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~ MELANCHOLY SUICIDE ON THE NoRrH
KlvER.-The New York Times Of Friday saws
The ferry boat which left the slip at Hoboken
for Barclay street, in this city, at 915 last eve
ming was the scene of a melancholy suicide
When the boat had reached the middle of the
river, woman OF more than ordinary beauty,
elegantly attired, leaped from the bow of the
boat into the river. She was caught in the
wheel, and must have been horribly mangled.
Her body descended forever beneath the waves
IN the presence Of number Of hOrror-stricken
passengers, who had been appraised of the oc-
currence before it could be prevented. She had
been observed by the pilot Of the boat upon its
bow, but he did not divine her intentions until
after she had taken the fatal leap. As soon as
she had done 90, the boat was stopped and pre-
paI at ons made to rescue her, but before these
could be made effective her fate had been de-
cided. She sat in the ladies cabin for some
while before going to the place from which She
leaped, and during that time her conduct was
80 eccentric and betrayed SO much agitation As
to elicit remark. She divided her attention be-
tween ring which she had upon the fourth
finger of her left hand and letter which she
had drawn from her pocket. Her going out OF
the cabin before the boat reached the pier wa
remarked as singular, but unfortunately none o.
her fellow passengers followed her.
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THE WoRKINGMEN.-The strike of the par
asol and umbrella makers in New York has ter
minated. All the manufacturers of Importance
have acceded to the increased scale of prices
There is likely to be an important strike in the
building trade there during the present week.
The master masOns have resolved that on and
but "a per day OF ten hours. The plasterers
have been receiving "a. 80 per day Of eight hours
The men held mass meeting Saturday night
under all circumstances, even If they are com
PEELED to take reduced wages. The plasterers
were the first in the country to take advantage
Of the eight hour system. They have over 1 900
hand.
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SERIOUS ACC1DENT.-On Saturday morning
as the 11:30 train for Washington was Starting
from the Camden Street. Station, Mr.. George
R9lkey met with a sad accident. 1t appears Re
was standing on the platform of one of the cars
conversing with friend on business. Inst as
the train commenced moving he attempted to
jump on, but made misstep, and fell, his coat
catching in the brake Of the wheel, dragging
him some distance before the train could b:
stopped. 1t was found that he had received Sc
we're internal injuries to his stomach, and his
hips were also very badly cut and bruised. He
was conveyed to his residence, No. 27s Pratt
Smith. Bull and Drone. There is some hone of
his recovery. Mr.. RGlkey is the Grand Patri-
arch OF the Grand Encampment of the State of
lows, and is extensively known and much re-
sPected Heis about 56 years Of fage-Baltimore
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HoRR1RIx MURDER IN y1Rarx1A-ws ara

HORRIBLE MURDER IN VIRGINIA-We are in
receipt Of the intelligence Of q most reyoltinp
and diabolical outrage committed a few days
ago on Woods farm, near Hickory Ground Nor
folk county, by negro family named Se0uine
The facts are The family sent q negro bow in
their employ to grocery store In the neighbor-
hood for q collars werth Of pork, giving the
boy ten dollar note to obtain the same. The
hoy returned with the pork, but was minus the
nine dollars change, he stating that he lost 1t
on the road while coming home. Enraged, and
believing the boy had stolen the surplus
money, Seguine pounced upon him with a
h0sewhip, and beat him until he crushed the
collar bone Of the offending youth, and had given
him an unmerciful thrashing. Next morning
the boy ayowed his intention to have Seguine
arrested, and started for the nearest magistrate.
Fearing the result, three or four Of the Seguine
family started in pursuit Of the boy, and over
taking him on the road they took him bodily into
the nearest piece Of woods, and having first cut
out his tongue by the roots, they put An end to
his horrid sufferings by cutting his throat from
ear to ear. The hends then hid the body in
clump Of bushes and went quietly home. As
"muTder will out, }" other negroes residing in the
neighborhood got wind of the affair and started
out to hunt up the body Of the boy. They soon
Sheriff stephens, who, summoning . jury Of in
quest, proceeded to the place indicated aud held
an inqnisition. We learn that those Of the Sc
suine family implicated have ned. The missing
nine dollars was found In the yard, about ten
yards from the house In which the Seguine
family resided.-No5ok journal, liza.
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THE PROPORTIONS of the human figure is six
times the length of the feet. Whether the form
be slender or plump, the rule holds good; any
deviation from it is a departure from the highest
b auty in proportion. The Greeks made all
their statutes according to this rule. The face,
from the highest point Of the forehead, where
the hair begins, to the chin, is one tenth of the
whole stature. The hand, from the wrist to the
middle fingers is the same. From the top OF the
chest to the highest point in the forehead is a
seventh. If the face, from the roots of the hair
to the chin, be divided into three equal parts,
,he first division determines the place where the
eyebrows meet, and the second the place of the
nostrils. The height, from the feet to the top of
the head, is the distance from the extremity of
the fingers when the arms are extended
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INTERNATIONAL ExHIBITIoSs-Ninister
thornton has sent to the State Department the
letter of Her Najesty's commissioners for the
Br1tish exhibitions of 1851, explaining a scheme
proposed for series of international eNhibi-
tlons of specimens OF works of fine art and in
dustry, proposed TO be held annually i'm London.
the frst exhibition TO take place in lsa 4 and ex-
pressing the hopes of the commissioners that
each foreign government will appoint, at an
early period, a commissioner for the purpose of
corresponding with them.
Her Majesty's commissioners point out that
the proposed annual international exhibitions
VIII differ materially from those which have pre-
ceced them. These will be comparatively limi-
ted In extent. The objects will be selected by
competent judges before they are admitted.
only few classes OF industrial objects will be
admitted each year. The arrangements will be
In Glasses, without reference 10 nationalities as
all charges arranging and taking care of their
objects during the exhibitions. IL is Intended
that exhibitions shall be opened on the LIST of
May and closed punctually on the 30th Of Sep
tember. foreign countries will not have placed
IN their absolute disposal space in block, but
DIVISIONS OF space in each case, whilst in addi-
ton to such alotments foreign exhibitors will
nave the privilege Of submitting, i'm London
tbelr productions for admission under the same
rules as British subjects. The first of the series
OF exhibitions will be opened at South Kensing-
ton on Monday, the LIST OF May of next year, and
closed on Saturday, the 30th Of September fol-
lowing. The exhibitions will take place i'm per-
manent buildings about 10 be erected adjoining
the arcades of the Royal Horticulture Gardens.
Ihe PRESIDENT has appointed Mr.. ". NJ. Beck
Win. OF New York, commissioner on the mart of
the United States to correspond with Her
MaJesty's commissioners.
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HEAVY LIBEL SUIT.-Hon. d. s. Bennett Sues
the Buffalo Commercial Adocrtiser, and Lays the
Ddmd9es at S1O0, ,0OO-A dispatch from Buffalo,
N Y, says Mr.. d. s. Bennett, member of Con-
gTess from this district, has issued circular
stating that he has returned from Washington
at the earliest possible moment, to vindicate his
character against the recent attack of the Buf-
falo Commercial Advertiser; that he has insti-
tuted proceedings against the proprietOrs of
that journal, and that Hon. Noah Davis and
Hon. Benjamin Butler have volunteered their
services to prosecute the case here, and have
been accepted as counsel. He says the recent
attack of the Come rcidl Advertiser is the crown
ing outrage of the long series to which he has
been subjected from the same source. He de-
nies the charge in toto, and asks the public to
await the result of the judicial investigation
which has been instituted. He charges the
Commercial with sending marked papers CON
tanning the attack to the President, the mem
bers of the Cabinet, and prominent Congress
with the least possible delay that the law al
lows. The damages are laid at 800, 900.
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FOREIGN NEWS BY CABLE-Fouville, the
friend of Victor Noir and the witness OF his
de ath, has been discharged from custody by the
authorities in Paris. The other editors Of the
Marseiliaise are still in prison. Rochefort sent
last week a proposition to Deputy, to be intro
dnced in the Corps Legislatif, to impeach the
Ministry. Further arrests were made ON Satur-
day. The Paris Reform published a violent
article against the Government on FRIDAY
morning for charges preferred against seven Of
it feditOrs for violation Of the press law M
Paradol intends visiting America as a public
reader. This gave rise to the report Of his
being appointed Envoy to Washington. The
story OF plot against the EmperOr,s life i'm
France is not credited i'm London.
The weather Saturday was intensely cold
throughout Europe. At Paris the thermometer
indicated thirty degrees below the freezing point.
The Elbe Is entirely closed to navigation on
account of the ice, and the practice Of the Ok
ford and Cambridge boat crews is suspende
from the same cause. Owing to a snow storm at
Nalentia the telegraph lines to the eastward are
working slowly and with difficulty.
In the COrtes, on Friday last, Senior Rivero
said the Government was fully aware of the con-
spiracy of the Carlists.
Bavaria's Council is considering the subject Of
the dethrOnement Of the King.
The agrarian outrages in Ireland continue.
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MARYLAND LReIsLArURR.-In the MARYLAND
Senate on Saturday, the House bin Furnishing
the ofiicers Of any vessel for emptying any bal,
last, ashes, filth: earth, soil, oysters or oyster
shells In the Chesapeake Bay, above Sandy
ryland, under 9 penalty Of si50 for each ofense,
was passed. The House resolutions rejsctinr
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution
time. In the House OF Delegates, the resointion
fnstructing the Comptroller Of the Treasurv to
receive gold only from the Baltimore and Ohio
haiiroad Company In payment Of the six ner
cent. guaranteed dividend, was postponed unfij
Thursday. A largo number Of bills were read
the second time, among others the one author
izing the city of Baltimore to issue % I'm nm
bonds for the Improvement Of Jones, Eaiis
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HE TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.-The work OF
the Tennessee Constitutional Convention thus
Tar Is, in brief:-Giving the Governor a limited
veto power; restricting the sessions Of the Leg
isature to seventy-five DAYS for regular sessions
AID twenty days for called session, prohibiting
the state from loaning its credits or issuing It's
bonds in aid of railroads and such like i'm
provements; changing tie number of supreme
judges from three 70 five; making all Judges
elective by the people; making universal the
before voting.
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FINANCIAL AND OOuuERCrAI.

The weekly statement of the New York asso-
eiated hanks is unfaEorable, In showing loss In
lesal tenders and specie and q falling on In de-
los,s. IL seems that the banks are beginning 20
send home the not Of the country hanks for -
demition, and the latter, having larger line OF
q 20 It's for that reason, are compelled 90 draw
krcenbacksf from New York wherewith 70 make
mp the required legal tender reserve N Is 10
b loFed that this process Of redemption viii
continue until the currency Is more evenly dis
tributed. The loss in specie is due 20 the large
customs payments during the week.
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"THE NEW ERA PRINTING AND PUBLISH
ING CoMPANY.''-Mr. Pomeroy introduced in
the Senate to-day bill, which was referred
to the District Committee, incorporating the
q" New Era Printing and Publishing Company
OF Washington" naming corporators therein
George L. Downing, Frederick G.. Barbados
and James NJ. Edmunds, the capital stock not
to be less than fifteen thousand nor to exceed
one hundred thousand dollars.
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
ENGLISH CABLE ITEMS.

ENGLISH CABLE ITEMS.
Cold weather-BOucicau Sues the
saturday Review for Libel-The Lon.
don Times Growing Over Uncle sam
The Cotton Trade, &c.
7elegrapked Exclusively to The Erenino Star.
LONDON, Feb 14.-The weather Yesterday
was cold and tempestuous. Many disasters have
been reported to shipping around the coast.
Dion Boucicault has brought an action for
libel against the proprietors of the SATURDAY
Review for the unfavorable criticism on his play
of "FormOsa," )" wherein the editor haracterized
the author as an associate OF blacklegs and
charlatans.
The Times to-day in reviewing the book on
ironclads, recently issued by the Naval Con-
structor +. j. Reed, exults in Secretary Robe
sons admission OF the absolute worthlessness of
American vessels.
The cotton mills at Preston, in Lancashire
which were compelled to stop a short time since
on account Of the depression in the cotton trade,
are resuming.
A correspondent, probably an interested one
writes to the Times to-day, attributing the cause
OF the late decline i'm cotton to the present large
supply, and adds that as spinners will cover con-
tracts at Id, slight reaction in the market has
occurred.
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Approved, February 2, $50.
fPUBLIC-NO. 121
AN ACT to establish a land district in Wyomin

AN ACT to establish a land district in Wyoming
Territory, and for other purposes.
BE i enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtires Of the United States of America in Con-
9Tess assembled, That the public lands of the
United States in the Territory of Wyoming
shall constitute land district, to be called the
district of Wyoming, the Office for which shall
be established at such place, within said dis
trict, as the President of the United States NAV
from time to time direct; and the pre-empton
laws and all other laws not locally inapplicable
are hereby extended to said Territory.
SIC. 2. And be h further enacted, That the Pres
lie Mt Of the United States be, and il hereby,
authorized to appoint, by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, a surveyor general
for Wyoming, with salary of three thousand
dollars per annum, who shall locate his office at
such place as the Secretary of the Interior shall
from time to time direct, and whose duties, pow
ers, obligations, responsibilities and allowances
for clerk hire, Office rent fuel and incidental ex
penses, shall be the same as those of the survey
or general of Colorado, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, and such instruc-
tons as he may from time to time deem advisa-
bic TO give him.
SEC. 3. And be II further enacted, That the Pres
ident be, and hereby Is, authorized to appoint
by and with the advice and consent of the SEN
ate, reg ster and receiver for said district, who
shall respectively be required to reside at the
site of said Office, and who shall have the same
powers, perform the same duties, and receive
the same compensation as are now, and may here
after be, prescribed by law for other land offices
OF the United States.
Approved, February 5, 1870.
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Insurance Case Decided.
e(eQrdphed ErcLusireIu fo The Ersninn .S,1r

BIDDEFoRD, Me-, Feb. H-An interesting in
surance case has just been decided by the low
courts Of Maine. The plaintiffs were II. w.
Loncey & Co., of Portland, whose store was in
sured by the PhPnix Insurance Company of
New York, for s., 900. The store was burned in
the great ire in 1866. The company refused
payment, on the ground that the store was situ-
ated upon leased land, and the agent of the
company omitted to state the fact in the policy.
The court decided in favor of the plaintiffs
awarding the full amount Of insurance with in
terest from 1866, and costs.
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NEW YoIK-PrRST poapu
By Baakers,' Brokers', and ComMoroial Ltnes 81
TelegrapAl
Lewis johnson & Co. quote stocks aud bonds
in home and FOREIGN markets A. fol,nMs.

4ccsTuIa-l
Lewis johnson & Co. quote stocks aud bonds
In home and foreign markets a. follows:
New YORK, Feb. l4.-First Board-U g. e.
lsel, coupon, III y; 5-3O's. 1862. coupon, III
Jos, 1854, coupon, 1i3X; 5-2D's. ISti5, coupon
ll2f; 5-0's, new, 1866. coupon, li2l; 5-2D's iss7
coupon, ll3 =; 5-20's 1885, coupon iIsk; i0-.O's
coupon, li2i Currency 6s, lilS; Canton, 5s:
Cumberland, 36; Quicksilver, i3i; Ma-iposa
10; do. pref'd. lsa; Western Union Telegraph.
80; Boston Water Power, iek; Pacific Mail,
as; New York central, So; do. 40.
scrip, 95x; Erie, c5,; Erie pref4a, AZ; Har-
lem, 1E \; do. prefd, none; Reading ssX; Mich
igan Central, l2l;k Michigan Southern, sss;
Illinois Central, lao; Cleveland and Pittsburg.
99k; Northwest, 73S; Northwest pref-d, So -;
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, 7iY; New
Jersey Central, - X; Rock Island le0s; st Paul,
,41 do. pref'd, ssx; Fort Wayne, IN; Alton
and Terre Haute, 32; do. do. pref-d. 81; Tole-
do and Wabash, +6; do. do. Pref7d, 7l2; Chi
eago and Alton, ia; Chicago and Alton prerd
ia; Ohio and Mississippi certificates. 2sS;
Adams Express, 62 Il Wells Express, I9k; Ame-
rican Express, 36A; United States Express. 50X;
Merchants Union Express, s. Market strong
Gold, 1l9H all9x.
tBy Cable.l
LONDON, Feb. II, y. m.-Consols for money
y2Ai Consos for account, 92k. Bonds-'62,
,; 65, ~ 81, So; io-4O's, S2A; Illinois, llO;
Erie, % ); Atlantic, 2sx. American securities
and stocks quiet
PARIS, p. m.-Bourse dull; Rentes, 73f. 2oc.
LIVERPOOL, IL a. m.-Cotton market opens
steBdy. Sales 10 600 bales. Middling Uplands,
nh; Middling Orleans, 1Ik.
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LANDSCAPE GARDENERS and farmers fire.
quently desire to run lines across main lines al
ready given, at the angle of sixty degrees, which
IS that of the equilatera triangle. This is neces-
sary when rows for trees or vegetables are to be
set according to the modern quincunx order. In
order to commence right, SO as to have the rows
extend accurately over the entire plot Of ground,
let one line be drawn taught between two stakes
In given direction; then stick two pins through
the line, ten feet apart, and find with the pole
point on one side Of the line exactly ten feet
from each pin. This will give the sides Of an
eQuilateral Triangle
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THE CHINESE LABoRFRs In THE SouTH-
letter has been received from Gen. j. q.
Walker announcing that he had arrived in Texas
with the go Chinese laborers lately conveyed by
him from San Francisco via the Mississippi
river. General Walker writes that the China
men are at work on the Texas Central railroad,
Lcer Calvert, Texas, where they were giving
thinks il probable that he will return TO Cali
fornia for fresh lot OF the same kind of labor
during the spring.
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PAse HIN koUED.-A scamp by the name OF
and who has been clerk In some Indian AGENCY.
West, has imposed upon the Masonic frsternify
IN AarIisonburg, Virginia. He obtained some
Warrington, b. Q. The DRAFT was sdn pTotssted and nd
tne gentleman upon whom It Was drawn fully
exposed MIN as rogue who had been discharged
rom service over twelve moths ago for his
fogueiies. he 10 about 36 years Of age, rather
spare built, 3 feet inches high, sandy hair and
Mnekers, and OF prepQsseesing appearance. The
Masonic noternity and the community gener-
ally VIII take due notice thereof and govern
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pproved, December Il, 1869.
TPUBLIC RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION disapproying of a contract
for leasing the custOm-house block in San
Francisco.
BE ii resolred By The Senate and House Of Repre-
senfotirss Of the United States Of Ameried in Con-
gress dssemJled, That the certain agreement
made the eleventh day Of February, eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, between the United
States acting by Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of
the Treasury, of the one part, and John X.
Buckbee and Henry +. Williams, OF the other
part, for the leasing Of the lot in San Francisco
California, known as the custom-hOuse block
for the period of twenty-five years, for certain
considerations therein named, be hereby disap-
proved and annulled.
Approved, December %, 1869.
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SURGEON W. s. KING, U. 5. A., has been re-
lieved from duty in the Department of the
Lakes, and ordered to report to Gen. Candy as
medical director Department of Virginia, re-
lieving Surgeon Moore.
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Nor TO BIZ DEPRIVED OF THEIR RoUNTy.-
Mr.. Gilfllan introduced in the House to-day .
joint resolution providing that any enlisted man
who has been discharged from the military ser
vice to accept an appointment in the civil ser
vice shall not by such discharge or appointment
be deprived of the additional bounty provided
for by the act Of July %, 1866.
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PERsoSAL.-Mr. and Mrs. James Geddes Day,
(nee Webster, of New York, are at the Airing
ton. Their wedding at Marshtield was entirely
private, owing to the illness of Mr.. Days father
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IPuRLIC REsOLuTIoN-N,

A RESOLUTION appointing General Thomas
Osborn a manager Of the National Asylum for
Disabled Soldiers.
Resolred BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtires Of the United States of America an Con-
gress assembled, That General Thomas Osborn,
Of Illinois, be, and he il hereby, appointed a
manager Of the National Asy lum for Disabled
Soldiers, in the place of Richard j. Oglesby,
resigned.
Approved, December Il, 1869.
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pproved, February 5, 1870.
[PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-No. IL
y RESOLUTION in relation to a site for building
for the State Department

1s
y RESOLUTION in relation to a site for building
for the State Department.
Resolred by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtires Of the United States of America in Con-
sress assembled, That the Secretary of State the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary OF
War, the Architect of the Capitol Extension,
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury De-
Iartment, and the Superintendent of Public
Buildings and Grounds, be, and they are here
by, appointed a commission to select site for
ihe erection of a building for a new State De-
partment, subject to the approval of Congress;
to cause plans to be made for the same, with an
estimate Of lthel probable cost thereof; and also
to examine as to the propriety of making some
arrangements for the War Department: Pro-
rided, That the commission should reach the
conclusion that the present site Of that depart
ment is the most suitable for the State Depart
ment, and report to Congress on the first day Of
next session.
Approved, December IA, 1860.
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvENUR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were S751 $3.50

PKRsoNAL.--Gen. George p. Thrie, U. s. A.
Delegate elect from Alaska, is at the Ebbitt
House; also, Senator F. A. Savage, of s. e.