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NEW YORK ITEMS

ma" NY reckct heneved 81 S6.00O-At-
tempted Outra.e on a Little GirI-At-
tempted Safe Rebbery-Oepartare Of
Minister Mstley-Vesums ON ef Canal
Navfgetisr-Dca ad Body Fsund.
NEW YORK, May 19,-Edward Richards.
from Cnic,go, last night reporsed that he bad
ernmert bonds auo ereenbl lcks
Peter 9arrahan, q pilot on the steamer Mar
ina Washington, was arrested in Jersey C,tv
to-day ON charge of committing an indecent
rahan Is q man of family.
Early this morning Robert Paze was caught
attempting to rob safe IN tue ofiice OF Delos
escaped.
Minister Motley ssils to-day.
A canal boat, with n ,0C0 bushels of oats. has
arrived nom Oswego; beng the first arrival
this eeaGon.
The dead body Of Deputy Sheriff Joan Hart,
who hos bcea mi sing Tor month, was found
In the East River to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

JOHN NHAY-shandsome John''-Private Ss
retary of President Lincoln, has taken edit ori
charge Of the Sprin yfleld (Ili.) 10 Irnal.
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AFFAIRS ~ CUBA-REPoRrKD BuRSIxs GA.
A Towr-THE RECENT FIGHT, &c.-Auotner
battalion OF mobIlized negro troops LEFT Hav-
ana yesterday for active service in tue feld
Ihe failure OF Schepler a. o., IN New YORK
causes some uneaslness in commercial circles
IN Havana. Inc DSdIIo contains report of the
burning of the town of Sabanica but the ~
de cubd does not credit ft. Tne reports mr.
vlously received from both Spanish and iusur-
GENT sources were greatly exaggerated an re-
Minss on the I'd INST More reliable accounts
now n hand reduce the affair 10 skirmisb
Ihe Spanish and rebel troops in the Interior
are sunerlng equally from fevers. It rs said
that many OF the latter are DYING from vans ~
shelter and medical attendance. Trains are
again running on the Puerto Principe and
Nuevitas railroad. Cane grinding has ben n
terrnpieo IN some localities On ne north and
south coasts BY the heavy rains. Tue Gunboat
Penobscot has arrived.
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plSAAcrA. ANp COMMERCIAL,

rhe New York money mark; continues -
work easily, and there are no indications %
any i'm mmedtsfe ehspve 90 lower rares Loans
on sgooks are g-aeralty made ~ per cent /.
and on bonds st per n The osnks are ds-
ecu niipg M % tie iatl wants OF Their custom
ers ana on the strest there Is q steady baslness
On the basis OF srs per cent Tor prime names.
ne gold market remains Sfroug. Tnedecline
IN b. ads 80 Londo o7 70 - hsd no eject upon
the Pre- n :um nom the Iaci of tue tall having
been apf,cipas~d
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9Ex.4ov. Letcher OF Virginia has formed
q law partDersh1p o Lexington with Ool r.
:. Maury, SON OF the rebel Oommodore.
Obrigham Young charges the billiard and
dred dollars pss month. n
@ln 76e libei suits now pending aganfs
Arerlcan editors. the eGgregafe danaos -
character ars estimated at go psc1yo00.
o0It 10 sfated that in New York and neieh.
boring cities there exists over dozsn German
American private schools, win severa tAous-
and pupils.
o0rhirty barrels cf New Mexfcan wine ar
rived in %. Louis On Slturday, fro0 tAo vo1ooy
Of the Rio 0rande. rhis ks the Ara Wine ever
brought there from New Mexico.
o1Ordinary risks hsve grown tame a New
York acrob1t now allows him self 20 b blind-
somsrsauit on ught-rcpe high mp IN the ths-
afre. rH ltd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

HON. WV. A. HOWARD appointed mris,e
10 China, has not, we understand, fully de
cided to accept the mission. He is holding II
matter under consideration.
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HARVARD UNUyRRSUTv

BOSTON, May 19.-At q special meeting of
the Board OF Overseers OF Harvard Upiyers,ty
today, the nomination Of Charles @. Eliot. for
tOS. -
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Wall Street Ia.dax


NEW YORK. May 10 Stocks firm. Money
steady At Ga per cent Sterling Exchange,
lo9s. Gold, ak. 5-so's, Is62. coupons. I29 .
lO-iOs, coupons, lIOA. Eirgiuia,s, ex x-coupoa.
5ssi do new, 50. North Caroliua's, O. asked;
do. new, 6ia.
rSecond Dispatchl
NEW YORK, NAV ls.-rhe Assistant Treas-
urer to-day opened proposals for ei,On.01l
ve-Twenty Bonds for the sinking fund ac :
count. The awards are as follows
Fisk a Hatch. S704, con. OF 1885,. coupons, at
Hess; do. sl50,oC0 OF 1865, registered bonds
al 1l6.7e; ditto s50,o0O. ls6i, registered
At ll6 75-lOO. E w. Clark AZ Co, sts,0Oa lss2
reglstered, at ll6 F-n0. Turner Bros. s50,OlH.
1864, registered, al 1l6 s7-IO0
Money is more active, at for prime paper
and 9as for other. Sterling Exchange quiet
and firm. Gold excited and active. There are
many rumors from Washington about Cuba
and Cabinet dissensions. Government Bonds
buoyant and higher. Southern securities dull
Miscellaneous stocks quiet and steady Ex-
press stocks dull, but generally firm. Railway
market firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

THE FIRST ASSISTANT Postmaster GEN.
BRAL has issued an order that no clerk shal
give information 20 the members of the press
II by so doing il intsrferes with his duties
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MAN HOOD.

MANHOOD.
A medical essay on the Cause and Cure of pre-
mature decline In man, the treatment Of Nery Jus
and Physical debility &c.
III Ta.rs IS =. ms.s., 1f sosi.y By ,.hon this bock
ne relation Of Payeat, Preccptor or Cisrgymdn "
MEDIc Al ILNEs AND GAzEITE
. sent by mali on receipt of tittv cents. iiIrsSx
the Auihor, DR. 4 Def. Curtis, 5. n orth Oh aries
ST., Baltimore. my lS.ly
SPECIAL NOTICE DIR. Curtis bess to notify
hfs WashinRton patients that, owing to his exteu-
able 70 devote only the folo1ins days TO their in.
fso TO ana ss sss BE- s'nsu,ed @ &c sxT9KsAYs
raar :" os S, II and to p m at 222 street, in
SPECIALITY treatment and cure of Nervous
pheoilify and all diseases arising from abuses o,
THE PAIN KILLER.
SO Justly celebrated. was Introduced to the public
sopuarty apy chcr mSscins Hnoy1 sor
the cure Of diptheria dyssntery, cholera morbus
tits without an sausi Sold By ali the orincipsi &
drngeists.-Daiiy PlaindealeT, C2sc.Iand, Oaio.
PHALON's "PAPHIAN LOTIONn
BrAur,gr1Ss THE ~ a. 2&sktu AND COMPLEX.
rSPEfs Az h6ra RN
and EHfs E'sfsr: :nG THE s:6oMfssso sTIH sosT'
Ior LADIES In the NURSERY il 10 invaluable.
For GENTLEMEN after SHAVINGit IL has 10 equal
"PAPHIAE LOTI0N"i is the snly reliable rem.
sdy Tor diseases and blsmishes Of the SKIN.
PHALON's "PAPHIAN SOAP"
S the Ps.s and BATE % n0
"EESs "EESs PE BE MAYO" %ATS:"
EstHaa IGs psIE5a1I. Eha s4sskhs hzsFiss
,..r 'HAbo' a. : sGs' y Il s;s S,.::'... .s:si
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOCIETY OF
THE CINCINNATI.

bALTiNoRn. May 19.-The Society OF the Gin.
cinnsti is holding its eighty. sixth sru,yersrIs
at Barnum's Hotel to-day. the Hon HamiI. Do
Fish presid'ug. The sc zion is secret, but !, :;
Understood that the election Of officers of the
society will take place hi, afternoon.
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Washington News and Gossip.

PAYMAsTRR FRANK CLARKE has been or.
dered 70 The receiving ship Fortune, % be sta.
toned at Baltimore.
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LET US HAVE PEACE.n
GRAND
NATIONAL PEACE JUBILEE
AND
MuSINAI RRorvuaU

AND
MUSICAL FESTIVAL,
Ts lie held In the
CITY OF BOSTON,
JUNE Is, 10, II, Is, AND 10, 1859,
THROUGHOTT THE LAND. '" VI 1-Ao1
JHE COLISEUM,
In which the Jubilee 70 to be held, viii AFFORD
s4s5 snS .Ss S,
tainments will include erst0rio performances By
THE GREATEsT CHORUS
ever organized in any part Of the world, made mp
and T%EsTr' 'iG% sGS' 81 IL Ssli
from the Public Schools, with an Orchestra Of
ONE THOUSAND INSTRUMENTS,
esmPIisint many Al Of the pIiaeipal Bands and best
Munclans In the Unitea States.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
from all sections OF the Union. including MA.
TlONAL AND STATE OFFicTALs viii psrtici-
pate in the yabilee and the citizen. Ct Boston win
tentions to visitors from abroad which they 6oDe
may serve 70 insusurate the return of Kind and
aid in perpetuating throu shout tb world, PEACE
on EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN,"
The inmenss outlay attendant upon this vas
anPled the cisissns Of Boseon ct nns en-
snrins Tor the Festival and Jubilee every success
-: The following scale Of prices has been estab-
sISSLE ADMISSION, tuA secured seats, IS and
S3, according to location.
sNGLs sADNIssl"x. ,rittok secured seat. %
m t6 samine three Psr
Es@sm during the season. SleO
he sale of seats will commence at the Boston
Music Hall, Monday, May Sd Orders for seats
socompanied With the money. may he transmitted
mail or express, directed to
A. p. PICK Ticket Agent
Boston Music Hall, Boston as
\ '' " HINEY d. PART8R, SHs'ss Secretary.
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THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE of the
House OF Repre- e1rltivcs go 70 Philadelphia
90 MouGay next from New York. They are 70
spend week ia Philadelphia, aud then go TO
San Francisco, re:urni1g in Argus.
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Baiunsrs Marle,s, r..e.,

BALT1MoRR, May l9.-Cotton quiet al p
Flour dull. and demand very light. Howard
stret super, s5.25ss6, DO Extra, S6.9JaSs: do
Family, Ssasto. Crty Mills super. S52sass 2 !:
do. Extra. so-s0lSs.2S; do. Family. -.SOs~II IS
western Super, IS 25sS S5.75; do. Extra. >6aS. as
do. Fsmily. SsssS IS. Wheat dull: choice yal-
lev red NJ S2.10. Corn dull: prime white siass.
yellow s2asi. Oats dull at 76aes for heavy aud
.uass for light. Rye nomnally, sl.sSaSI a.
Whiskey firm ana scarce; sales n 81 Pro-
visions firm and unchanged
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u~ YoRw-vtrsr mann
LBx Bantsrs, and Rrekers, r.lscrn,A, L.n,.

.bg BGRisrS' and Brokers TsiscrafA, gFtars "
SGssdIrag, operator.
Lewis Johnson q Go quose stocks aud bonds
IN horne and foreign marNets a. follows
NEW NoRE, May Ia.-FIrst Board = ss,
lSel, coupon. l23: sgAs isos. coupons Iss f:
l-o& coupons, ll'a; iS6o coupons, ilsE-; l-es.
coupon, 2ew, l3oa Saws. lo6s, OOup0u. i.e /.
n.tns, coupons, llO Pacific Mail "a OHIO
Miss. Ceruncates ), Marlposa. 3 Atian-
q NAL, nom; Canton, 81 y; Carnberi ANA, 80 IS
western Union Telegraph az: Qu czsiiver.
l. be 'ion Water Power -: New YORK
Cenra, ie5s; Hudson, ljS, Read.ns. ~ .
h1obfSan Oe.Uai, l2.; Mich gan ScB, b lrG.
lC6A: Illinois Central ~: cleveland an
f'irsourF. S22. North <est ga Do prefe-rs
lc2 Glegeiand 4 rolado none: Rock Islar
i25 :: Fort Wayne. l53g., Alton q Terra aas
-, Toledo n Wabash, = n: Adams Il
q 4: Wells. Fargo Co. Express y IN.
Ststes u, ress SSS: AraericRn Express.
Nercoanu' Union. rs; Chicago Alton. a.
do. preferred. l5ok. Market stroEg. a.
lli'.alis9.
FBy Cable.l
LONDON, Hay ia. y. n,.-Consois. 49,
Boncs- sssassS, qui.t aad steady. Illinois
a. q Erie. , aIls.
fRANKFCRT, r. m.-bonds, IS n. firm
LIVERPOOL Q y. m.-totton dutt and y .
sales OF e.ti9 bales reported; Middneg Up
lands, ll3s ali b: Middhng Orleans. IA 8. ana
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
ERRING RUr NOZZLE,

.sELY.HELP VOR YOUNG MN, who having
Irred. desire better n MANHO0D. Sent in sesled
Ard sANiTxRY AID kSs0tIAfIoN. Boz ?,
Philadelphia, Pa. my l9 eoam
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
This Afternoons Dispatches.
HON. LEWIs McEENZtE CANpI
DATE FOR cone aE>S,
Speciai Dispatch 20 The Star. \

ISpecd DIspatch % The Star.l
ALEXANDRIA, VA. May TO- = Hoa. Lewis
Mckenzie. President OF the Loudon and
Hampshire Railroad, is announced in the
GG-etf, Of this evening as a Conservative Re.
publican independently Candidate for Cor gress
ior the Seventh Congressional District of 10 .
State. Toe other candidates are w ID. Wal
Iaeh. Independent Republican. and MAJOR
WhH;l.sey. editor OF the Eirgiasa Soc yoEraaI,
Repub biIcan nominee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

THE oFFIcERs and mid hipme2 of the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, give a grand BALI as a
farewell compliment to Admir- IL Po~tsr, on the
night of June Ith, Ft which Pres deaf Gran
is expected - be present.
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Baltimsre Stock Market To-Day.
BALrIMoRR. May l9.-North Carolinas. new
55 bid, ssh asked.
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MEDICAL PRHscRIpfIoNs.-TheN New York

MEDICAL PRESENTATIONS New York
Legislature has recently pas ssei an act in refer
ence TO the compromising Of physicians pre-
scriptlons. BY The terms the law no apoti,.
ecary is to permit any person in his employ 10
put up prescription unless said person is a
medical graduate, or has served an apprentice.
ship OF two yeSrs in q drug store. Violations
misdemeanors, and punish-d by q fine Of 90.
or imprisonment for six months in the county
Jail. II death ensues, the offence In 70 be DEEM
than $1,000 nor more than S, ,0 o. anu imprison. .
ed in the Srate pri.on for not lees than two
nor more than four years, or by both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion Of the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

TIE PACIFIC RAIRoAD.-The fare has beeu
fixed over this read, from New York to Sacra-
mento, the total distance being 3,377 miles, at
$50 S5; from New York 70 Omaha the fare IL
ss2i from Omaha TO Promontory, the termin M
OF the Union Peci0c railroad, p,0s6 mi'es, the
fare at : cents per mile, is sse'C 'Cs from Pro-
Psciic distance Of COS miles, tAe fsre is esa "a.
Just At this polnt comes In Q nice question Of
pro raGine ON farO-why should the Cenfrai
tscifc with only 6ss miles cseree ss iis pro-
line Of 1,o66 uiles changes but Sc q We learn
that this oiscrepoocysis one Of The principal
points Of dinSreement between the two cor.
mat fhe oongressioral ring has operaied -
favor the Cepfnl HAci0c. II tue faio d insisf.
cd upon At the present tariA the baIk 81 - vsl
win 60 - stsamsr. Ths New York parties n
and with suce rsdaction and a ca pahls a.
rangemeut botWoen TIE two corpoenao1e - ri
viii be turned oyerIand--Bssto9 YfSrSiI,r'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

BRsvEr MAJOR GEN. RUFUs INGALLS,, As.
sis ant q QuarGerma-ter General, has been re-
tained ss me- rbe- Of the Retiring Board, Id
session in New York c:-y, in place OF General
Reeve, relieved from duty on thai bolrd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

> 0Ine ntest tnane N dreosuu
0FailSre % pey hotel bin d decided 10 =:
penfenthry o0suSe in New York
= 0The Central Racihc Railroad Com
has dfschargsd about two thoosoud ~ AZ
ready. ~
ENew York is not sad over Q strike of n.
0An exchange calls brother ssisor IN.
steab his items, clipt omaniac - - -
1Aors horses are lamed from IA shoe,ns
man non AL othsr cauies togesher.
The French tron-clad vessels of war are
said 10 san much faster thaa the EneIfsh.
~ln vinton, Iowa, fiyv uis,ss have inst
oeen admitted into ne Agricultural College.
rev York paper says the remains OF
newiy.born infants Of ambiguous parentaye
continas to multiply.
n0lninois frnif-grewers VIII try the expert.
ment tns season OF shipping strawberries 10
New York and Boston in Refrigerator cars.
Tney estimate the expense a. SIX cents per
quart and the trip will be made in a trine over
three days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

6svsrnaens AseartStss.
WAsHIrefon, May 10. tsee.-Jay Ccoke &
90. furnish the following suoeansns Of Gov
erumauf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

New York Flour and Grain Market 70 day.
NEW YORK, May l9.-Flour dull and droop-
ing wheat quiet and hcavy. Corn dull, with
prices in Iayor Of buyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

THE ORDER de,a;li"g First Lieutenant John
X. Rothwell to duty a. Indian Agent has been
revoked, and he has been ordered to report to
Major General Schofield, commanding the De.
partment Of Missouri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19
PHALON'S "PAPHlAN LOTIONn
BrAurIEr1Hs THE SKIN AND COMPLEX
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
NArIONAL THEATER.
nsE, IH1s 1sJIT1sSpSsi,. SX.S1Ssi
As IoLAsTHE,
In inc HeW I'm E%@oI9nsi = Pay fourr, Of
'on''ei .!!s s. DSt';'Pi Fs1SsDs 1STse' of
Cast WITH 4ns hi fsl s4SE SsiE'Ss,s 'SSsc,s&sfIn.r,oN
rridsy-BEHEFiT or MES sOOTT -SIDDoNs.
GENHAr GNIH vEIooIR.PE ExHIsLrIos PIC.
Street S:rf 'aiaf TaussbHY sSaI ss.s .sy
m. Dancing TO COMMERCE Ct O'Clock ,. m a
good band efmu:ic has been engaged ,sr the Pic:
the park IN abundarcs Tickets, IS cents "a.
mittiBg Gentleman and Ladies. my 1885,
HI SgESsGS II elf
TwO-LHGGED COLT,
This unparalleled curiosity 10 now on exhibition
on Pennsylvania avenue, between LIST end
& % ,tIset:. sss 1T, at is 2 Mare Colt about fopr IN
vas brOusht from Part Tobacco. o. Maryland, By Mr.
Thomas Wood 1t is the most wonderful freak Of
ha,Sre S,s.; on record No one should fail to see
nj ETzER OFT HALL.
Ola ssrHabES rghaT SRIsTseC skASp C9sS.sr, MAO 3
erano @M M H5n the Posusr sS
nj r. RTFss: sss
q Ms P'D and
Do5nins nS6ms"., May e !. GsISSk HsoT; SpsH
Business Manager, mylb-6t
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TEE LONDON SrAMDARD Oh rHR ALABAMI

TIE LONDON STANDARD on THE ALABAMA
CLAIMs.-The London standard again takes up
the Alabama claims q uestion, and says % The
idea OF awaiting further expressions from Par.
lament and Congress commits the business 20
an lndennite postponement. Eugland's sentl.
ment has been Clearly pronounced. She II still
prepared to submit TO the proper tribunal the
question OF wrongs ana damages; bar ary at.
tempt to reopen the controversy ON prsposfsr.
ous erounde. whAte Yer the American sentiment
may be, Ii absurd. From this po.l1ton EnSiand
cannot recede." =, -
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THE TBHURR.oF.OsFICR Law Secretary
Fish yesterday Submitted 70 Attorney General
Hoar for decision the question Of the extent of
power Of the President, under the present ten.
ure.of-ofhce law, to make appointments dur
ing the recess OF the Senate in cases where
Consuls have resigned since the adjournment
Of the Senate. This law is regarded AZ ambig.
uous on this point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

family In Wicomico district, Nd, some time
ego, has escaped from conAnement. As Was
taken nom the jail leW days ago % ths huns
nc hospital At Baltimore by sheriff. but -
considering her perfectly sane, she was turned
back. and on NE way to her old quArtsrs she
mAnaGed to aim or = --L .t. ail.s .ls N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

HON. COLUMBUS DELANo, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. having returned here yes
terday from his visit to his home in Ohio, was
at his office to-day, and kept busy most Of the
time In receiving Senators and Representa-.
hves having business with his Department.
Nothing OF importance took place 10 that
bureau to-day, though a number Of appoint.
ments and removals will be made during the
present week, some Of which it is expected will
be announced to. ro;row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

PATkNT CASE DKCIDKD-Hon. S S. Fisher,
Commissioner Of Patents, hrs just decided an
important interference case for letters patent
for self-cancelling stamp, the lrties peing 8.
NJ. Clark, late Chief Of the Printing Bareau at
the Treasury Depsr. neut, and A. q. Fletcher,
of New York city, both parties claiming pri.
orty in their inventions which are similar.
The Commissioner OF Patents, after examining
ell the evidence adduced, decides in favor of
Mr.. Clark, and letters patent will be granted to
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

L b. JuDsoK, Of Syracuse, N. Y, has been
selected as member of the Bolrd of Visitors
at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, to rttend
the annual examination, which commences to.
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

THR NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION
The American Medical Association has lust
closed its annual meeting, held this year In
New Orleans. The delegation from this point
consisting Of Drs. Toner, Rayburns and Nallv,
Of this city, Dr. L. w. Richie, ef Georgetown,
and Drs. Woodward and billings, OF the Sur.
geon 0eneral's once, have returned home, and
speak in warn terms OF the handsome m IN.
neg in which the members Of the convention
were received in New Orleans. The pro.
ceeoings OF the convention were very hav-
monious ana cordial, aud no political mat.
ters were introduced to make discord. IL
Is a ma.;er Of Di .tric. interest 70 know
that 1t was resolved by tbe convens,oa TO es.
tablish q library Of American medical works
at Washington, 70 DO made SPECIAL depont
at the Library of Congress aitsr the manner Of
the Smithsonian Library. The aim is to COL
iect everything written on medicine In Amsr-
lea, or by American physicians. The Ameri-
can Medical Association now meets every al
ternate year in Washington. and its next annaaI
meeting will be held here on 'he first Monday
iu May, Is;c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

REAR ADMIRAL J. b. monte oMkRY has
been detached from the command Of the naval
station at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y and placed
on waiting orders: and Commodore j. p
McKinstry hes been ordered to that place to
MI the vacancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

TIE Spanish CoRTne.-Ths Republicans in
Spain, 1t 70 lated. have a. the recent supple
parties stand - follows:-Progreasives 10.
Liberal Unionis:s -, Republicans -. Liberal
Catholics y. Demo cratic Monarchlsts q, Inde.
pepdent eO. No election for deputies has YET
aiken place in OuhA and thA col0a1es.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

oUAn Illipois law recsutly passed ciassos
habitual drur kards the sane ss IDIOTS and luna.
tics, snd puts thsm under coAtroi Of the over.
seers Of iae poor. l.
cester, Mass, by eoirg about The streets aud
eating glass, ard is said to thrive on the Diet
~There are supposed to be l0yOO0 Ohristiaas
In Jepap, who have to practice their rDiSglon In
the profouudest secrecy, or Be either crncifisd
or decapitafcd.
~Four political conventions are To b hsld
by colored men before the lst OF June-oue In
New York, two IN Maryland, aud one In vr.
gipia.
phsa, under an order from the Select Council.
based on an old State law which was passed
IN 1897.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

GEN. TERRILL, the new Third Assistant
Postmaster General will enter upon the d. :.
charge Of his duties on Monday next and il is
thought large number Of removals and an.
pointments will be made in his Office during
tue ensuing week as it is the desire of the Post.
master General Ores swell that all changes Il
made in the department by the first Of June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRReIDRNT-The
following appointments have been made by the
President: Charles Clinton, to be Treasurer of
the Branch Mint and Assistant Treasurer of
the Uniied States, at New Orleans, La, and F.
A. Starring, to te agent of the United States to
examine the accounts OF consular officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

FOR PRoMoTION.-Mr. J. Huntington has
been de"jypated Tor promotion to third. .class
clerkship in the Third Auditors ONCE, TO flI
the vacancy created by the resignation OF ].
w. F. Cupz, ard George N. Middlebrook has
been promo'cd to second-class clerkship in
the same office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19

BLONDE ROCK, upon which the English
steamer st. George YVES recently lost, is not on
he co st OF Maine, as stated in the newspapers,
but lies south halt east three and a. halt miles
from the Seal Islands of the coest of Nova SEQ.
tia. The Seal Island lighthouse (English) Ia
three and a half miles from Blonde Rock