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THERE ARE ONLY SEVENTEEN applicants for
the position of Postmaster of Tell Citv. a small
town in Indiana OF aoout LEO population.
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Auerassa's Dispatches.
FROM JAPAN AND CHINA.

LONDON, April ls.-Lapr aiyices have osen
r"o,lyed from lOkohoma aud Hong kong The
Siyli war 10 raging again with Increased yis-
seac" an the japanese Empire. Tue uortheru
parry or opponents OF the MikSdo had a strong
h-et nnner command OF the former admiral IN
chief OF the Tycoon. and sde IN ear head mart :
ers IN the Island Of Nesso. OF which they
held complete possession. They have since
cspinred Sado sims. ana important Island on
the western coast Of Japan. from which tney
can make lncurslons into the main land An
esfthquake has been felt In the japanese
Islands but mp 10 the last dates no lo.s OF h o.
OF properly - reported. The shocks were
sleht News nom China is meagre. At Foo
Cnoo prosecutions Of native christians is con-
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THE SENATE IN ENECUTIvR SESSION y-ster-
day confirmed bur TWO nominations, Hon. J
Loihrop Motley, 10 be Minister TO England,
and Hon John Jay, 10 be Minister to Austria.
The rest OF the time was occupied with the
discussion Of the Alabama treaty, which was
finally rejected by vote of 81 10 /. The debate,
of which a synopsis VIII be found else " here
IN our paper is said TO have been very inter-
esting, Mr.. Sumner leading of IN opposing the
treaty, and he was folio wed by Others on the
same side, but no one spoke in its favor
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RKvBNUE-The receipts to-day
from This source were S339,69OSe
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INSURANCE.
eHABTEREO EY SPECIAL ACT OF Coy
GRASS, APPROVED July 2s. I-s-.
o. ? ICERS

q. CLARK. PhilsdeIphia. President
JAY COUkE, Chairman -f Finance and Execu-
tive Committee
HENRY b. COOKE. Washington. Vice Presi-
dent
EMERSON W. PEET, Philadelphia, seeretary
and ActuaTy.
E.S. TURN .wsshington, Assistant secre-
tary
FRANCIS G. SMITH. Nj u, Medical pirec.
tor.
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~The farmers near the seashore in Maine
are SAID 70 have learned tha. one ssdsh make a.
GOOD feed a. hay, and hat one fssh noshes fail
meal toT sheep"
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ON DIT that Judge Shellab irga-. o. OHIO,
will be SEM 10 Portugal TO relieve Mr.. Harvey.
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NCARDLR, ofthe celebrated McArdla case. i
made to figure as Wiiliap II. Fiddle in the dis
patches from this city. Such is-telegra "a phic-
fame
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New York Grain MarL-, r.-dax

NEW YORK, April li.-Flour dull ana de-
lining. Wheat duh and nomInally lower.
Corn heayN, one cent lower
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THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFpAIR--
As much interest has PROBABLY been fel, In the
nomination for this office as OF any other u nder
rhe Government, and the policy OF the Admin
istration would EN- TO be Indicated by the
appointment OF Colonel Ely ). Parker, late OF
General Grants staff. Colonel Parker is Of
Indian extraction, Is a man OF fine acq uire.
menIs. possesses executive abilities of no COM
mon order. and Is already quite well versed IN
the matters of the office TOR which he has been
nominated.
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ga London advertisement announce. that
s'Ned wnght the converted burglar. wa
preach at Wandsworth Assembly Room .n5
brrak open the doors OF hell with gospel pm-
nv"
~Ex.President Tyler,s dauvhter N me M
the most graceful riders seep an Central Parr
The staten Island, N. Y. carpessers
pave accomplished the objects OF their Sscent
Mrs IL. Beecher Stowe and her sisser
Catnarine have selected Aiken, 8. &, fr sheir
pro0ssed 'School Of Agriculture tor q ria
~ Rachel's estate has iust been settled, and
her brothers and sisters have speceehed an
cheating Der children.
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MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.
!. X. BAHNE.s, Surgeon General. U. 3 A..
Washington
y; HOkwITH, Chief Medical Departmr nj,
U. =. NAVY. ashIngtOn.
d. W. BLISS N. u. WashinsfOn
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KHw YoRK-URsr BOARD.


Lewis johnson 4 DO. quote stocks and bonds
10 home and foreign markets a. folloWs:
NEW YORK. April n.-First Board-U. n Ga,
lsel, coupon, llGs e2e's, lco2. coupona l20 /;
l16i, coupons, ll5i 1853 coupons III 4; is6S
coupon. new. lI5l 620's, ls61, coupon, iI3a !;
lo.S0's, coupons. IO5A; Pacific Mail. % y; ONO
4 MISS. Oernncatea, 81 Mariposa, 10, ATTAIN
uc Mail, none; Canton. JsS; Cumberland, 20;
western Union Telegraph al =. Quicksilver,
2lk; Boston Water Power. none; New York
Central, le3E; Hudson. ltil; Reading, 10;
Michigan Central. ll3a; Michigan Southern.
va; Illinois Central. l3s; cleveland and
Pittsburg, 90 Northwest, s3a do. preferred.
95S; Cleveland & Toledo. none; Rock Island
l;9si Fort Wayne. l3I; Alton 4 Terra aause,
374; Toledo 4 Wabash. 6s; Adams EXP
50; Wells, Fargo & Go. Express, ~; UnIted
States Express. \; American Express. ~ );
Merchants' Union. Is chicago q Alton, none,
dc. preferred. none. Market steady. Cold,
lSe'sal3e7z.
by Cable.l
LONDON. April IL. % a. u.-Consols, gJ,aS
Bonds. 81. IlhnoIs, 96G. Ere, q.
FRANKFORT, II a. m.-Bonds, ~.
LIVERPOOL ~ a. m.-Cotton market opens
actiyp. Sales OF I2.Ooo bales reported Md
ding Upiands. ~ ga :; NJ iddling Orleans, u a.
l2..
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AT THR WHITE HOUSE to-day, the usua,
number OF visitors called, Including several
Senator'S No Representatives.
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PRRsoNAL.-Governor Wells, OF Virgin a.
Ex-Governor Curtin, and Hon. Galusha A
Grow. OF Pennsylvania. are at Willards. -.
Professor Mahan, of West Point, is at the
Ebbitt House.
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1HE Examiner In CHIkF OF THE PATENT
OFFICER. l.. b Clarke. Esq, of Iowa. nom
mated for the position OF Examiner-in- chief OF
the Patent Office, has resided in this city since
le6i, and has held a clerkship ir one OF the
bureaus OF the Treasury department since
that time. He is a gentlemen Of much ability
and will doubtless fill the position with cred
it to himself and benefit to the interests Of the
Patent Office. Mr.. Clarke is 4 brother of the
well known writer .'Grace Greenwood"
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PHALON,s "PAPHIAN LOTION,

BrAUrIrYlss THE SKIN AND COMPLEX.
REMOVES ALI ERUPTIONS, fREOKLEs
PIMPLkS. MOTH, BLITCBES, TAN, eto
apd renders THE SKIN SOFT
fAIR and BLOOMING.
For LAplES In the NURSERY il is invaluable
Tor GENTLEMEN after SHAVINGit has u eQusi
'PAPHIAN LOTION" is the snIy reliable rem.
edy for diseases and blemishes Of the SKIN
PHALON'S .PAPHIAN SOAPr
for the TOILET NURSERY and BATH, will mot
chap the SKIN. Price rs cents per cake.
1FLOR DE MAYO.n
"FLOR DE MAYO.o
MkW PERFUME FOR THE HANDKER
Thnnp ShIfT REQUISITE. DELICATE, LASTING
PHALON q SON, Nev Fork.
hs-J Sold By all Druggists
HALLS VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR
RENEWER.
Renews the vitality of the scalp
Kenews the hair TO its original color.
Renevs the nutritive matter which nourfshes
hair.
Renews the brash, wiry hair to silken softness
Renews the growth of the hair.
Renews the appearance Of those that Bal
and Gray, and is a spI-od id hair dressing. Noon
or Alcohol TO clog up the pores. One bottle shows
Its effects.
Il. P. HALL CO., Nashua, b H., Propristers.
For sale by oil df uggists. jal32m
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SNOW SToRN.-Tbere was quite. snow
storm on the Eastern Shore OF Mary land on
Sunday, falling TO the depth Of two or three
inches at Chrisfeld, Somerset county, and at
other points. The Wilmington Commercial
heavy frost and freeze, both OF which extended
this TAR north. Much fear felt concerning
the effect of this unreasonable storm upon the
fruit. The peaches were in full blossom in
Somerset county. where the snow was the
heaviest, and " ere almost ready to blossom in
Sussex aud Wicomico, where the snow was
from one and a-half 10 three inches deep. 4
gentle man who came from there on Monday
says there were balls OF ice in many o: the buds,
q nd thus is generallY fatal 10 the neach
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ALEXANDRIA IrrNs-rh. G,z.,,. .,


evening has The following Items
lesset IpS~t-Crer Sdred.-I.ast night, be-
tween eight and nine O'Clock. Capt Geo Poeey
OF The sioop Hancock. bound up 10 tins city
when on the mouth OF Ponick Greek a llttle
below the White House, Eeard cries for helm
proceeding from the water, but n short distance
rom him. He Immediately y rounded TO, Jumped
INTO ms small boat and after 70 wing about
iorty yards came upon the schooner Ben FraaE-
I'm, which had been upset and sunk IA a soualI
Iaat mad Just passed by. and rescued from
drowning her Captain, George Thomas and a
colored hand, named Jack, who had Kept
aiioai by climbing the two masts of the schoon-
er, as she settled IN the wafer. but who would
soon have been submerged. the tide was
Sraoualiy sweeping the tops of the masts under
water. The Ben FraLkiin was engaged al rum
ming ns b nom the fishing shores. aud was bound
down light when the squalI struck her Su.
sunk OF the Gut Landing.
NrlyoSed DTooHsBg.-Last nlgnt, about n
O'Clock. VIM. Arlington, one OF the men VINO
was tried and acquitted a. West End. yesser-
day evening, for robbing Mr.. Willis Hender-
son. and another colOred man named Jonp
Jones, Knocked at the door OF Mr.. Thos. Penn
VINO lives on the river shore. ia 81 beyond Fish
town, and borrowed hi sklf, an which rney
started Tor Maryland, where hey lived. They
had been gone but a short time before Mr. Penn
hedro cries Tor help. and. on opening his door
he dist stnguished the voices OF both of them
coming apparently from the river. lust soutp
OF The md OF the coal wharves. The cries, M
nrst loud and distinct, gradually grew fainter
and In short time entirely ceased, ana ths
supposItlon as mat both the men Were drowned
The boat which was TO have been return.a
tins morning, has not been brought back 10 Mr..
Penn: though li IS reported that n was picked
up anoat on the lower wharves ofsthe city.
A"ret AAyht-Persons on fairfax street about
SIX O'Clock yesterday afternoon witnessed a
rather novel sight Ii was a colored girl ABOUT
thirteen years old, black the ace OF spades,
ana stark mother naked, with the exception of
ner shoes and stockings, rs wild looking as a
DUCK, iieeing with the speed Of q deer, and pur-
sued by pack Of motley colored. yelling and
whooplng boys. Upon enquiry it was ascer-
taiued that her mother had stripped her pre-
paratory TO the administration of a fogging,
and that In that plight she had Jumped through
window IN the Petersburg" locality and had
sought projection fromthe impending blows IN
the more thickly portion OF the citv. Her night
was arrested near the corner Of Prince and
FAIRFAX streets, and she was reluctantly led
back 10 receive her doom.
Fishfoscs.-The receipts OF fsh at Fsshtown
to-day were about the same as those OF yester-
day, and an increased demand, both from
Baltimore hacksters and country people ran
the prices up 10 what Is considered very hign
figures. Shsd sold for 81 per hundred, thouen
the price may be quoted At Si9. Herring were
sold at from sli 70 s1is. Per thousand.
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LATER FROM CUBA.-The Havana journals
o. yesterday praise the course purS ued toward
Cuoa by the American Government. Adyices
from Puerto Principe represent provisions
very scarce. Meat and fowls command fabu-
lous pric"s. 1t is reported that Spanish war
vessel has Captured schooner laden with
arms and ammunition for the insurgents on the
south side of the island. The Gazette pub-
hshes details of the organization of a rural
pslice, made by the reqHes ST aud AT the expense
Of planters.
A New York Herald Havana special says the
crew OF the Mary Lowell have been released
The vessel was seized within a mile of the
shore. The United States steamer pobs cot
has arrived al Havana from the south shore OF
the Island. She was relieved by the Nipsic.
The authorities at Havana well ad vised OF
the movements of the expedition under General
Steedman
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~ Ear painting is the latest Paris folly.

~One Paris editor has fought fifty dueIs
1Cincinnaii has a Woman's Christian As
sooiation in successful operation.
~"Photegraphs on Nelocipede-A bicycle
kept al the gallery" IS a New York advertise
mPnt-
the eastern Ssates
~CalifofniS il an EI- Dorado 10 old maids
There are three men 70 every wSmas in ,aat
.Sta,e.
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BL4CKFORD Il HAHILINk.
466 sEVENTH STREET,

BLACKBOARD HANLINK.
466 sEVENTH STREET,
opposite Post Office,
~ Of COZ UMBIi. inA us mt 4
DR.. A Y. p. GARNETT, 42O Eew York ave , and
DR.. l. J. DRAPER, I22 Penn.yivanis ave.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
NOTICE.
The public is hereby infor med that We have
designated the General Insurance Once OF
sEssRs. BLACKBOARD i HAMLINK,
400 sLvESrH STREET. opposite Post Offce.
AS OUR GENIRAL AGENCY FOR THE DIS.
1RICT OF UOLUMBIA.
Liz fssGRhNCk sfs GeaPANT. i1' or MAT1SM infoSna
non concerning 10, as well As Soil citors
se..1. BI.ckF0sD usifs masLfSk, K xss ssi sre S%
now tie General hsents for This District aud will
receive applications, collect premiums, and deliver
We take pleasure in commencing the above
au1 .he rerrsssb,a,ivss 2" sesssl "f tbs nas;
sId most prominent Fire Insurance Com pauies
JAY COOKE & 90,
General Southern Agents National Lii In sursnce
spI2r company of the o. 8. A.
sUy 3, PHELPS. VS.. oLMsrEAD
fresidebt. Secretary.
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSCR
ANCE COMPANY
HARfFORD. CONN.
Assets over
TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
GEORGI y. MARBLE, Agent,
FEDERAL Bleck, Rsom y,
Opposite Post Once Department
cc cDn Corner 7-h and 2 str eces
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Government SECURITIES.

wAsHIrsToH, April Il. I5ss.-Jsy COOKE A
90. furnish the following auotatlsns OF Gov
eminent securities:
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ar. f. w. LITTLE, nominated bv the Presi-
dent yesterday for Receiver of Public Money at
Santa Re, New Mexico, is well known here
and has many friends IN this city, he having
been, FOR a year or two during the war. clerk
in the uarter ma ster Generals office, aud ub-
seqLently Chief Clerk for Colonel LuddIng-
ton, of the Quarterrr aster's Department, on
service tor a while in Washington, suose-
QUently at Santa Fe
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The miners trike in South Yorkshire, Eng.
land, has assumed very formidable proper
tions; LOO men are now out of employment.
and between 5000 and 1900 persons are depend.
ing on them for support They are At pre.en,
maintained by the Miners Union. winch has a
fund Of ClO,oOr, and by coatribucions from
other trades.
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We clip the following from the Railway IN. J.

We commend to the attention or our readers the
following note firm one of our citizens:
About year ago I was attach ed with Hemor-
Thage Of the BuHgs, ana have been coughing al
Hekt tnces san lly slLce-till 1 commenced the ise
Of Alien = Lung BafSdHI by which I have been
greatly relieved, Ia fact almost permanently curei
Your &c MHR8ICK.
'hAHwAT. j. Dec. 18th 1858 - marl2- Ina
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THE FEMALE CLxRks.-Tne Spriurss,

TIE FEMALE CLERks.-The Springfield
Republican devo,es considerable space to a re.
view of the arguments and allegations pro and
con in regard TO the employment OF female
clerks in the Departments, ana sums up as
follows:
"Every one who has had occasion to EN- % Low
womea as CLERKS knows that, in general, The
class Of women who seek and receiv. sQcb
places ARE faithful and conscientiou tnougo no,
always competent In Washington. w here !,
nc oIoriOus that hundreds OF men find sine
cures as clerkships, through congressional
snd other influence. there may very well b. a
few women who do the same, bnt, We will
venture TO say that for one woman who does
not do her work there are five men. The ten
dency is every year 70 employ more and m ore
the services Of women in these positions, and
while their employment is attended with some
peculiar risks, as Is true OF the employment o,
women as school teachers, IL Is likely to purify
al elevate the standard OF the civil service
rather than to lower II. And we regard a
cruel and unjustifiable the denunc lations
which such letters that OF the Itde %, n,ke
nameiess correspondent occasion"
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SUBSTITUTE FOB WINDOW PULLIES AND
- SWklGHTe.-Chespest and best Sash Sustainer
ever invented. Call and examine them
II W. HAMILTON d CO.,
ap h2w Builders Depot, J62 9TH street.
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INV Cable

Financial Matters in Baltiasre rs-day.
BALTIMORE. April H.-Virginia skies, Is6e,
u 1 hid. y asked
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NEwsPArER Row. and every body else of 'hat
persuasion, is delighted with the appointment
of X. Randolph keim of the New York HeraLf,
TO the comfortable Consnlshp at Foo-chow.
Keim has knocked around a good deal In his
life, and can talk broken China. and handle
ehop-sticks in way to put him on a good foot.
iEg directly with the Celestials. Another
newspaper man, Windsor, city editor OF ths
New York Times, gets a snug berth, the Cons uI-
snip al Sonneberg, Germany.
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TREASURY DEP RTNRNr, April Il, 1867.

TK1ASCBY UBPr KTNENT, April II, 80.
Notice is hereby given tha: the interest con-
pons, payable on the first day Of ] uly next will
be paid, on presentation at the proper Off ces.
upon a rebate OF interest a the rate Of six per
cent Per annum.
(Signed) GEO. s. BOUTWELL,, Secretary.
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"HAvINNERs FAMILY BRIApn

"HAvDNNERB FAMILY BRIAD.n
This unequalled Bread ID now for sale BIZ most of
the leading 0rocers Of the city.
II 10 made Of select Family Flour; IN thoro Qhly
baked, in McKenzies Patent Oven; 10 always
sweet, white, nutritious, and 10 guaranteed 70
weigh sixteen ounces.
CAUTION "A great deal Of Bread 10 sold for
"navennerS" which never came from our estab-
lishment. To prevent. as far possible. this dis
honesty. We have supplied all our authorized Gro.
anime for yourselves. jAaS sm
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THE COMMISSIONER OF PBNsIoNs.-Hon
Henry an Aernam, nominated for the position
of Commissioner OF Pensions, was born in the
State Of New York, in 1919. received an acaae-
mic education; was a member of the General
Assembly OF New York IN 1883; served IN the
army as a surgeon during the war; was elected
to the Thirty Ninth Cor rgress, and reelected 70
the Fortieth. His varied career. land especially
his services during the war, fits him well for
the office, and we trust that under his admins
tration the ONCE may secure full justice to all
coming under the provisions Of the pension
laws.
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4 lest NATIONAL BANK
Or WASHINGTON.
u. COOKE, tef jay Goose q Oo..J Prssiessi.
Nn. Q. HUNTINGDON, Oasaisr.
eoVnBEMKNT DEPOSITORY
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE uuIfRD
STATES.
len a'ssf, sy1esits tss z.sass-y DspsssUsus
Government Securities with Treasurer unit.
States,
~ONB MILLION DOLLAks
We huy and sell ell classes oi EOVEREMEN
SECURITIESa at current market rates.
TURNJSH BICHAN6E sad ~shs ctl1sssss~
- ALL rHE PRINCIPAL CIfIkS o. tn
UNITED STATES.
We purchase Government voochsrS On sh
MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. and sivs cara
nj attention TO
COUNTS OF B BVSINBSS MEN $50 EIk
ana 20 any other business entrusted TO %.
FULL INVOEMATIOH in regard 10 GOvBBa
MET LOANS ss al times ehssrfully furnished.
wh Q. HUHrIHereH. Cash
Washingsou March -. l50.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
HOFF'S MALI EXTRACT

EEsRNR HOFF:-DR. TURNER, of Trenton,
re omneDded m- order your M Alt EXTRACT,
beverase OF Health for wife. who . reyy trs *
,n h'T limbs and he thin ks at Malt Extract
Beverage would be better, in this cas-. than his
medicine O. ii. MBTZGER.
AUBURN.N Many persons speak highly of IL
SfO1dfhir aud ofits siiEhtly StiHsHiattHx pro-
perties. lapl2-eo3tl AT VALLEY & CO.
PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER.
II h a real pleasure to ~ to speak fsvorsbly Of
his article known lmOst univers lily TO be q good
snr safe remedy for Burns aud ether Pains of the
body. IL Is vslusole not only fpr Colds ia the
Winter. bot for various Summsr Complaints, and
sho5ld be In every family The casualty which
a. msnds II may come unsware.-ChTISfiIH Air0
rate. mar 29 I'm
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BANKERS.

JAI COOKE . CO..
BA n ARi
BIyIIsrYs STREsS, OrposYx THKAsJz1
Buy and sell O. carrent market rates. q
constantly on nand full supply of au
GOyERNMLNT BONDS
sKvHN -THIBTIEs, AND COMPOUND
INTEREST MOTIFS.
order. for STOCKS, BONDS, &C., sx.oas
arc collections made on al accessible E5inis.
seI-u
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~ JeE. pavis is coming home IN May.
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THE NERO OF OUR AGk.-Among the papers
Of the diets tor Lopez, taken IN his encampment
a. Cumbaraty, the allies have found a register
book of fifty-tw pages written with the names
OF the Paraguayans and foreigners Of all
nations killed by order of the tyrsnt IN the past
year. The catalogue OF the victims Is u long
one; there were days of forty and fifty execu.
tons. Lopez is one of the greatest tyrants the
world ever seen; the Nero OF our age
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M HAS KEMUVhD HEB DRDSs AND CLOAK
Making Istablishment 10 No. 4t5 l0th street, DS,
tve~u and y streets, west side, } whore she Wiii
he Slased 10 attend to the csus Of her nu,nerouo
fySsnds opd the Dsbne generally. Dal|lD'
Evening star., 1869-04-14

A BLACK LIsT.-There is now bling pre-
pared in the Third Auditors Onice, at the
Treasury Department, list of one hundred
and thirty y.two clerks hose services will be
dispensed with. This last includes all Demo-
crats, members Of the johnson Departmental
Club, and Conservative Army and Navy Union.
The notices OF dismissal will ba sent ou, IN The
course OF a day or two.
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ILLNESS OF MAYOR BowRN.-We regret to
announce that Mayor Bowen, who was com
PEELED to leave his Office on Friday last in
consequence OF illness, is no better, and that
the disease from which he is suffering (erysip-
elas) has extended to his neck, causing excru-
ciating pain. On the advice of his physicians
meme except his immediate family are now al
lowed 10 see him.
Evening star., 1869-04-14

THEREwAs A FOOLISH CANARD on the streets
this morning, 10 the effect that there was a
strike of the colored servants at the White
House. The story seems to have been based on
the fact that one of the servants was dismissed
Yesterday
Evening star., 1869-04-14

THE STEAMER TALLAPOOsA Is expected to
leave the Washington Navy Yard this after.
noon for Norfolk and New York, but will
return shortly for the purpose of towing or
conveying the Monitor Ssugus on her voyage
10 the Cuban coast The Saugas is rapidly
ftting out, and will be ready to start IN about
twelve days.
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THE APPOINTMENT of Mr. Motley to be Min
lister TO England is held to be an indication Of
the respect in which Mr.. Sumner is held by
President Grant. The appointment was made
at the request OF Mr.. Sumner, who was also
Instrumental in securing Mr. Moteys appoint
ment as Minister to Austria.
Evening star., 1869-04-14

TAKE NOTICE.
The name O. b JEWELL, and also the quality,
II stamped on every bar.
Ash your grocer for any OF these, and be sure you
get them, and take no other. -
Manufsctory-5OO and 500 9 street north. Pc
tween 9Th and sth. Washington, ID. U. els
GRAPE VINES go 900 GRAPE VINES for
NJ ssle, such - Concord, Cstawba, DIANA Deis-
ware Perkins, &c
Also, 100 900 Cuttings Of the above sorts:
y. FBL0EB,
ell-ms $50 sth street east. bet. = and g.
Evening star., 1869-04-14

PAYMAsTER e. T.. JACKSON OF the Navy,
by recent orders assigned to duty at the United
States Naval Academy, has been stationed in
this city for about three years past in charge OF
the Purchasing office Of the Paymaster's De
partment