernDAent,Bxldmm chophe will Ue able clear hiin-Minimn einUENs mutIn England Ished unde W wa

FOR9T-SITH CUONGRESS.MONDaY, March 15.

SENATE. - Mr. Davis (Ill.) presented thememorial of publihes of the principal news-papers of Chicago, asking that the present dutyof 9 per cent on the valuationbf unalzed papersr.berepealekLM Williams and Beck presented memor-

ials of mress associations of Kentucky for aboli-tion of duty on all articles used In making

Johnston and others presented similarpetitions.Mr. Bayard, from committee on the judiciary,

reported favorably Senate bill prohibiting thearrest of elestlon officers on election day. Placedon calendar.[The bill makes it unlawful for any marshal,

deputy marshal or supervisor of election or anyperson acting by their authority to arrest or im.prison on election day any election officer act-lng as such under and by virtue of election, orapointment under any state law, for anyoffence against the United States election laws,but the warrant or process for such offence maybe executed at any time after the close of suchelection day.]Mr. Edmunds stated that he and other mem-

bers of the committee did not concur In the ma-jority report.Mr. Thurman, from the same committee, re-

ported, with amendment in the nature of a sub-stitute, Senate bill making the crime of rape inthe District of Columbia punishable with death.Placed on the calendar.Mr. Gordon presented petition of large nu'n-

ber of ex-confederate officers in reference topreservatlc by the Secretary of War, of therecords In rterence to the battle of Gettysburg.

Bills were introduced and referred as follows:By Mr. Johnston-For suppression of Infectionand contagious diseases among domestic cattle.By Mr. Rollins-For punishment of tramps inthe District of Columbia. By Mr. Plumb-Toamend section 3,689, Revised Statutes relativeto public lands. By Mr. McPherson-lo amendthe patent laws.The Senate proceeded to consider the calendar.Consideration of the bill for the erection of a

public building in Denver was resumed. Anamendment requiring the state of Colorado tocede to the United States jurisdiction over theground on which the building is to be erectedwas opposed by Messrs. Thurman and Jones(Fla.), who thought such cesslon should be lim-Ited to eases of torts. arsenals, navy yards, etc.,and advocated by Mr. Edmunds, who said Itfollowed out the practice In such cases, andthat the United States should have jurisdictionover all the grounds occupied by its struc-tures.Mr. Hoar opuosed the amendment, holding

that "little Alsatias" should not be created allover the country, in whien state laws were in-operative.Pending debate the morning hour expired.Mr. McDonald submitted the views of the mi-

nority of the judiciary committee on the bill toreimburse the several states for interest paid onwar loans, which was lately reported adversely.The Senate resumed consideration of the star

route deficiency appropriation bill.HOUSF.-Under the call of states the fol-

lowitng bills were introduced and referred: ByMr. Singleton-In relation to telegraph com.munications. '[It provides that all telegraphmessages delivered for transmission to any tele-graph company availing itself of the provisionsof title 65, of the Revised Statutes, and copiesthereof made by such company at the place ofdestination or any intermediate point, shall bedeemed to be and shall be protected from un-reasonable search and seizure, or from produc-tion as evidence in judicial and legislative pro-ceedings to the same extent as communicationssent by U.S. mail.] By Mr. Turner (Ky.)-Reso-lutions of Kentucky legislature asking for thereduction of the President's salary to $25,000.By Mr. Acklen-Proposing a constitutionalamendment. [It recites the fact that the evi-dently growing tendency in the United Statesto centralization of power In the federal gov-ernment has awakened throughout the countrya just fear that in the near future the perpetua-tion of this Union may again be Imperil ed byinternal commotion thereby wrecking the peaceand prosperity of this republic; and breakingdown those doctrines of the perpetual union ofthe states finally and fully settled by the war;as well as infringing upon the home rule of thestates guarantee by the constitution, and pro-poses a constitutional amendment declaringthat the union of these United States shall beperpetual, and that all acts or attempts to sepa-rate or destory this Union shall be treasonagainst the federal government, and shall 'punished as such. States lines and boundariesshall be inviolate, provided that new states maybe formed with the consent of the states fromwhich they are formed, and the right of theright of the state to make, execute and enforceits local laws by or through its chosen rep-representatives or officials shall never beinterfered with by federal government.]By Mr. Buckner-For the adjournment of Con-gress on the 24th of May. By Mr. Klotz-To In-corporate the North Washington railroad com-pany. By Mr. Tucker-Appropriat $25,000

fo heifof the daughter and ~d hterof Zachary Ta3!or. Also, regnngmentliens in United States courts. By Mr. Phelps-To increase the police force of the District ofColumbia. By Mr. Murch-For the speedy pay-ment of the workingmen of the District of Co-lumbia.

Political Notes.The Mobile Register, leading democratic paper

of Alabama, says "it will be exceedingly diiti-cult" to carry that state for Tilden.The stalwart republicans in Massachusetts

have invented the name of Esqulmaux dogs forthe young republican scratchers. The applica-tion of the designation is supposed to lie In thefact that those dogs do a great deal of scratch-ing.By our Falls Church letter it will be seen there

are some indications of a Blaine boom on theVirginia side.The Colusa Sun says that IHamilton Fish

would make a good President. So he would.Be's honest, able and a gentleman.-Sana Pru-cisco Alla (R& ).)

Wall Street To-Day.NEW Yoa, March 15.-The Post in Its finan-

cial article to-day says: "The week o ned atthe Stock Market on moderately active mar-kets. Therefore speculation was irregular butgenerally strong. The stocks which advancedmost from Saturday's closing prices were Man-battan Elevated, the coal stocks and the Wis-consin stocks. The largest decline was in thePacific Mai, which fell on threats of hostile leg-islation at Washington, the same as Manhattanstock recently reil below 140 on threatened leg-islatIon at Albany. After the first hoar thewhole market became heavy, and the eay~vance has since beegt lost. Chtnoadeclined 3j% per cent on the supninof afirm who dealt largely in the stoc. Louisvilleand Nashville has advanced to 15$t4 from 155.Government bonds are. higher forthe for,and are otherwlse unchang-ed. 1aloanvestments continue strong,while spclative R. R. bonds are Irregular, butgeneraly lower. Of the new stocks, Ches. & 0.and Peoria & Decatur have each been strong.The money market continues to attract unusualattention, and without, doubt the fear of strin-gency has its influence on the stock exchange.A CorsIN oF SENATOR CONKLING BUasN To

DErr.-At Not wich. Chenango county, N. Y.,Saturday morning, Mrs. Mary E. Griffing, awealthy widow and a cousin of Senator Conk-lIng, was found upon the floor of the hall in herhouse horribly burned. When pikdup shewas unconscious and shie died in aotan nour.Living in the house was her son, a young manof twenty-two, her mother and Miss Kate Conk-lig, another cousin of the Senator. The fam-1a large fortune. Fridaynih

her mother and Miss Conklngretired at 9 'clock. The widow ujept alone Ina spacious chamber on the second floor. It washer custom to leave a lapbrigby her bed-side. Saturday 4:butt0 Miss Conk-ing was aroused by a nos,and a fewmoments later the househo was awakened b

afrom e Taauae h hihsuported tehead of the victim. GrsIgthe

erwith rare presnne of in shehad toanotbur the flames, and fail-

igin tashspngfrom the bed and rusheditth all, wheeshe was found as above de-

A dispatch to the New York World sasthattson, JasRB.r~~ svrdmute,

formatryfor an autonan of 21sithasfterbsEUIUn I6 wit2h Ia umsof mone bywith the of

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ralegrams to The Star.THE 'FRISCO MUDDLE.

KEARNEY AND KALLOCH.

Their New Departure.ENGLISH POLITICAL CRISIS

A PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER BURNED.

KEARNEY'S NEW DEPARTIRE.Elis Sunday Speech at the Sand Lots.SAN FRANCIscO, March 14.-There was a large

tttendance at the sand lots this afternoon, in-fluding many of the respectable classes, drawnhither by curiosity. Kearney took an entirelynew departure. ie invited the leaders of theCitizens' Protective Union to meetthe leaders ofworkingmen on the sand lots for an exchangetf views, promising them a respectful hea .Ele also informed his followers that hDbjects of the Citizens' Union has been misap-preheneed; that they intended to use the asso-

elationfor the amelioration of the condition ofthe city, for the good of the laboring classes andthe restoration of prosperity; that some unscru-pulous men had taken advantage of the move-ment to create the impre:sion that violent mea-sures against the workingmen were intended.wheieas nothing of the kind was meant. Hisaudience received his novel speech undemoustra-liely.

Kalloch Converted.At the Metropolitan Temple, this evening,

Kallech adopted Kearney's cue and spoke toa similar effect. It is evident that the Citizens'Union is making Its influence felt.Making it Warn for Kearney.

A special dTspatch says: Chief of Police Crow-icy openly stated yesterday that he was re-sponsible for Kearney's arrest, and would con-tinue to arrest aim for riotous or invendiarylanguage whenever he used it. There is a determination to follow up this blatant dema-gogue whenever he speaks. and thus test himand his bondsmen till they are tired of disturb-ing the peace, so long as the court can dealwith him, and when the latter falls, somethingelse will step to the front and make short workof him.Workingnien Declare Against Kear.

ne y.In the afternoon at a meeting of the execu-

tive committee, composed of presidents of althe workingmen's clubs in the city, a series oflesolutions were offered declaiming in unmistakable language against Kearney, though,withthe carefulness of a prudent beginning, hisname Is not mentioned. The mover of the res-olutions was George W. Bostwick, president ofthe 10th ward club, the first organized by Kearney himself. Bostwick is from Connecticut. Inhis specch accompanying the resolutions h(said lie was proud of being an American, andsaw no need of German socialism, French communism, or Russian nihilism, to adjust thegrievances complained of by the workingmenThe gist of the resolutions is that workingmerhave no affiliation with sand lots agitators, andhave no sympathy with any expressions, declarations or harangues tending tobringthis organization into dispute with its own members ancour fellow-citizens generally. The reading othe resolutions was heartily endorsed by theassemblage, but their full consideration was deferred to another meeting.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.The Political Canpaign in England.LONDON. Mlarch 15.-This morning's papers

publish a letter from Lord Derby to Lord Seftoi(liberal), member of the house of peers, inform-ing him that he (Lord Derby) will in the futurerank himself among the liberals. Lord Harting-ton, the liberal leader, in addressing a meetingat Accrington on Saturday, In support of theliberal candidate for papliament for-northeasiLancashire, repelled the charge made by LordBeaconsfield In his recent manifesto, that theliberals are endeavoring to separate the coloniesfrom England by a policy of decomposition.

The Irish Relief Fund.DrBuLN, March 15.-The Mansion House reliel

committee announce that they have receivedsince the 11th inst. the sum of £7,861. The totaof the subscriptions now amounts to £l,124, owhich the sum of £62,402 has been expendedThe committee have received since the 11thinstant £50) from Calcutta and £1,000 fromMadras, Irdla; £1,080 from Kimb^rley. SoutfAfrica; £200 from Greymouth, New Zealand.700 from Saidhurst. Australia; £200 from Kumara; £306 from the Irish relief fund of Sacramento, Cal.; £82 from the northwestern branclof the National Home for disabled volunteesoldiers, at Milwaukee, Wis., and £115 from thIrish relief committee of New York.

A STEAMSHIP ON FIRE.Burning o! the City of Sidney.SAN FRANcIsco March 14.-At 11 p.m. the tir

on the City of Sidney is still burning, with nimmediate prospect of being extinguished. Afar as can be ascertained, it is located just forward of amidships, either in the lower holdor on the lower deck. There is lumber andlot of Honolulu freight stored in that part 01the ship. Water is be poured in rapidly, anit is probable that the steamer will have to bpretty well flooded. Arrangements have not yebeen determined upon for replacing her on theline, and there is ikely to be a delay of severadays, and perhaps a week, in the sailing of tienext steamer. The Granada is lying at hewharf, and was to have gone in dry dock inthe morning. It Is quite probable she will bdispatched in place of the City of Sidney.

The Markets.BALTIMORE, March 15.-Virginia sixes, de

ftrred.8i do. conso]s,54% do. second ries,243do. pastdue ouos84;d.nwten-forties, 40',£BALTI -o

rch 15.-iotton dull and weak-middling. 88 . Flour dull butsteady-Howard streetand western ,super. 4.25a5.00 do. extra. 5.25a6.00: do. family, 6.25a7.00: oi1 mills super, 4.2a5.00; do. extra. 5.25a6.00 ; do. family, 6.50e7.25; do. Rio brands, 7.25; Patapsco family. 7.75Wheat, southern steady ; western dull and lower-southern red, 1.88a1.42" do. amber, 1.46a1.50; No1 Maryland 1.48a1.4834; No. 2 western winter red.pot .a W.;;Xb I.46(. April,7 (.LRa.4 Mav144.ta144%;Junie,1.40 a 4Oi% uy..21.3Corn, southern steady; western firm and steady-southern white. 55a59; do. yellow, 57; westernMay a33Junei,a56y stamr, 5%6white, 4a48: do. mixed. 46a47 ieny'ia,4

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The very mysteriondeathm ot John and AnRiley, man and wif, disoveredearlyhWttM .

tag, have caused considerable eaztami; Ingoneighborhood where it occurred, K, betweMa13th and 14th streets northwest. Mr. BeamU6-laday, the well known mail oontractt& resaeat No. 111 K street northwest,. It s8mat$ '.his hostler, John Muir, went to the stable th ?alley, in the rear of Mr. Hoiladay's reidmne,this morning to gtye directions to Mr, ROe,astableman, who slept in a bed room over-stable. Finding the door locked, Mutrbut could get no response. He ::.facts to Mr. Holladay, and they proceeded1090stable from the inside of the and tosd r-.the door on that side. up ma's Wbody of John Riley was on his bed,stretched at full length, and the of hiswldonthe floor beside tgebed, bothclothed only in his drawers and hiswife had all her clothing on except herand bonnet. There were no sb¢ns of violence,no blo nor any other evidences ofaor that tey had committed suicide byas no vials or bottle showing evidenceahtng contained poison were found In the room.Mr. Holladay was shocked at this terrible 9ght,and he at once dispatched his hostler to thpolice station,on Massachusettsavenue betwee inth and 10th streets. to notify the officers therof the facts. Sergeant Milstead at once repailm Ito the place and found the conditioa o'thirgs as stated above. Mr. Riley hadneen in MAr. liolladay's employment forome time as laborer and stable man. Ms.Riley was in service at the house of agentleman on . street, and was in the habit otviiting her husband at his room over Mr. Ho-laday's stable. It was ascertained that she hadilsited her husband last evening and that theyad left to go out about $ o'clockllast night,

being somewhat under the influence of Ugaa.It is not known at what hour they returned,and It was rather unusual for her to rinthere at night. The stable doors were all s-cured from within, the keys to each entranosbeing found In the locks Inside when the doorwas forced. Another singular fact is related-that they were both very much attached toeach -

other. No quarrel or difference had ever beenknown to exist between them. They were bothabout 45 years of age, and had beenmarried about fourteen years, but hadno children living, their only child, adaughter having died when quite young. Thehellef among the household of Mr. Holladay isthat it was a premeditated suicide. Mrs. Ioday observed a gaslight in the window of thestable at 1 o'clock this morning. and communi-cated the fact to her husband, who thoughtnothing of it. The gas was burning this morn-og, dimly, it having been partially turned off.Riley was stretched at length on his back on thesingle eot bed in the room, his knees bent, hisfeet resting on the bed, and his eyes closed as ifpeacefully sleeping. ills wife was beside thebed, her head restingon the side of it. oneknee-the right one-bent under her, and the otherleg extended in front, w it 1 the chair tilted overon her back, a positlon showilg that she hadpitched forward. From the mndications on thefloor It appeared that she had vomited whiletesting in the pmlt ion in which she was found.There was no unusual smell in t he room of gaser drugs of any kind. and no indications what-ever of foul play. Ml r. Ilolloday sent for thecoroner, and it was af'rwards concluded to re-move the body to Mr. Buly's, the undertaker,on Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and 10thstreets. toprepare for burial, previous to whichan inquest will be held. Coroner Patterson de-elded not to hold the intltt%t until to-morrow,so as to give hin 1ime to gkt up all the evidencein the case that can throw any lighton the mya-terious affair.The deceased was a member of Hibernian

Society. No. 1, of this city, in good standing,and both he and his wife were generally popularamong their acquaintances and much respected,They were both born and raised in Ireland.Iiley came here in 1s6i as body servant to an(fficer in a New York regiment, and afterwardswas in the employ of Lord Lyons as coachmannp to the time Lord Lyons was recalled. Hewas an experienced coachman, having beenraised at this service. Lately he had purchaseda house and lot on 17th street, for which heowed a part of the purchase money. but wasnot pecuniarily embarrassed. his wife camehere from Philadelphia, and they were marriedwhile he was in Lord Lyons' employ, sincewhich time they had lived together happily andwithout ever the slightest difference b3tweenthem, so far as is known.

SUPPOSED TO [E DEATHS FROW PJ sON,At one o'clock to-day, under the direction of

Dr. Patterson. the coroner, Dr. J. F. iartqgan,assisted by Dr. McArnle and others, made apost mortem of the bodies at Mr. Buckly's es-tablishment. The organs of both of the de-ceased were in a perfectly healthy condition,but the stomachs, which did not contain thesame kind of food, showed some irritation,which would indicate the presence of an irrita-ting poison, but It is impossible to say whatkind until an analysis is made.Dr. Hartigan completed the post mortem

about 2- o'clock, ahd says that there was anentire absence of natural causes of death ineach case. There Is a presumption that thepoison was taken outside, and that the manquietly laid down for It to do Its work, whilethe woman was evidently in the act of undress-ing when it took effect.

District Goveranent AaiLrr.Tihl'e was hothing received on Saturday to -

special assessments at the offce of the tax col-lector, neither cash nor s per cent coupons.A case of smallpox was developed to-day a

No. 9 Foundry alley, and will be sent to thhospital this evening. It is a child two year .

- old.Messrs. James P. Willett, M. W. Galt and An-

thony Buchly, have purchased a billiard tablefor the purpose of presenting it to Fire EngineCompany No. 2, and have asked and obtainedpermission of the District Commissioners topresent the gift. It is a duplicate of one re-cently awarded to Company 1 from the LightInfantry fair.

BCI.DING PERMITSissued by Inspector Eutwisle: M. J. Altee, eon-.struct three two-story dwellings, R, betweeni11th st. and V'ermont avenue n.w.; $4,500. Win.C. 11ill, construct a three-story dwelling, north- :west corner 19th anti N sts. n.w.; $8500. Wit.Helne, construct four two-story dweilRs. LI.avenue, between 5th and 6th sts.; 8,0H.Kraak, build a brick stable, alley between 4J%and 6th sts. and P'enngivaia avenue and C

siss.n.w.: $400.!THE FIRE D)EPARTMENT INBBorZOWh-15NGTO, D). C., March 15, 13.i~9Sta r:-I ask permission through the "oluneof your paper to make a short Iment In regard to a letter published in theEENiNo STAR of Saturday last, signed J. T. Mug-ray, Implicating me In a conspiracy to Injurethe character of Thos. L. Hume, ex-fir commis-sioner, and Martin Cronin, chief engineer of thefire department. I denounce the statementmade by this man Murray as a falsehood fromt beginnJngtoend. It is amiserable, desperateand malicious libel. The character of this manMurray is well known. and why ho was dis-.missed from the tire department. I propose atthe proper time and place to make oath to thefalsity of such a statement, and show to thepublic whose character has been Injured In thisfire department Imbroglio.Very respectfully, &c., Taos. C. QUANTRTLL.WAsnuNoos. D. C., March 15th, 1880.-

Editor Star:-Permit me, through te eait-umns of your paper, to reply to the state-ment of Jan. T. Mturray, published lnathe Satilr-day evening SrTA, is lcating Mr. TamaQuantrili and myself &conspiracy to injurethe character of Thomas L. Hume, an ox-n-ber of the lire board, and Martin Cronin, chiefengineer of the lire department. I deny thestatement as false and malicious. As to theletter published In the Surntay Gzplfal, on thel11th of January, 1880, written by this man Mur-ray I will make oath that the letter abovereferred to was written and handed to ma byMurray a few days after he was dismtmned frointhe fir department. I believe It was somse timein September last, about the85th, this lettrwaswvritten by himself voluntarily and without anyassistance or dictation on Iny pert whatova,and I further state Mr. Thomas Quantill neva "'i

saw nor read the letter until it was pubished inthe uuray Cay'iIal, and I further state that Mr.Quantr ill had nothing to do with the inv~aton or charges aintChief Cronin. I,courted the InvesIgton. J. W. BransasLTHE ANAIWsTAN BOAT CLUB held lit minisM

me r night. The follwn mn~

Mr. George A. Mclhenny cepret, Uk|Jolin W. Corson; corresponding and fmanalsecretary, Mr. George IL Clarke;, reeordlig ma-retary, Mr. Samuel Maddox; treinrer, MrsHowar S. Nymnan; captai Mr.WilA.l Np ,lieutenant, Mr. P. W. nna

tee.Mr. E. S.Mau.w D.

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