Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-17
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Corporation against the Baltimore and Ohio
hahroad, and vice versa, growing ou: of the
grade on street, were 70 have been taken up
III the Equity Court Judge 0iin, but in ccnse
quence of Mr.. Riddle (who is associated with
MessTs. Cook, Pierce, and Burgess for the
prosecution,) being engaged in the CircuI
Court, a postponement was had until to-
morrow. M-ssrs. Cox and Buchanan for the
railroad were present, and agreed to submit the
case on the papers. Hr. Cook however, de-
elIned, saying that he wished to argue the case,
commencing with the street case and that the
Mayor would like the whole subject discussed
DISPATCHES from a radical source in St
Louis say that although opposition 10 the elec.
ton OF General SchurZ to the United States
Senate is being developed, there is scarcely
doubt of his success. General Loans friends
are active, but his chances are diminishing
rather than increasing, while there are no ont
ward evidences of improvement in Mr. Hen
derson's prospects. We give the report for
what ii may be worth.
CHIsF JUSTICE CHASE, in alIuding to the
various rumOrs about the action of the Su
preme Court upon the constitutionality of the
Legal Tender act, states that he does not be-
lieye there was a single one OF the Justices who
had given the slightest indication of how he
announced for month or two
IMPORTANT TO DEAL BRs IN ToBACCo.-Jvp
der the amended Internal Rev enue Laws ALI
smoking and fine cut chewing tobacco. and
snuff on hand on the frst day of January,
le69, must be put up in packages and stamped
as follows:
Fine cut chewing tobacco in packages con.
tanning one-half, one, two, four, eight and six
Teen ounces, or In wooden packages containing
ten, twenty forty, and sixty pounds each. All
sn uH In packages containing one, two, four
eight and sixteen ounces, In bladders not
exceeding ten pounds each, or III lars not ex-
ceeding twenty pounds each.
The rates OF stamps are as follows On all
hne-cut chewing tobacco, thirty-two cents per
pound. on all smoking tobacco made exclusive.
ly OF stems, or with all the stems IN and 80
sold- ard all scraps or sweepings, sixteen cents
per pound; all other kIuds thirty-two cents
per pound. On all kinds Of snuff thirty-two
cents per pound.
tions on hand on the trst day OF January next
shall be taken and deemed as having b-en
manufactured since the passage OF thus act, and
snail not be sold or offered for SALE unless put
up in packages aud stamped as provided in
tEls act. All persons. whether cigar anu to-
Daeeo dealers, grocers, keepers OF restaurants
or IN any other business Will be required to
purchase these stamps and afiix them to the
packages. The penalty for failure TO comply
with these provisions will be confiscation of all
such tobacco, when found, and g fine of moi
less than five hundred dollars, and imprison-
ment OF not less than months.
Stamps of all denominations can BE- obtsn ned
at the Collectors office, No. 46o sth street.
A GRAND ARMY REUNION BANQUET was
given III Chicago last evening. Lieut.. Gen.
sherman presided, and Gems. Grant, Thomas
and ten or twelve other dIsting ushed generals
were in attendance
The NATIONAL NEW YORK AND WASHING
ported in February last, and referred to the
Committee on Roads and Canals, authorizing
the building OF a military and postal railroad
from Washington, ID. G., 10 the city Of New
York, and reported bs ck with amendments on
the 14th instant, and which was ordered TO he
printed, provides in its anne ndmepts an entirely
new list OF corporators from that presented IN
the original DILL, strikes out the word n4-
tonal." provides that hours instead of
seven shall be the running time between the
teTmini on the passenger, mail, military and
freight trains. and twelve hours in place of
fourteen as the running time for second-c!ass
passenger and troop trains: tina. the through
fare between said cities shall not exceed Sj
that tie company shall transport the United
States mails over the said road AT a rate 10 be
fixed by the Postmaster General. not exceeding
$3.50 per mile; that the property functions Of
the saio corporation shall be su blect to ma.
tiOnal, State and munIcIpal taxauon TO the
same extent and In like manner as other like
properly or franchises In the same State or
District; and that failure to commence the
construction of the road, or to complete the
same at the several times provided in the act,
shall render the charter void.
ANOTHER SUrERvIsoR.-SecretaryM McCul.
loch has confirmed the nomination of Willis
Drummond, TO be Supervisor OF Inter nal Rev
ne for Iowa and Nebraska
SENATOR PATTERSON, of the Senate District
Committee, will in few days report bill for
The pavement Of Pennsylvania avenue, from
.F,l
proposes that the cost OF laying down the pave.
ment shall be borne and paid in the following
proportions BY the Washington and George
town Railroad Company for that portion of
the work lying between the tracks of their road
and for a distance of two feet on each side
, thereof; by the owners of property lying and
abutting on said Pennsylvania avenne, and in
proportion to their frontage thereon, tor that
portion OF the work in front of their res pective
lots or parts OF lots from the curb line twenty
two feet outward; by the corporation of the
city of Washington for that portion of the work
lying between the flag g-footwalks at the cross.
running even with the outer boundary of the
work paid for by the private citizens; and by
the Government Of tie United States for the
residue Of the said y ork. -ue commissioners
to agree on the kind OF pavement, named in the
bill referred to the committee, were General
Michler, A. b. MuIlet, architect of the Treas
uIy, and Mayor Bowen.
NOMINATIONS By THE PRRsIDKNr.-The
President sent to the Senate yesterday afternoon
tie following nominations: Thomas G. Mccall,
TO be Collector Of Internal Revenue tor the
Sixth District of Iowa; James N. Marks, Col
lector Of Customs al Philadelphia, in place Of
Cake, to be removed; Archi 1ald M. Green, Col
lector of Internal Revenue for Twenty fourth
District of New York; Samuel T. Maddox,
Assessor Of Internal Revenue for Third Dis
trict of New York, vice Wettmore, suspended
Jose Manual Gallegos. Superintendent Of In
dian Affairs, New Mexico; Isaac Newton,
Warden Of the Jail for the District Of Colum-
bia; Samuel T. Hooper, Marshal for Wiscon-
sin; Frederick N. Docxery, for the Southern
District Of Elorida G. Gordon Adams, At
torney for the Southern District Of Miss sppi;
.-ohn p. O'Neill, Attorney for the Southern
District of Pennsylvania; Walter M. Small
wood, Postmaster at New Orleans, vice Talia-
terro.
FASHIONABLE MaRRIAGE.-Thsre was q
large and brilliant aseemblage last night at the
house of Hon. John ID. Defrees, Congressional
printer, Oh street, 10 witness the marriage Of
his only DAUGHTER, Julia, to Mr.. James Sample,
clerk 70 the Superintendent at the Government
Printing Once. Among the guests Were SEQ
retary McCulloch, Postmaster General Ran
dali. Assistant Secretaries Faxon and Otto,
Speaker Colfax and lady, Senators Anthony
and Sherman, Mayor Bowen, General Pike
and other distinguished gentlemen. many of
them accompanied BY their ladies, elegantly
attired. The bride was dressed In white satin,