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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-12-18

& 'nAlsIaAs PKEsEsrs.

{ 'hhisInAs PEEsESrs f..-
Ladies can find at BOsW ELL g New Fancy Store.
soy PepEsyl lvania avenue, between 9th and iAth
streets. fne sssorts1ent .of real LACE GOODS,
viy: t...". = g .'
POINT LACE, POINT APPLIQUE, yAbEN-
CIkNES AND OLUNY LaCE, HANDk En-.
Also. lots of FINK FANCY GOODS NOTInNS,
TOILET sRTlCLE6, ZEPHYR AND WO0LEN
G6ODS &C, &c. -- .- =.
Every body should call on BOSWELL to se.
Cheap Christmas Goods. e EF... de II st
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CLOTHING, DO.

CLOTHING, DC.
e o Q ID D Z.
That's it, thatsitl
Just listen 9 bit
From the folks at Smiths Oak Hall
Comes a word OF advice,
So sound and so nice,
For the present Sc sson of Fsll.
Button your coat
Up TO your throat.
Ard sfe that you re varmly clad;
Or with cold In your mead
You'll be sick in your bed,
which will be exceedingly bad.
And you II stay in bed
With the cold in our head,
And implied 20 be somew hat quiet,
OF the Doctor . stuff,
Anc all sorts Of sick folks diet.
Better beware,
And always take care
In suitable clothes,
Just such a. those
Which sre sold AZ Smith Oak Hall.
SMITH BROS. & CO..
hER ANT TAILORS,
AND DBALgRs IN
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
OAK HALL, 464 SEVENTH STREET.
PHoE GOODS ever oefsd ann the Hhes' eiy Of S
InEtoD. having secured the best artists in the
style snd at less prices than any Diner estabiish
meDt. Ins I3 tfl 8. b. = co.
VI. MERCHANT TAILOR,
Corner OF 9Th and d streets.
Desires TO return his thanks Tor the liberal A.
patronage bestowed upon him during past
seasons, and at the same time invites his M
HlenCs to visit his store and inspect his new M
and choice selection of goods, which he has -
Just purchased for the Fail and Winter Trade
Mr.. Il HARDON. his associate, continues to give
his constant attention 10 the style and general
appearance of all garments made st the estab-
nslueDt.
The best work and moderate charges is our
moIto. de slim.
" pOLAN. MERCHANT TAILOR, corner
h. of 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-, a.
opposite NIlisTds Hotel, has received "a
superior assortment Of Cloths. Cassimeres, M
Vestines. ChiRchilias and Escomas, for Nj
OyeFcoats, and . general Assortment of-.
Gents Furnishing Goods He has also added 70
his stock a splendid lot Of first class Custom made
Clothing from New York, at lower prices than
an had in this city. lie invites his friends aud
the public TO give him call, and returns his sin
csTe thanks for their liberal patronage. oc 81 -sn
Ia J. HEIBERGEh,
Successor to II. = Lsudon Co.. A
CITIZENS and MILITARY
MRRCHANT TAILOR, M
Metropolitan Hotel. late Browns,
362 Pennsyivapis avenue.
myl-r Washington, ID. o. -
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southern branch, where, upon revival of
trade through the canals, they will form an
obstruction to navigation, is admirable, and
the possession of this property for such pur-
poses, it would seem, would, when made
known in the proper quarter, be regarded as
desirable by the Government.
No argument can be adduced against such
measure, unless the Congress design to aban-
don their great naval depot here, or unless it
be in the interests of the lobby to incur the
great additional expenditure which would be
involved in selecting locality liable to the
objection which we have urged against Q
Northern location
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Fresh water Basin for 1ron-Claas.

A board las been ordered, composed Of
Captain MI ANoToN SMITH, u. S. NJ Bnga-
der General j. w. ALEXANDER, q. S. A.,
and Chief Engineer j. W. KING, u S. N,
to examine proposed location for fresh
water basin for iron-clads at Portland, Maine,
under recent resolution in Congress. I "a ~
In selecting such basin, regard should be
had to climate, for it is desideratum that
the selected location should admit of ingress
and egress during the whole period of the
year. 1t would defeat the very Object pro-
posed to be accomplished, to select a basin
which was liable to be frozen and thus lock
up Or prevent the admission Of the iron-clads
In view of such considerations, position near
the United States Navy Yard, at Gosport
presents itself as an admirable locality 1t is
absurd to suppose notwithstanding the speech
of Commissary BANKS on this subject, that
the Government design to abandon this great
naval depot, where there is splendid dock,
and where all the appliances for the manu-
facture of guns and ship-building can be so
Icdully IelHStdtcl, IL tuey w uoI alfedly eX-
list, as before In relation to basin for IRON
clads, there is a locality opposite the Navy
Yard which is admirably adapted for the
purpose desired This locality was examined
and reported upon, by the Engineer and Of
fcers attached to the Yard, some time
previous to the war; and a i map
delineadng the locality and its, adap-
tation to the purpose of wet dock. was for
warded to the proper Bureau in Washington.
1t had the sanction of tho Commodore of the
Yard at the time. t ~ n
But for the war, it was highly probable
that the Government would have purchased
this property There is creek amply large,
which would only require digging out
to render it of sufficient depth, ia and the
land is free from rocks, being composed of
clay. The expense, therefore, would be com
paratively small This property is owned by
the same gentleman, and no doubt, it would
be purchased upon the most reasonablete TERMS
Its adaptation to a basin for iron-clads, or for
wet dock, in which to preserve wooden yes
sels and keep them out of the channel of the
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The Union ticket at Waterbury, Connect
cut, has been elected; Rockwell was elected
by majority of 293 over Grow, Democrat.
The remainder of the Union Ticket was cleo
ted by about the same majority.
Letters from the Red River country give af-
fecting accounts Of the overflow and destruc-
ton of property The hopes of crop are
small. The meteorological observations are
unfavorable to successful cotton growth
more than ever retarded in the Mississippi
Valley.
Accounts from Galveston report that the
burque Woodlands from Liverpool, was
wrecked near Breaker. A survey has been
made and her condemnation and sale recon-
mended. -
A SLAYER picked up at sea has been sold for
$1,000.
| There has been destructive fire at Terre
Haute. The loss of Ross and Kennedy, was
| $4,000, insured partially in several North
ern offices. @ hilH
Bank swindlers at Buffalo, are purchasing
checks for 81, and similar amounts, and afix-
ing zero to the right.
! A fire has occurred at Nashville, destroying
property to the value of $4,000. The in
surance on which was SMALL
Attorney General Speed and Judge I'm
dsrwood, have heard the argument of Messrs
OConor and Shea, counsel of Mr. Davis
why the prisoner should be admitted to bail.
The Attorney General responded on the part
of the Government. Judge Underwood sub
sequently refused to admit Mr.. Davis to bail
on the ground that he has no authority to dc
50, the accused being prisoner of war. ae
An Indiana Peabody exists in the person o.
Chauncey Rose, Of Terre Haute, who has do
mated during his life over $7s7 900 to charit-
able purposes, institutions, &c.
Gen Il. P. Bee, writing from Havana to ths
Houston Telegraph, makes an appeal to the
people of Texas in behalf of General Magru
der, who, with Commodore Maury, has beer
removed from office in Mexico E'He is poor
very poor, without means of support, ant
with his family dependent on him, "says thu
writer.
Silver has been discovered on farm neal
Greensville, Augusta county, Va, and ole
miners pronounced the developments very
rich.
j. w. Binford, an old citizen of Richmond
committed suicide Thursday, by swallowing
eight grains of strychnine
The Supreme Court of Georgia commenced
term at Milledgeville on Monday last.
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News.

The subject of parolling Mr.. Davis upon
bail it was thought would be considered in
Cabinet yesterday. The political opponents
of the Executive desire that he will release
Mr.. Davis, in order that they may assail hin,
for the acti 1t is thought his release will be
effected in some legal manner.
RESPONSIVENESS against the five cent tax on
cotton are pouring in from all quarters, and
it is expected that the Senate Committee will
either reduce the taA or regulate it according
to the average cost of the production of the
staple or its market price. e T.. ''l 49,
Chief Justice Chase, it is reported has de-
clarsd his opposition to the release of Mr..
Davis ~ ..i,sff .+o.,.i...1
+ The old system of bell signals on steamers
may be superseded by an electric communi-
cation to carry messages between pilot and
engineer 1t was tested in the late trial trip
of the Wayanda and proved satisfactory
Also new mode Of launching boats from
steamers at full speed proved satisfactory
and a success Two minutes and thirty Sc
conds were consumed in accomplishing the
experiment, instead of eight minutes by the
0 Id method - dltA'l 34 ieA..It
The House Committee on Banks and Cur
rency will make an elaborate report soon, pre-
senting bill against misappropriations OF
public moneys in future The report will also
fully deal with the Washington bank frauds,
+ It was expected that Head Centre Stephens
would deliver an address by request Of the
ladies' OF the National Orphan Asylum Fair.
The annual, examination of the midship-
men, at the Naval Academy, has been com
pleted. The Secretary of the Navy, with other
officials, had visited the Academy, and were
received with the usual honors.l l.tt
i A fair at La Belle Grove, Md, realized
ST, 900, for the, relief of the Southern desti-
tute.. se,.,ag, 80 80, ,,-.,t3 ~ =,
This Catholics are, erecting a neat church in
Owensyille, in the same lStats.lsu 1y5o "a. d
The UnionJ or anti1Democratic party, in
Oregon, have polled a majority Of 500, with
four counties to hear FROM. The Senate stands
fourteen Union, to eight Democrats, The to-
tai vote cast was %, 220. tlaN seTQ5a fa ,sera
Acomproniise is likely to be effected be-
tween the ship carpenters.
The steamer Wilmington with full cargo
of cotton and passenger list will leave on the
10th for New York. is- yTci9slaaaid---.d !.
/. r. SUg .evki-H hIe
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The EDhoSuS,

''Man proposes God disposes," says an old
French proverb, but the common law has q
maxim that "the act of God Injuries no man =
and we commend this to the consideration of
the energetic and brave man who has done
SO much to inaugurate, this enterprise. 1t is
true that he has seen. a. full cargo for, this
great ship melt away from his warehouses,
| thus realizing rather painfully, Mr.. TRINRoD's
beautiful expression, when he calls cotton "the
| snow of southern summers" 1t is true also
thatjhe has seen prices deranged by a COM
mercial panic in England. which no human
sagacity could have forseen but he has still
shown that under ordinary circumstances the
line can be supplied with outward bound
cargoes.A ssh ~ dho#a-tH kQElN
AS the case stands, he meets with, shower
at starting, butlthe sun will come out by and
by, and he will think of the consolatory
maxim we have quoted. In the meantime
our merchants, we trust, will endeavor to Sc
cure full cargo of naval stores, which could
be shipped with profit, The North Carolina
shippers would do we'll to remember that they
can realize. such shipments in sterling ex-
change '1A- ,+2sfg ael. 70 i9ai 7sat'2 - :
The Newark Advertiser learns that Hon
VIM. Wright is much improved in health and
has nearly recovered from bis late paralytic
stroke. On Thursday he rode out, and his
friends confidently hope that he may soon be
able to resume bis public duties
Py A destructive FIRE in Charlestown,a Mass. !,
Saturday night, consumed large lnanufae7
tory and number ofadjoining houses, render
ing homeless about five hundred persons,
principally lIrish.i HHnEI2 I4iS AA2
During melee at Worcester, Mass, yes
terday, stone was thrown at a policeman,
who, in return, fred at the crowd from whose
direction the stone came. The ball hit spec
Stator in the forehead, wounding him 50 Sc
verely that he is not expected to live.ss ysr
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The stiggins school Of Humanity.

A letter in the New York News from
Thomaston, Georgia, contains statement
that the freedmen in that State have como to
the conclusion that many of their race have
been spirited away to Cuba, by the Agents OF
the Bureau, and certain of those outside hui
manitarians who are generally to be found
hanging round the officials of this department
of the Government. tE.-ly-,
These stories have before found their way
into the public press, and when we consider
the simplicity of the negro, and his faith in
the benevolence of his new friends it is at
once apparent that he is a fit subject for so
cruel an imposition. The reports, though
one of them came from that "0ld Curiosity
Shop" Mr.. SUMMERS portfolio, ran their brief
career and were forgotten but since General
STEADMAN and FULLERTON have brought to
| light so much malversation among the Off
Gals of their Bureau, we trust that the ques-
ton now raised will be fully investigated.
| This story comes from the negroes themselves.
They had their suspicious aroused, and
sent an agent to follow up the trail Of
the wanderers and report the result to their
friends. This agent has returned from
his mission, and reports that many OF
these companies of emigrants could not be
found in the localities for, which they had
started; nor, indeed, in any other part
of the country" He visited Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 1t is abund-
antly clear, that bad and enterprising men
might carry out such scheme, especially in
cases where the transportation, for any con-
siderable part of the way, would be by water
and the profits on such nefarious traffic are
so immense, as toappeal most powerfully tc
4 the cupidity, even Of The humanitarians
| But, be this story true Or false, it7is full Of
significance 1t shows that the freedmen Of
Georgia have been educated, by the logic Of
events, up to that point from which they be-
gin to measure men for themselves. They
! have arrived at a little wholesome incredulity
as to the ardent and fraternal devotion Of
people who come among them and hand
round their hats for small collection after
making them fine speeches, and promising tc
lead them to the promised land of poltica
and civil rights, flowing with the milk and
hopeyof "Ilberty, Fraternity, and Equality.
We repeat here, what we have otter
urged before, that the friendship. which il
measured by dollars and cents-which re-
4 quires payment in fractional currency, is hol
low, selfish, and deceptive. The freedmen il
Georgia are arriving at this conclusion; ant
the sooner this is understood IN Virginia tn
better. ''+
The hangers-on who follow the Bureau
with protested anxiety to benefit the freed
men, are animated by the same impuls
/ which made the virtuous ST1aa1Ns so devoted
to the spiritual welfare ofthe elder Mr.. Wei
! LER. 81 = A8 EIGGg4
f. The greenbacks have for these people tn
same attraction that the pine apple rum ha'
for the canting hero of the Brick Lane Asso
citation. And we trust the day will COM
when they will receive from their victims tn
same treatment. -. xm -.
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"Dead but not Forgotten"

Dead but not Forgotten"
In suotass column we publish an address
from the Memorial Association" of Rich
inond, to the people of the South. The wo-
men of the late Confederate States have al
ready won for themselves an imperishable
fame by their christian fortitude and angelic
charities fame all the more enduring be-
cause their only ambition was to do good
Conspicuous among them all were the wo-
men Of Virginia. We do not assert this for
our noble countrywomen because they are
Virginians; we do not claim this as special
development of the civilization of the Old
Dominion but theirs was the opportunity,
and they were equal to it, in gentleness and
courage and in deeds of ineffable beneyoence.
Theirs was by no means romantic kind
ness Their duties were severe and often re-
pulsivs but these sweet sisters of national
charity never once shrank from the path be-
fore them. They worked with their slender
fingers on the coarsest fabrics they gave of
their means with alacrity; they threaded the
narrow passages between the cots of the great
hospitals; they ministered to the sick and woun-
ded, and gave consolation with divine ten
derness to the dying. Nor have they yet
wearied in well doing. They design now to
preserve from dissertation and neglect the
graves of that grand Army Corps which sleeps
around Richmond. 1t is anoble and essen
TALLY tender enterprise. It is one in which
there should be no failure, for to fail would be
for the whole South to incur disgrace Only
barbarians neglect their dead. As races rise
in culture and refinement, they bring the
sculptor's art to adorn with marmorean pomp
the Metropolis. We call the consecrated ground
where we give our dead to the bosom of the
earth, Goods Acre" and the spots where the
ashes OF our ancestors repose are eloquent
to us in our noble inspirations.
We, as people, are not dead to any gene
rous or lofty sentiment. The reverses of the
war have not blunted our sensibilitiss; and a
feeling, which no words can express, in its
tender reverence, impels us to do honor to
the memory of the men who fell in the con-
t1ict. Their graves are our peculiar care
"Such graves are pilgrim shrines, Il
Shrlnes to no creed or sect confined, 81
The Delphian vales-the Palestines-ss.
The Meecas of the mind"
1t is with this appreciation of our duty, that
the noble women of Richmond now come for
ward, from the modest secusion of their
homes, to beg their countrymen to join them
in the task of preserving the humble mounds,
swelling over the ashes of the dead soldiers of
the South. -'Le .Hi-9isA
The flag under which they fought and fell
is blotted from the signal book of nations
The survivors of the Grand Army, to which
these sleepers belonged, are busy in new
spheres of action; but the great bvouac of
that Army Corps, which still encamps round
Richmond, can never be forgotten Let those
who have abundance, give liberally-let all
give something-in place Of one Old Mortality,
let the South furnish her thousands and tens
of thousands, and let the graves of the GAL
liant sleepers never be forgotten, CT uncared
for. etF4
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ELECTION NOTICES.

TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
81 Itt1 NORFOLK!
II RESPECTFULLY announce my
| self as Candidate for the Office of Sheriff Of
the City of Norfolk. ....--z..ss...-
naulR I'd HENRY IRWIN
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< FOR CITY COLLECTOR.
TF my fellow citizens deem me WOr-
l thy, shall be gratified to receive their votes
for the office of CITY COLLECTOR. lam now q
resident Of the city and have been so since my
mayI5-td R. Q. DRUMMOND. !.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24

Constitution and Government. | tell the
opponents of this government. care not
from what quarter they come, you who
are engaged In the work of breaking up
the government by amendments TO the
Constitution, that the principles Of free
government are deeply rooted In the
American heart. All the powers combined.
care not OF what character. they can not
destroy that great instrument-that great
chart Of freedom.
They may seem TO succeed for time. but
their attempt will be futile. They NAV
think now IL can be done BY covenant rcs-
olution' but when IL is submitted 10 the
popular Judgment, and TO the popular viii,
they will find that they might as well I'M
take to Introduce resolution to repeal the
laws Of gravity as TO keep this Union from
being restored. It's Just about MS possible
TO resist the great law Of gravitation which
binds MI 10 common center. as that great
law which will bring back these States to
their regular relations with the Union,
The President said a good deal more. but
what We have given are his main points,
and they will not fail to command the Sc
rlous consideration of the whole people.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
Test of LOYALTY.

Mr.. POLLARD, of the Richmond (VaD
Examiner, whose paper was suppressed,
because ii indulged In facetious criticism
OF lot OF military asses, who figured at q
ball in that city, thus pledged himself for
the privilege of reissuingit:
III the publication of the Richmond Er-
dmiEer shall hc permitted, solemnly pledge
my honor that IL shall be devoted to the
support of the Union, the Constitution and
the laws and that the journal will con-
tinuc heartily to support the Presidents
policy"
Is there anything in that but loyalty 2
support Of the Union, The Constitution and
he idios, and the Presidents policy, which
is buta part of all the othersl If there
should such an cXaction as that be required
of the radical journals of the country, how
many Of them would be suffered TO live a
day longer? If there is even one Of that
class of papers that in all essentials, has
been and Is now devoted to the Union, the
Constitution &C.. and, therefore, not liza
BILE TO be suppressed by GRANTS outrageous
order, then are we ignorant of its where
abouts. Not one In Ohio, surely
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
Penalty Against Railroad COmpa-
MICS

A bill has been introduced in the Penn
sylvania Legislature, requiring $1,000 10 be
paid by any railroad company to the widow
or minor child oC any person killed on any
railroad in that State. The Philadelphia
Ledger says;
"Engnecrs and conductors would not
endangcr their own lives by fast running
running out of time, or by neglect of steam
or any part of the machinery in their
charge, II they thought an accident would
result. The assurance that every thing is
right induces them TO go ahead. There is
one good, however, which may result from
II moncyed penalty imposed on companies
of the character named. It may induce
double tracks, slower time, and the estab-
lishmcnt of fundamental arrangements
whereby some of the causes of accidents
will bc removed. If the $1,000 penalty
tends To force the companies to such per-
icction of their roads, good may result;
but If IL is intended to make accidents n
cause of dismissal of engineers and con-
ductors, and by that penalty n prevention
of accidents, little good, we fear, will re-
suit"
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
Gods Laws and sanitary Laws.

LORD PALMERsroS administered prac-
tical rcbuke in 1853, when the cholera was
rayagng the continent, and was expected
to break ont In England IN the following
Spring. The situation, in fact, was pre-
ciscly what il now is; every one in Great
Britain and America was fearful of the
coming epidemic. In these circumstances
the clergy united in potitioning the gov
crnmcnt to appointa a day of fasting and
prayer. in order to avert the dreaded vista
ton. LORD PALMERsToS refused to grant
the petition. He told the clergy of Scot
land that the world was governed by
natural laws, ordained OF God, which must
be obcycd; and that, therefore, II was use
less to pray against the cholera, while the
Scottish towns were rceking with filth,
which was the natural cause and nourish-
ment of cholera. He advised them to 30 to
work and purify those towns; especially
the dwellings of the poor.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
A New Use for Petroleum.

When the mercury sinks below zero, two,
ten, twenty; when lIuit-trces become dead
wood and solitary pedestrians are about to
sink into the eternal sleep, on Western
prairics, how handy it would be to have
near, such comfort rs burning oil well,
as that near Franklin, Pa, 1t shoots up n
vast column Of flame more than hundred
feet into the air and lights the country for
miles around. 1t has moderated the tenn
perature in the neighborhood, so that the
grass has rapidly grown up, and is now
from two to four inches high. Tho trees
standing within this tropical range have
budded aud have lcavcd ont with all the
luXuriance of summer.