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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

AT the suggestion Of many Of our readers,
who do not understand the sig nal numbers in
the striking OF the bells TO designate the locali-
ties of Tires, we publish the following list OF
the numbers and localities Of the boxes In this
city:
sd street east and l. street south
Ssh street east and Virginia avenue
4-llth street east and Pennsy lvania avenue
a-.th .t street street east and Pennsylvanis avenue.
18th street east and South Carolina avenue.
s-4th street east and c street north
18Th street east and II street north.
I2-2d street east and street north.
1SS-sd street east and East Capitol street
80: IA Ill, Lnglne & House, Capitol Hill.
l6-Pelice Station. Az and F street south.
1s-llth street west and Marylan avenue
49, street and Maryland avenue.
s1-C street north and New Jersey ave, E. B.
2s-city pefks1lio fkisll'
2i-No / Hook and Ladder House, Mass. ave-
9Th street west and New York avenue
2G-P"lice Station, 7th and Boundary streets.
27-7th street west and II street north
2s-leth street west and II street north.
E9-1th street west and l. street north.
35-t,s street and Penn5ylvania avenue.
34-Bank of Washington, Louisiana avenue.
33-Central Guard House,
36-l2th street west and street north.
31-I2th street west and street north.
"e-No Engine.House, D st. north and 18th st.
32-State Department, l4th st. west and st. north
42-Riggs Bank. 18th st. west and N. 7. avenue.
43-l5th street west and street north.
41-I9th street west and street north.
46-2lst street west and Pennsylvan avenue.
47-l61a street west ahd II street north
4e-Z0th street west and Nj street north.
49-Police Station. goth St west and X 1T north.
31-26th street west and G. street north
32-23d street west and l. street north.
53-Smith thsonian Institution.
54-lSth street west and street north.
56-Arsenal gate.
57-Navy Yard gate.
as-l1th street west and street north.
a59-6th street west and street south
61-Adams' Express once. Pennsylvania avenue
62-GOyernment Printing Office. II street.
63-7th street west and l street north.
64-9th street west and G street south.
6.-4th street west and street south.
61-U. S. Observatory.
6s-Sth st. west and st north. (resideEce of Su
perintcndent of POlice.l
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- Cooperation is going it strong in Pbi,a
dol,

- Cooperation is going it strong in PhiIa-
delphia.
- Street preaching has this summer heer
attended with good result in Milwaukee.
- The Gcntles of Utah look to the pa.iao
Railroad as means OF blotting out Mormon.
ism
~ Last year over seven hundred m;uio.
feet OF lumber were sold in Chicago
~ Wisconsin Democrats will meet in f,or
vention September 10th. oon
- Hartford has plague of frors-ac.ora-
ing to the Post. SoAu
- White laboris being tried in NJ ssissinni
with great success.
~ Dickens 10 certainly coming to this conn.
Try nus agent having left England to arrange
the prelimlnaries.
~Alyin Flanders, the newly elected dele
gaze TO Congress from Washington territory
bly,, and was connected with the San Francis.
co Times.
~ In New York domestic animals are rara
IN proportion as the sausage business is over.
done, Gays the News.
81 A young girl who jumped from ons 90
the Brooklyn ferry boats on Friday rirht ana
was drowned, is supposed to be a miss vi,
hams. from Northern Georgia.
~ Some impious scoundrel s,ole ,nr.o
months contributions OF the SUNDAY schnoI
scholars Of church in Pawtucket Mass tsa
other day. s"e
~ Letters from different ouartsr. =, !. :.
give dreadful accounts Of the rAvasss - .h~
cholera, especially among the travelling cara.
vans. s""
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The Decay of the ChprokeeS

from the MordrtGR we gather the following
interest ting items about the Cherokee Indians
-TRe tribe numbers li,H0. The females our.
Eg;A the males more than l.su0 Ten wears
ssr- Fibe numbered 25,tt0. bnt the rayages
or val the exposure OF the refugees in north
ern climates " hen they were driven out from,
their homes during the rebellion. and other
causes. have operated TO produce this wonder
ful diminution OF numbers. The Chprokaes
now own in fee simple about 4.ONOREO .cres of
land, and the United States Government holds
in trust for them 81 ,UOn,0(N. The Cherokees are
the most enlightened tribe of Indians in the
West They have made most commend
able progress IN civilization. Many of
them are finely educated, and are men of
culture and refinement. Before the war
they had number OF good schools aud acad-
emfes, and the children of the more intelli-
gent and wealthy were educated in eastern
colleges. They have a legislative form OF gov
ernment, with a Senate and House OF Assem-
bly,; Governor and head chief. elected hy The
people; courts and justice Officers Their
country ls divided into different counties
they held slaves: but in our Western pro-
vincialism, thar is "played out" Their for
mer slaves are now treated with consideration
cipal men OF the tribe. as they are indu strious
and seem TO have a greater desire to accumu-
late property than the native Indians In pro-
portion 10 their numbers, the Cherokees pre-
yious TO the war were the wealthiest people on
the face OF the globe. They owned immense
herds OF cattle, horses, and hogs. Large shin.
meHts OF cattle were annually made bv them 10
New Orleans and other markets. One man
owned 96o00 head of cattle, another I5,pDD.
There were many that owned 10000 5000 , gou
0td, and $40 head OF cattle each.
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How Divorces May be Obtained in Chica.
go-A SAMPLE Case

Last spring, young man named Oliver
Mcl'ra'h, an empIoye of the Arm of Austin.
Clapp Il Co became tired OF his WIFE aAd
brought suit for divorce, though he had very
little testimony to offer. He alleged In his dec.
laraton that his wife was too old for hi n, and
that she had deceived him as to her age when
be married her. He also declared that he mad
beer resident of Chicago for more than year
end that his wife deserted him In January
1865. His attorney, Benjamin Haskell, testi-
fed as TO the non-residence OF his wife, and
TWO witnesses as 10 the desertion. There was
no defence, and decree of divorce was en-
tered the same day: notice OF the decree
WAS then published.
All this time Mrs McIlrath was in Cleve-
land, where she was provided with q boarding
house by her husband, only two weeks before
the suit was CONNER ced, and where she was
mainamed al his expense, receiving letters
and money from him frequently. The publ
cation OF notice required in case of q non-resi-
dent defendant was made in the Western Mer-
chants Price Current, paper W hich Is ch iefly
devoted to the m arkets and the ad yertisements
of wholesale merchants, and is very rarely
locked at by ladies. OF course Mrs McIlratn
do not see It Her first nohce of the proceed
ings was ihe announcement that decree had
been grantc6 She came to this city imme-
dIafe1y. and has now made application TO have
the decree of divorce set aside. All the facts
stated above were substantiated, not only by
her own testimony, bu also by affidaylts of
Mcllra'h's own father, mother and brother
Mcllrath lived with his wife in Cleveland
until last April. The attorney " no swore "a
to her non n.residence knew nothing of her or
Eer residence except what his client told him
Ten witnesses who swore as to the desertion,
Hnd said they were we'll acquainted with Mr.
and Mrs. NJ c. lrath, entirely unknown
even by name. to Mrs. M cI irath
Upon the hearing Judge Van Buren, declared
that beyond q doubt this case presented more
odioDs teat ures Than any case that he bad heard
or read Of AT the same time he signified his
intention hereafter Ro' 10 receive in his Court
as legal publications the insertion OF adver-
hsemenis in unknown periodicals. He also
n n on rhGr r.
Is necessary to be done to weed the bar OF per-
sons pracncing as attorneys who can be- in
violation Of their oaths, guilty OF the practices
pointed out In their own pIeadings: and ne at
once ordered the decree to be opened and
granted 20 the defendant twenty DAYS TO file an
answer Iht"G GO I'ost. AuCpSt9 Q.
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THE TYING UPFICULTY-T Threatening Letters
Seat 10 Dr.. .Nwi5s-It was generally expected
from the announcement of the chairman Of
the commission appointed 10 Investigate the
charges against the Rev. Mr.. Tying that no
action would be taken on the subject t,II SEN
tember. Some OF the leading clergy OF the
Low Church wing OF the Episcopal Church
are. however, anxious not only to have an
immediate trial. but are using every effort TO
keep the difficulty which has arisen fresh in
the minds OF the public. The act of Mr. Tync
mas already resulted III weakening the friend
ship which existed between ministers VINO
nave hitherto dwelt together in unity; and the
wal OF the m ain facts, with all the In cden,s
OF the violation OF the canon OF which Mr.
iyDg is accused. cannot possibly add to the
strength or usefulness OF the church
One o; the latest modes by which the Tynr
Cifhcnlty has been reviewed, shows rha, some
OF the low Church clergy are determ lned TO
have the matter settled at once, or at re 81 for.
ever ltappears that for several days past
the Rev. Dr. Stubbs has received large num-
Der OF threatening letters, all warning him Of
the serious consequences which would follow
TO him II he succeeded in securing the con-
oemnation of Mr.. Tying. The Doctor has fel,
greatly annoyed by these epistles-all of which
are, OF course, anonymous. Doubtless MT
Tyng himself would be the first to condemn
such an unwarrantable proceeding on the part
OF MS friends. Some OF the letters, II is said
Wouio better become rough of the Eighth
ward than clerical disciple of the meek and
lOWiy Saviour N. !. Eruress. Apc TO-
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iHE CsR OF VEGETABLEs.-Nowi is the SEA
son when danger exists in the imprudent or
excessive use OF fruits or vegetables, and il is
TO be hoped that a proper, cautious ana dis.
Greet care will be observed by our heads OF
1amliles. This will guard asains, many mai
adies, and is infinitely better than having our
edibles and bibibles prescribed by law, as is
the case in q western city, where the board of
health has forbidden the sale of green corr.
melons, ucumbers, cabbages, squashes. and
aIl Kinds OF unrlpe frnit till the 1st OF October,
IN order 70 guard against cholera. Such reg
ulations are Of doubtful utility II is the
abuse and not the use of vegetables which
tends to diseases of the cholera kind, Per-
haps, too, other diseases may be eneendered
from want OF these vegetables which nature
has prepared for summer diet, and which are
universally conceded to be conducive, il not
necessary, to good health. There 10 too great
tendency among modern s'reformers" to force
their peculiar notions upon the pu blic by stat
ute. Such proceedings smack OF intemper.
ance, which is to be deprecated in every case.
ana create in the minds of the people q refrac.
tory spirit, very hard to control.-Phila In.
qNlTfr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

GIVING NANRe TO CHURCHEs-An ex.
cbante furnishes the following llem, which is
entertaining and has moral In it: In the out.
skirts OF an American city (Philadelphia y
there Is very small Episcopal Church en-
the irrevarent urchins Of the neighborhood
call IL Little Jimmy" In the neighborhood
OF the same city there is Church which was
largely built by the funds OF an eminent
American flDapcier, who sold great quantities
of Government bonds, and this Church by the
irreverenr has been dubbed "The Church of
the Holy Eiye-tWenties." f.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

iU Ira Aldridge, the negro tragedian, died
in Poland recently, while on a Professional
tour. His real name was Hewlett and his age
fifty. seven years He was native of MARI
land, acted as servant TO Edmund Kean in
1875, went to England thirtv years aso and
acted at intervals In the minor theatres in thns
country. During the pas. ten years he mas
PLAYED Ofhella, RGIIa ana other tragic maria IN
the cities OF the continent, receiving marsed
attentions and the decorations OF eyeral or.
ders from different scvereigns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

DEATH CAUSED FROM THE BITE OF RAT
On Friday morning, at about seven O'clock,
Mr.. William Lose, aged fifty. zone years, died
very suddenly. He attended WORK ON
Wednesday morning in usually good health.
A short time since Mr. Lose was examining
barrel OF potatoes, and in stirring them up he
was bitten by q large rat. His arm soon swel.ed
up, and he experienced pain throuphou, his
whole body. Cn Friday morning he disd and
his death can be attIibuted to NO other cause
than that OF the bite OF the raf-Wheeling (W.
+ Val PeOisfer. Au0 10, -
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DINEY POINT HOTEL,

DINEY POINT HOTEL.
SALT WATER BATHING.
This well known resort will be open for the re-
cepticn Of visitors on the 2oth' Of June IA
Beard Per week.. Sl4 AG.S
VIM. MITCHELL. Proprietor.
Steamers leave Washington every Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at d clock a. m ,
and Baltimore every Tuesday. Friday and Satur
ing at the Point je2-tf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

WHAT 1s THE CAUSE OF ALL THE RAM
The sun has period IN about ten years in
which he is free of spots. The greatest num-
bers were seen about the years, 1S42, 1852 and
1862: the least number, or none, in 1917, le57
let7 Some five or six years ago, when We mad
rainy Spring, certain would.b be philosophers
explained 1t by the great number Of sua.spots,
which diminished the usual heat radiatinR
from its surface: but now the same philoso
piers say that by its present freedom of spots,
and Its consequent greater heat, an uuu.
sual quantity OF water is evaporated. and Of
course has to come down as rain. They have
indeed, handy rule which works both ways.
but they forgot that it ls not everywhere that
the same excess Of rain is falling. but, ON
the contrary, in the Northwest at the present.
there is not enough ofit, and we get the share
rightly belonging to them.
1t is pretty well established that the heat
which the whole earth receives from the sun
is nearly slIke every year, spots or no spots;
that the total quantity Of water evaporated
from the ocean, which occupies about three.
fourths Of the surface OF the earth, also alike
and the amount OF rain falling over the whole
surface Is conseq uently also the same Every
region OF the earth's surface has It's YEARLY
share OF this ram. which, however, differs
greatly for different climates, but ie a rule uni.
form. The northeastern States, for instance
receive yearly forty inches, the southeastern
not more than one-tenth part Of this amount
But occasionally this average quantity is dis.
taroed, and one part Of the country receives
portion of the share of another, for reasons we
are not always able to trace; in fact, the laws
OF mereorology are very complex, and the
VI hole science is still most m ys.erious proh
lem .-PhilGdefphid Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

A MOUNTAIN RENT AsUNDER.-The follow
ing is an extract OF letter sent by young
gentleman in Feldkitch, Switzerland. to his
parents in Liverpool: u N OF far frem here part
of a mountain has set itself in motion. and is
sliding down INTO the valley. The inhabitants
OF the village at its loot in great consterna-
tion at the occurrence. Last winter we had
very mucn snow and rain, ana the water has
triekled down through all the crevices Of the
mountain into the ground. lthas undermined
the foundations in one part, and has caused it
to fall in about three weeks ago. Other pieces
have since followed this one. Every few
minutes new crack shows itself; at first as
broad as piece OF thread, it becomes grad.
ually broader and broader, and one piece Of
the mountain rapidly follows another. At
present very large surface is in motion to
the depth of perhaps more than thousand
feet. river and all the brooks which flowed
down the mountain have disappeared in the
cracks: paths which were formerly nearly
level have been separated into little pieces. OF
which some are twenty feet higher than the
next one, and though ihe mountain was fer.
meriy covered with large forests. there is now
scarcely u single tree on 1t in Its natural posi-.
tion. They have been wrenched ont or the
earth and thrown away in all directions.
some OF them lying with their roots in the air,
and their heads in tho cracks in the mountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

~ General Beanregard has organized at
New Orleans the Electrical Brake Company
OF America OF which he is pres ident, and
Colonel Blanton Duncan, OF Della ware. sinner.
intendent 1t is claimed that railway train
running forty. -four miles an hour can he
stopped by electricity between fifty and one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14
WOOD AND COAL,

T. o A " o d
AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
COAL from the most approved mines, purchased
direct from miners for cash.
have taken portion of Riley's wharf, foot of
l1th street, for the purpose of storing Coal on it,
thereby saving hauling to Yard. 1t can be deiv-
cred direct from the wharf for fifty cents per ton
less than il hauled to the yard.
Having all the facilities for obtaining and delv-
ering Coal, l will sell it at the lowest possible
price.
Where persons use large quantities, a deduction
will be made in price.
All kinds of WOOD at low price
~ Coal and Sawed and Split Wood kept under
cover. Ii. CLAY STEWART.
Office. corner H and 18th sts.
Wood Yard, 18th St and Canal Coal wharf, foot
of llth street.
2:2to pounds to the ton guaranteed, by sworn
weigher. auj- I'm
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~ Two citizens OF Columbia South Caro-
lima, who recently committed an outrageous
assault In bar-roOm upon two correspondents
of Northern paper, have been tried by a
court.martial, found guilty, and sentenced To
SIX months Imprisonment in Fort Macon
General Sickles has approved the verdict an d
sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14

~ Our foreign intelligence shows q cessa-
tion Of tho threats indulged in there asa,nst
the United States on account Of The execution
Of MsximiliaD by the Mexicans, a catastrophe
that this country. so far from fastening, did
everything in its power to prevent Europe 10
probably ia king q sensible view OF this matter,
and Yeserving its anger for the people to whom
it properly belongs.
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TIE NICHOLSON PAvEMRHT.-The work OF
laying the Nicholson pavement on Broad
street. At COlum bia avenue, was DELAYED very
much during the past week by the FREQ uent
rains. A little over halt q square has been
completed In laying down this pavement,
the grouEdis first IevelleG, or, rather, rou ded,
OF, so as to conform with the grade, then
covered evenly with 4 coating Of sand about
two inches deep. after which it is smoothed of
with astraight-edge Next comes the 81 bstruc.
ture, which is a flooring of sound common
pine boards an inch thick, laid closely together
in courses Iengthwise of the street, the ends
resting on stringers of like material imbeded in
the sand and running crosswise OF the street.
The flooring thus laid is well tarred on both
sides with hot coal tar mixed with pitch. Up
on this subetructure the upper stratum Of
blocks is placed. They are Of pine, sawed
three inches thick, six inches long, and from
six to ten inches wide, and, after being dipped
In coal tar, are set Cp on end across the street
from curb to curb with their broad faces 'front.'
ing up and down the street. The first line OF
blocks being thus set, a line Of pickets or
strips OF board, three inches wide, is placed on
edRe between the rows, every row being
nailed through the pickle, into the blocks and
penetrating the board below, thus making the
whole close and tight. Then another row OF
blocks dipped into hot tar as before is set up
against the strip, and SO on alternately until
completed. There is left between each two
consecutive rows OF blocks a continuous
groove or cell, seven -eghths of an inch wide
and three inches deep, extending from curb to
curb. The hlling OF these grooves is the next
operation. and this is done with the use Of
screened gravel and hot coal tar The gravel
is heated hot and then filled into the cells level
with the surface; the coal tar. after being
heated. fs poured upon the hot gravel until the
cells are filled. The composition thus formed
Is compactiy rammed down. The whole eur
face is then covered with hot coal tar, mixed
with pitch, and Immediately covered with fine
kraVel and common sand, mixed in about
thick. When this is doEe the pavementis com.
plete and ready for use.-Phila. Ledger.
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THE GRANGE WROUGHT BY WAR-Thetime
for palaces OF Grecisn and Roman architec. .
ture with the American appendage, the slave
Quarters seems 10 have gone by. Before the
South VIII want any more such residences
that can be kept up at the cost OF labor. II
must have more houses which the man of ar :
binary and lower circumstances can support
The people You meet in the streets are Of an
entiTely new and different class from those l
once knew. Those long. haired young gentle
men IN black broadcio'h. with gold headed
canes, and carrying revolvers In pocket, are
gone This element. the first, foremost, and
hercest during the whole rebellion, has
entirely disappeared. Many were Killed
during the war: some have gone to New
1ork, and others are now rowing in Texas,
OF the elderly people, l frequently meet a
ceuntenance which / have known when the
burthens OF lite seemed to be resting lighter on
II than 1t does now. Yesterday ne, man
who, SIX years ago, was very busiIy engaged
IN sending asolitionists out of the country. I
was present one evening when be told q friend
OF mine that il he would not lea We town within
the next twen'y.four hours he would hane
him The way this wretch looked YESTERDAY
/ pltied him. Instead OF q fine black cloth
dress, he wore dirty jean SUR, a ragged shirt.
without collar, PAIR OF dilapidated shoes, and
an old nat. His looks were haggard his head
bowed down, and his nose very ed.-Coyrss-
poRdeace Pittsbury Commercial
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HOTELS, &c.
STEVEES Hot Sc

STFNESS HOUSE,
- II, 23 20, and 27 Broadway.N
Opposite B0,rliag GrseH.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
The Stevens House II well and widely known to
fhe ira yelling public. The location is especially
srjtahe TO merchants and business men; it is in
'"Ee proximity To- the business part OF the city-is
In the highway Of Southern and Western travel
and adjacent to all the principal Railroad and
Sfeamhoar depots
The stevens House has liberal accommodations
Tor over 4p grIests-it il well furnished, and pos
kesses every modern Improvement for the comfort
and entertainment of its inmates. The rooms are
spacious and we'll yentilateG-provided with gas
and vateT-The attendance Is prompt and respect
Inland the table generously provided with
every dclIcGcS Ct the seGson-at moderate rates.
Tie rooms having been refurnished and remode led
enatled TO offer extra facilities for the com
iurt and pleasure of uur guests
!-Em GEO. X CHASE & CO.. Proprietors.
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AN AFFAIR OF HsHoR-Yesterday morning
two young clerks, who have been some time
past vindictIye rivals in their claims on the
affections OF young and beautiful Jewess re-
siding In Brooklyn, Eastern District, repaired
to the vicinity OF Fort Lee, accompanied by
seconds and fought veritable duel with
pistols. Three shots were exchanged. At
the first fire the challenging party received q
bullet through his left arm, and although
shots were twice exchanged afterwards no
further injRry was done to either. The chal.
lenger was anxious to carry the affair to q
bloody end, but the seconds after the third
fire refnsed 70 remain as witnesses to the
murderous work, and the principals wers
therefore obliged to return home unsatisfi fied
and bitter In their enmity ~ ever.-N Y.
Herald, August 12.