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OFFICIAL.
Laws Passed by the Sixty-Seventh Council
of Washington City, Id. &.

Laws Passed by the Sixty-Seventh Council
OF Washington City, ID. &.
AN AcT making an appropriation for certain
repairs on the various bridges extending over
Inc washington canal.
BE neRdcted By The Board If Aldermen and Board
ef Common COuRcu Of the City Of W1shfnotOs
That the sum OF three thousand (s3,OOO) dollars.
or SO much thereof as may be necessary, be-
ana the same is hereby, Appropriated, payable
out OF the general fund, TO enable the Mayer to
pay ior CERTAIN repairs on the bridges sover the
Approves, September :, 1882
An Acr to regravel NJ street north. between
sixth and Seventh streets west.
Be IL enacted by the Board Of AIder7nen ana Board
@ CoMmon CoHneii Of the CITY Of WashiRotOa,
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, author
lied TO regrayei that part Of II street north. be-
tween Sixth ana Seventh streets west ano that
the same be done by days labor, the same 70 be
paid for ont OF the funds Of the Third ward
Approved September Z, 1853.
An Acr to grade and gravel o street north.
between Third street west and Tenth street
west
BE At enacted By the Board Of Ald,rmen and Board
That the Mayor be, and he Is hereby, author
lied and requested 70 cause that portion OF %
street north, between Third street west and
and to defrsy the expenses incurred thereby,
the sum Of i've thousand dollars, (&S.OOO) or
50 much thereof as may be necessary, be, and
INC some ~ nereoy, Appropriated out OF the
funds OF the Third Ward. The work % be
done by days work. under the superintende nee
OF the Commissioners Of the Third Ward.
approved September z, 1869.
An ACT to revive an act TO set the ourbstonss
and pave the footways and cutters on the
south side Of X street south. from Twelfth to
Fourteenth street east, approved Nay 3, 1867.
Be Il enacted by Ae Bood Of AIdsrMea asl Board
Of Common Cossal Of ae csty Of Waskizgton,
That an act TO oet the curbstonee and pave tha
footways and guttsrs on the south SIDE Of NJ
street south, from Twelfth to Fourteen m strss,
east approved Nay 3, 1s67, be, and the .ams :.
hereby, revived and reonacted, exoept mas ,ns
work shall Be done In the manner and nnasr
the rfntendence now prov ided by lav
Approved September ,, isoe.
Az ACT 70 revive an act 70 eat IN. cn,s.,-
and pave ne footwsys and eutter On ~
norm sloe OF e street south, from Els~a,.s
s%eet Mo east @ % Twelfth street east. Approyea
Sen enoctedby Ae Board Of Lldey,us. o,d Ro.-s
.eMnon Coxsel Q tAs Ciy of WaTkino,on
nst an act 70 set the curhstones and nave ,hs
tootway and gutter on the north s.6e ~ n
sfeet south, from Eleventh 70 Tvelffh .traet
east approved May ., 1867, be, and the sans 10
hereby, revived and reenacted excspt thsf me
WORK snail be done In the manner ana under
tne superintendence now provided by law,
Approved, september 2, 1859.
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WESTERN ITEMS.
The Nebraska Electiou.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16.-An Omaha dispatch
says:-The election on Tuesday was peaceable,
though the returns indicat the election of three
Republicans and one Democrat to the Leg isla-
ture, and Republican Sheriff, CLERK, Asses
sor and Commissioner.
The Democrats elected a Probate Judge and
treasurer, who ran on the Peoples ticket
Reports from Santa Fe note the continued
Indian depredations. Women and children
have been murdered, and much stock driven
aWay.
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THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL So
CIRTX

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 16.-The delegate s
the Pathological Society marched to Indepen
dence Hall this morning, and were introd uced
by MIR. j. L Mitchell 10 Mayor Fox, who for
mally welcomed them 10 the city in few an
propriate remarks, which We're responded to
by Hon. Marshall p. Wilder, Of Boston.
Richmond has been selected for the next meet
ing OF the Society in September $50.
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PARIS, Sept. I6.-The Gaulois to-day states
that the majority Of the Prince Imperial will
be announced for his next birthday, March l6
The regular weekly statement CT the con.
dition of the Bank of France was made public
TO day. The bullion in the vault has decreased
to the extent OF francs since last Thurs.
day.
General Prim Will have a second audience
with the Emperor to-day or Tomorrow
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afterleon's Dispatches.
THE MAINE ELECTION.

The Republicans Carry all except two
Counties.
AUGUSTA, MR., Sept. 16-Returns from 2s3
cities and towns show a total vote OF 7O,9sI.
Chamberlain received 3s,96s. Smith 2s, ,25s, and
Hiehborn 1854. Chamberlain's majority over
both is 6,955. The total vote of the State will
not exceed 65,0o0 Chamberlains vote will be,
according TO this rauo, 1896; Smith, 1850
and Hickborn, 5,O5i. Chamberlain's total ma.
jority is 1881. The Republicans carried every
county on the local ticket except Aroostook
and Knox
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MEKoHAsrs LINE OF STEAMSHIPS
BETWEEN
WASHINGTON ANDNEw YORK,

Hereafter the Fine Steamships Z. @. KNIGHT,
JOHN GIBSON, and VALLkY CITY, ~RRDk
OF the MEROHAH1s LINE, will make AfE3&
regular seni- weekly trips beween NEWS
1Obk. ALEXANDRIA. WASHINGTON, and
GEOkGkTOWN. IS follsws: Leave NEW YORK.
and sATUR DAY at =. M. Leave GEORGEr0WN G.
every MONDAY and TIL URsDA1 ct II %.
For further information apDly to JOS. l.. ALT.
Agent. of5ce and wharf foot OF High ST., 6sorge
town, at the corner of 18th street and New ork
avenne. j. W. THOMPSON.
aus sl-tf President.
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ONR HUNDRED and forty-seven thousand
dollars in fractional currency were received q,
the Treasury Department from the bank note
printing companies in New York.
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COMMODORE A. L. CASE, Chief Of the Bu.
reau of Ordnance, ,NavyDspartment, will leave
here shortly on leave Of absence, during which
time Commodore James Alden, Chief OF the
Bureau of Navigation will discharge the duties
or his Office.
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S94,5i3,24 "a

Gam during the six months OF 1869 over the
corresponding period Of 1865, es,a52,a2665, or
over s As per cent.
The sum Of s5,s27,176A7 was received in
March, 1869, from manufacturers and products,
the tax on which was repealed the 3lst of thar
month. Only so4,Si3.s2, collected on back
lists, was received from the same source in
March, 1869. Tnerecepts from the same source
in April, May and June, OF the two years,
were as follows:-April, 1868, si,365, ,s9O.O3:
1869, sa2,63O.92; May, 1869, si,65e 1921 05; 1869
sa9.O236s June, 1863 $500 is3l5; 1859, 81, 6.
To show the comparative receipts from the
same sources for the fiscal years 1858 and 1869.
there should bs deducted from the total receipts
Of 1865 the tax on manufacturers and products
now exempt, and from the total receipts of 1880
not only back collections on manufacturers,
amounting t, sl,293,ss5.9l, bat also the receipts
from each Of the sources marked with q "P,"
which were not taxed in 1865. The receipts for
the two years will then stand as follows
In 1868. In 1869.
3l9O,374925 50 $l5e ,916,lIS 48
5s,753,sSl a 7,7ss,lss 81
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Virginia News.

A little boy, about or 2 years old. BY the
name OF William Thomas, the son OF Mrs.
Fortune, residing in Norfolk, died on Saturday
morning with hydrophobia, having been bit.
ten some seven weeks since.
The u. s. Deputy Marshal arrived In Rich.
mond, Tuesday, having in charge twelve citi-
zens Of Madison, Green, and adjoining coun.
ties, charged with Illicit distilling.
The preliminary arrangements for the State
Fair to be held in Richmond early In Novem.
Der are going on successfully.
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TIE AvoNpAIR MINING n1sAsrrp-

THE AvONDALR MINING DIsAsTRR-Conelu.
sion Of the Inquest-Verdict Of the Juyy.-The
the victims of the Avondale mining mity
was concluded on Tuesday night in a verdic,
OF censure against the company and the mean
OF ventilation employed. The inquest was re.
sumed before Coroner Wadham on Tuesday
morning at O'Clock. The evidence taken was
mostly from profession nj miners and civil en-.
elneers, who are intimate with the wor king and
ven tilatiom OF mines, and whose testimony effec.
tually refutes the theory that the fire could not
have caught from the furnace. That it did
catch from the furnace 10 most certain, and NO
person who is at all acquainted with the facts
in relation TO the catastrophe. or of the situa.
ton OF the tunnel which has formed the basi lie
OF the incendiary theories, now believes tna,
II was the work OF an incendiary, but rather
that this theory IL the work Of certain persons
to whose obvious interest tt Is 70 suppress ths
truth. The evidence was submitted 70 the
jury about dve O'Clock, and they did NOT
agree upon verdict until nearly midnight,
the said Palmer Steele and others came 10 their
deaths In the Avondale mines; that the cause OF
tner oeatn was the exhaustion Of atmospheric
ar OF prevalence OF sulphurfc and car.
oonic acio gases In the said Avondale mnes
caused by the burning of the head house ana
breaker at said mine on the 9Th day OF Septem.
oer, thereby destroying the ir.courses leadinr z
from the mine through the shan; that the fire
originated from the furnace in the mines takine
eject on the wooden brattlce in the up.caSf
air.course leading from the bottom of the ana m
70 the lead house. The jury regard the present
system OF mining In large number OF mines
now working oy shafts a. insecure and unsafe
IN all cases where practicable, two placed FOR
ingress and egress, and more perfect ventila.
ton, thereby rendering greater security TO the
LIE OF tne miners under any similar accident
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PRESIDENT GRANT and family are expect
ed to return here on Tuesday evening next. by
which time the repairs at the Executive Man.
sion will have been nearly completed. 1t is
thought that no meeting of the Cabinet will
be held before Friday, the regular Cabinet day
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LIEUT.. COMMANDER E. J. DIcHMAN has
teen detached from the Naval Observatory in
this city and ordered to duty at the Naval
Academy,
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THE TIxAs ELIcrIoN.-General Sherman
acting Secretary of War, has extended the time
tor holding the election in Texas from one to
four days
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SPECIAL NOTICES,
BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best In the world:
the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable
Instantaneous; ne appointment; NO ridiculous
tints; remedies the i'll effects Of bsd Dyes; invie
CRATES and leaves the Hair soft and Beautiful
BLACK OR BROWN. sold By ell Druggists and Per.
tuners; and properly applied at Bachelors Wig
Factory, No. 16 Bond street, N. Y. ses-eoly
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an IrHKALrHY OPTIC A gentleman OF
Sweetwater, Wyoming Territory, tells coed
story OF his experience on his arrival a. the
mines in the mountains:
alt was nearly dark he alignted from the
room he was OF course marked at once new
conner. He had scarcely seated himself COM
fortaoly when an amiaole gentleman ap-
preached him, and with evident intention OF
dong the stranger a fsvor. quietly asked N as
be had Just arrived, ne did not want a rob- az
course, money was the object of our friend's
visit 70 the mountains, and he at once respon-
ded in the Affirmative. He would be very
much obliged, indeed, II he could be put IN the
way OF good thing. Well said the amiable
gentleman, there Is a yacascy In the Office OF
Deputy Sheriff, and can secure you the ap-
pointment IL you will accept; the position pays
eight dollars a day Our friend conciu ded
this was a nne opening, aud animated m.
willingness TO accept the appointment Just
then an Idea struck him by the way,' saii
he, 'how happens there 70 be vacancy in the
sffice OF Deputy Sheriff We'll, you see stran- :
GER said the amiable gentleman. our deputy
died last night" sAh, indeed: how happend
it, Well, be had slight Misunderstanding
with another gentleman, and was shot When
was he appointed = DAY before Yesterday
What became OF his predecessor y HE wa.
shot, too. How long does Deputy sheriff
live In these parts %, about twenty-four
hours Our friend concluded 10 20 10 work 10
the mines, and declined 10 accept the appoint
ment."
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York thinks private theatricals Will

~New York thinks private theatricals will
be the fashionable mania tins year.
~Epes Sargents forthcoming poem, "The
Woman Who Dared" il supposed to say some.
ming about Mrs. Stowe.
Delegation was voted down after stormy and
acrimonious debate.
~General Patrick, long Provost Marshal
9ensral OF the Army Of the Potomac, is farm.
ing In 0nsndasa, New York.
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SINGULAR DEATH.-Ool. Harasthy, a wealth
ly Californian, formerly president OF the great
Buena Vista Einicultural Society, met with
his death in a singular manner not long since
He had removed 20 Central America, where he
had obrined from the government a yalu able
franchise for the manufacture OF distilled
hq uors tor twenty years, and, while looking
for mill site along one Of the little Nicaragua
water courses, ne fell in the stream and was
devoured by alligators.
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PIC-NICS. EXCURSIONS. &c.

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
NORrH AMERICAN GBUETLI BUND a
invite the "0ruetli Verefn, ;" Of Washing. HD
ton, d. o., also all Swiss countrymen AMI -
their friends, to Q PIC MIC at Loeffler's )
Washington CITY Garden. on THURSDAY Rent
Is, 1859 The Tyroleen Singers will enjiysn the
occasion Good dancing music, singing, &c, will
be provided for. Admission so cents, for gen.
N. B.-Goed order Is guaranteed, Ne l.sts
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- Miss Lucy Lee advertises IN q Missis-
sippi paper that she ais Of good birth and edu-
cation and is willing 70 marry an editor, be-
Ieveing herself able 70 support one We
oont Knew OF any person In these United
, ates who is more likely 70 have a large
mail (not 70 say male) for the next few
weeks than Miss Lncy Lee.
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ASSISTANT SURGEON WIN. R. BROWN has
been detached from the Naval Hospital at
Washington and Assistant Surgeon Joseph G..
Ayres has been detached from the Washing ton
Navy Yard and ordered to Philadelphia for ex-
animation and promotion.
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SlSl.14QQlQ c6
SI3O.621,O7& Is

Grain in 1859, s2oS2s, ,sSs o. or Is 7.lo per cent
The comnarison is more favorable II ve take
the last six months Of the two fiscal years, viz:
from JanusryI to June 30, 1858 and 1859, show.
ing for the former year total Of S6a. 81;
for the latter, 90, ,se7 os; gain in the half
year OF e2I 500, 90, or a3K per cent.
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NOVEL RoBBKRY.-The ticket once OF
Port Crane station, the Albany and Susous
mamma railroad, was robbed on Friday night OF
tickets and money TO the value OF $500 or 500.
Tne robbers stamped the tickets and a used some
Oh them. The thieves have not been caught,
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LOB MOUNT VERNON.

HVb MVUNT VEBNVNs
The steamer ARROW, Captain Thomas Stack.
pole, leaves her wharf, foot Of 7th -
tss: 4 DA D, q? MSGsf tsgisR' yGssSs! yiessseS
inston, Marshall Hall, Nd, White House and
lone. We ;returninG to the city at Pm.
JAMES SYKES, 9enr Supt.
au27-u Once: Willard's Hotel.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
NATIONAL THEAfRE.

Continued success Of the
TBE LErFIN0WELL.
THIS EVENING,
he will appear - in his oriRinal character OF
sAM sAMPLE, THE BILLIARD SHARP,
In h. T. Craven's new and original Comedy Of
BILLIARDS.
The Performance to conclude with the roaring
farce OF NAN. THE GOOD FOB NOTHING.
Lefhngwell Matinee, SATURDAY. at O'Clock.
Admission, SO Cents; Children, IS Cents. 1t
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ELLIS, IRON RIrfERa.

Will enrich the blood and prevent it from becom.
ing vstery and weak. give . healthy COMPLEXION,
restore the appetite, invigorate the system, and
ed to ell persons requiring . safe and valuable
tonic to fmpart tone and strength to the system
not Giyen by bitters merely stimulant in their
effects which. although they may possess tonic
vegetable properties, cannot give the strength IL
the blood which the Iron Bitters will give
PREPARED By VIM. BllIs. Chemist. For sale in
Washington by KIDWELL SON, Pennsylvania
avenue and l4th street. my26- am
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SENIOR LRMUs AND MIR. RUIZ, of the Cuban
Junta, arrived here yesterday from New
York, and had an interview with Secretary
Fish on Cuban affairs. Mr.. Ruiz left again las,
evening for New York
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PAssRo ASSISTANT SURGEON CHARLES H.
WHITE has been ordered to duty at the Naval
Hospi tai at Washington, ID. G.
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Government Securities

WASHINGTON, Sept l6, ls69.-Jay Cooke &
Co, furnish the following quotations OF Gov
ernment securities
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MR. w. DwYER, Superintendent of the Di.
vision OF Detectives, Internal Revenue Bureau
has returned from his home in OHIO. where he
was spending q lew weeks.
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JUDGE OTTO. Assistant Secretary of the In-
terror, left to-day for the West, for the benefit
CT his health.
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~Lynn, Mass., 10 TO have grammar school
which Il 70 cost e60,OV.
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STORMS ENGLAND

LONDON, Sept. 16.-Political news to -day is
nnimportant. Stormy weather continues, and
much rain has fallen. Gales prevail around
the coast.
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THE CANAL.-The following figures showing
the business done by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company this season up TO September
1st, are Of inferest:-Receipts from the opening
Of navigation to LIST September 1859, s23I, 90.
exclusive of waterand other rents; tonnage for
same time, 47O,626 whole receipts last year,
s2S7 $3.50; tonnage for same year, 552,937.
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THE UNITED STATES STEAMER KANSAS,
Commander Henry Erben, arrived at the
Washington navy yard yesterday, from Rio
Janeiro, where she has been for some time
past, attached to the South Atlantic So uadrou.
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Ex-SsoRRTARY STANTON is spending a few
days with the Hon. Samuel Hooper, at his sea.
side residence at Cotuit, Mass.
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PRIM HURRYING TROOPS TO CUBA.
MADRID, September l6.-General Prim tele.
graphed to the Government from Paris to use
all diligence in sending troops to Cubd.
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ASSISTANT SURGEON LEWIS S. PITCHER has
been ordered to duty at the Washington Navy
Yard.
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STEAMBOAT LINES,

LOB LIVERPOOL AND QUEENSTOWN.
f,msn Line Of Mail Steamers, sailing from Ne "
Y0k EvEBY SATURDAY and AL <<ceN
TERNATE 1UEsDAYs @EfN
Tickets sold 90 and from England, ssr1.sE=s
IRELAND. and the Continent
Fer fun infSImstisn apply to JOHN G.. DALE,
Agent, 10 Brostvsy. New York, or
MIDDLETON CO,
BhNKERS,
su74n II Washington.
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SANFORD T.. CHURCH.
FOREIGN News hy Cable.


ROCHESTER,, Sept. 16.-Sanford E. Church is
still in a critical condition.
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NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON
REG ULAR LINZ


The safe and cor, modious Steamer w. W COLT,
Capssin a kIFHER, will leave -
ner dock, foot OF High street, &k4360
Seoreetovn. every MONDAY and
HUhspA1 at clock q. m, and Gait 9 wharf,
loot OF 9TH street, at o O'Clock m stopping at
Alexsrdr1s, 9lymont, Smiths Point: Piney Point
folnt Lookout: Fortress Monroe, Old Point Com
fort, and Norfolk, Va
This boat connects at Fort Monroe with the
Returning. win leave NORPOLK on TUESDAY
and IRIDAl at O'Clock m
uPssssse: 90 Excursion Ticket, 10 and from
Mesis-Brsskfsst and Supper, so cents each;
Dinner, 81. State room, 81.
ulars iDsuire Of GEO. MATTIsGLY. Ticket
Agent. y. and p. Railroad, No. $50 Pennsyl-
vaDfa
Tor tickets apply to L. SAVAGE. Hardware
Store, Pssnsylvania avenue and 10th street, or on
80 80 JOS. L. SAVAGE, Proprietor.
KRCUsE, Agent. ysn
n INV IXPREss LINZ,
IN VIA CANAL.
BETwEIN PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA
vA- WASHINGTON, AAD
GEORGETOWH,D &c.
wssas: ialiss FssSsDs,. dss irGa t HGTi
IRON 50 Water street, Georgetown, wIDHls
!Isish. received at any tine sn, rv,,,
63 Water st Georgetown, d. G.
II. ILDRIDGE co,
Alexandria, We.
WM.CLYDE CO.,
hk6 IL NORTH W harves. Phfladelphfa.
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fBy Gable.

LoNDoH, Sept. is, IL a. m.-Consols, a2Ea
SSi Bonds, 6s's, So; 65's, s2&; 67's, SIX Erie,
IN ILLINOIS, %k. Atlantic, 80.
FRANKFORT, III q. m.-Bonds, SIX.
LIVERPOOL, IL q. m.-Cotton opened dull
sales 5000 bales. Middling Uplands, I3;
Middling Orleans, l3HaI3K.
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CONTRACT AwARDBD.-Messrs. Ent twisle l.
Barron. contractors and builders, have been
awarded the contract for building the Home
for INDECENT Women, endowed by w. W. Cor
coran, Esq. The Home will be located on the
southwest corner of Massachusetts avenue
and 18th street, and the work Will be COM
menced Immediately, II is stated.
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RKAssRssMEST OF INCOME RETURNS Com.
missioner Delano has determined to thoroughly
slft the income assessments, and to this end has
appointed large number ofassistant assessors.
whose special duty it will be to resssess in
comes. The commissions have alr.aa~ -,
issued. and the work will commence IN the
large cities Immediately.
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PERRY DAVIS, PAIN KILLER

PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER.
We are not In the habit of "Duflng" patent med.
icines. but cheerfuly add our testimony to that
OF many others in favor of this medicine. The
PAIN KILLER 10 invaluable fer the diseases
for which Ii 10 recommended. Try Q bottle Of
II and see If We do not state correctly Roman
CStizsa. An "a I'm
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Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RIvKHUR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were 1892,
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ADMIRAL HoFP, late Commander of the
North Atlantic Squadron, arrived here yester.
day, and had an interview with Secretary
Robson and Vice Admiral Porter to-day, au.
ring which he communicated many facts OF
interest relative to the Cuban troubles and the
cases OF Americans imprisoned or executed in
Cuba.
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SECRETARY BOUTWELL, was in New York
vaStardav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-16

SRMI.MoNTBLY PAYMENTS. - Postmaste
General Creswell has issued an order directing
that those clerks and employees who may de.
sire it, can, bv advising the disbursing clerk in
writing on or before the 12.h Of the month, re.
ceive part Of their pay on the 18th, but that
hereafter all advances and orders on their sal.
aries are strictly prohibited.