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jackson Railroad.

WAS adopted at a meeting of the board of
directors of the New Orleans, jackson and
Great Northern Railroad held last Saturday,
calling fer an assessment of ten per cent on
each share of stock which is not paid in full,
for the purpose Of providing funds for the
necessary repairs of the road
1t was also resolved that the shares OF
stock Of the company be converted irons
shares of twenty-five dollars each into
shares Of one hundred dollars each. See
advertisement: for details.
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LOTTERIES.


nRAWING OF THE LOUISIANA
STATE LOTTERY FOR DECBMBKR ~, 1870.
CLASS 800.
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STRIKE OF ERIE BRAKEMEN
PROVISIONS PLENTIFUL AT PARIS


MOSCOW REPR'MANDED BY THE CAR
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Farmers, Mechanics. Inventors. Engineers. Cbeu
ists Manufacturers. and people OF all prOte ssion
or trades. will find the -
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FOB SALE.

ECOR SA1E.-TWO NEW AND BEAUTIFULLY
Il improved places st. Charles street, in the
sixth District of New Orleans. Prices twenty-five
and twenty five thousand dollars.
SHELBY SEYMOUR,
del6 lw No. % (.arOndelct street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-20

following decision:
Barnett & Faley, Executors, vs.. Home
Insurance of New OrIeans.--After n cai etul
review of the testimony i'll this case | am
convinced that, on the whole, il shows u
Noncompliance with the condition prece-
dent and warranty of sea-WOrthincSI. The
insurance was procured for sea voyages
between New Orleans and the coast OF
Texas but the Selma, the vessel insured,
was u fresh water boat.
She was built for service on inland waters.
and though - portion of her guard: were
removed to diminish the danger they would
cause at sea, yet enough was retained to
leave the sea perils materially greater rhan
they are i'll seaworthy steamers. am salts
fed that her hull was unsUund; and that i'll
several respects her form and build Were
not such as to make her fit to resist the
dinary periis of the SEA. Indeed, the use
oi her for the Texas trade was a makeshiit,
and i'll consequence OF her iInperfec;ions
gave rise to greater dangers than those III
CURED by ordinary seagoing vessels; and
the insured could not impose such unusual
risk upon underwriters.
In such u case a special notice and express
contract.was the only way Cf binding the
underwriters. 1t il no answer To say the
weather is usually calm and fair during the
months the policy embraces, for there lis
nothing to show that the underwriters ever
waived the conditions precedent of the
ability Of the ship to resist the ordinary
perils of the sea, nr joined in the venture
some spirit of the assured. Indeed there is
ground for believing that the weather that
cansed the wreck of the vessel was not ex-
traordinary.
Besides this, the master appointed by the
assured was not Il seaman. He had served
NO apprenticeship as such, nor had he
acquired by study or even practical eX-
peIience the knowledge necessary 10 d sea-
going captain. He was no doubt an ex-
cellent first mate captain, but his ability in
this respect does not answer several i'm
p"rtant eXigencies OF the navigation of the
sea.
1t is made clear that if for instance the
Selma had been driven by the winds be-
roundings, be would have been utterly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

The case Of the state of Maryland vs.. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which was set
for trial yesterday in the Superior Court in
Baltimore, was postponed until Thursday next,
IN consequence of the absence, on account OF
Illness, OF Hon. Reverdy johnson, one of tho
counsel for the defence. The suit. a. stated in
TIE STAR heretofore, involves a claim of
10000, alleged to be due the State for one
fifth OF the receipts from passengers on the
Washington Branch Road. The company it
viii be remembered claims, under a decision
Of the Supreme Court OF the United States that
the imposition OF the tax il Contrary to the laws
Of the United States, but at the same time col
leets the tax and retains its proceeds; in other
wsr6s. passengers using the Washington
Branch. are still required BY tie Railroad COM
psny to pay the State tax. but the company at
the same time withhold the money received
from the State Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29
bigger Indian Enterpa ise.

II tie face Of the Official prob bition by the
Pawn. Commissioners, the street railroad com
Iany continue TO relay their tracks with the
vretched cobblestone. And they have increased
their force. To-day they have tI-o wheelbarrows
at work, and six men sGuatted on their hams
po,teriDg away at the business OF replacing the
old worn pebbles. One squad of three with a
vheeibarrow is engaged near Second street, and
another ditto between Twelfth and Thirteenth
steets. at the rate they are progressing the
work will be completed, possibly, in ISL. And
this railroad company who are thus "improv-
ing the main street of the capital of the nation
after a style that would disgrace a band of
Digger Indians, are great wealthy corporation
who have melted already, from this railroad
franchise, in the way OF dividends, more than
double the whole amount paid in to build the
road. and who own real estate here more than
suf5c lent to pay Of their bonded debt.
At the same time that they refuse to con.
tribute their share for the improvement of Penn
sylvania avenue they have, by some hocus po-
Gus, succeed led in getting the corporation to
shoulder the whole expense Of cutting down the
grade on 18th street, which enures wholly to the
benefit of the railroad company, and by which
they will be savedthe heavy expense of hill horses
and hill-horse boys at that point. They will
save by this single operation more than the in
teTest on the money required TO pave their Ave
nue. tracks properly. And yet they are putting
OF poor face, and declaring that they cannot
afford the expense OF paving their tracks to cor
respond with the rest of the Avenue. 1t really
seems as if the Corporation, the Avenue business
men, the travelling public, and the community
at large, were TO be alike taxed, bled, and vic
tinised for the benefit Of these gentlemen of
Chatham street, who control the Washington
AID Georgetown railroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

Both the President and Secretary Robson,
IL conversation with members who have already
arrived, are exceeding urgent in the expression
Of tbeir desire for the repeal o. modification of
OR navigation laws. The Presidents message
and the Secretary's report will be thoroughly in
accord on this subject, and will point out as
fcTcbly as possible the policy, if not the neces-
city, Of increasing our commercial marine by
giving our shipping interests an opportunity to
take advantage Of present and prospective
troubles in Europe, to regain their lost prestige
On the ocean. 1t is evident, in fact, tha. this
natter viii be urged As one OF the prominent
features of the policy OF the administration
during the coming session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

SrrEHFICIAL SYSTEM or EDUCATIoS.-Gen.
Scbriser, Inspector of the United States Mill
taIy Academy, in his annual report says that
the results Of the late examination have, with
greater force than ever before, directed the
attention OF the Academic authorities to the
utterly superficial system of education seemingly
PREVALENT throughout the country, and adds:
SIT Is no longer unusual or surprising to Ind
candidates, rejected at West Point for deficiency
in the primary branches of a common school
education, possessed OF diplomas from reputable
seats OF learning, attestirg their proficiency in
maDy kinds Of knowledge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

A PARTY OF OSE.-"Msck' of the Chicago
fesEoiicGE, says Of the revenue reform party
AID its inventor, Mr.. Horace White, editor OF
the Chicago TriBuns-
..When people speak OF the new "revcnue
reform party they mean a party by the name
o. White ut will meet in Washington at an
eaTly day for consultation'-so the telegraph
says- From which We understand that MIR
Horace White Is TO undergo a sOliloguy in one
sOOE.''
This would seem TO be the "ITtits Mans
Party we read about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

Tie jam OF advertisements to day is almost
beyond our ability TO manage, but they will be
found to be of a class a1ording very interesting
reading. We must impress upon advertisers
tie necessity for sending in their advertisements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

Tie printed rumor that Prussia is endeayor-
ing TO purchase San Domingo Is OF cially denied
a. tie North German Legation here, and it is
asceTtained from a reliable source that our
Administration will renew its efforts, during
the coming session, to secure the island, by
sending to the Senate a new treaty, modified
from the one rejected last spring, so "a to meet
and obviate some of the objections III ged against
the latter. As for Prussia, she has probably As
much real estate on her hand, just now as she
Can well manage.
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PERSONAL.

DERSOhAb Strangers aud citizens VIII ga
FILES 81 Psrers from every stste. which car be-
= ~ for ne 81. all sum ni sL. .-s. NATTDSaL
NknS hEPOT, 25s Peuns avenue, betw@sa "a
"n' ~ - nB13 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

The authorities Of Boston have very sensibly
Tut stop to the pedestrian folly Of the Weston
stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

IL the writer Of the communication signed
Il" New York" will furnish us with his real name.
and come evidence in support Of his allie cations,
We may be able TO make use OF his article.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

EQk kENT-A desirable and co1modious
HOUSE. With Gil the modern improvement,
situated on the corner Of rth and G streets FOR
terms and particulars inquire ct lsT Pennsyiyapis
Senue' ocSl-d
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a,'Uh SALh-A new nr-t- class DUJ ILL not 81
situated on street, between 18th and J3tb'
south side; three stories, Man Gard roof, press 4
btiCk, with brown stone trimmings. and eircuI,r
heads; gas. hot aud cold water and speak, tuha.
throughout the house. cooking rar ge, furnace anS
stationery wash tubs; side cd back trance thirty
foot paw ed alley in Of house. fruit in yard An
ply 10 1909 PeEnsylyans avenue bet y cen ltb 40
nth streets. Will he rented for i5) per month TO
coed tenant. nos, =.
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DIANOs AND CABINET ORGANS.

CILAOI GIBSON, so south CAY street. B.iti.
N more, Nd, importers Of ell grades Of Hsvsns
Olive OILS. He Dealers In old and strictly unsiui
terased Bye Whistles. oc -eo7m
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wAsBIreroS An,nz. s.h ,S-o
NATTANs- CRYSTAL D,scovrpv

gists ~ ard Wsisb, 10Th street and Penp1 ava
ana Eth sn1 streets; I. Calvert Ford, llO5 Pa
aNenne; CErIsilaDi Bros, 9Th and NJ streets W .
X. A. Bacon a. aud streets, Island: J D. O-Don.
neii, Sih street. NAVY Yard; G. W. CropIpy, ITO
BrIoee street 6eorgeown, and at the DsPot. I'd and
trial. n,Sa -
%ATTESTION, SIR KNIGHTS Tn msgn
~ bers OF RED CROSS CONGUAvE, No 3;
A. are requested to be pune tual in their a. ten
Ganee 81 kspGtas + all. 5ih street s. E.,oa TUES
Tor installation IF officers
By order OF the Sir Knights Commander:
II. +. CATTELL, Recorder. no5ya-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-29

nOUBLE ADD SINGLE BARBEL 0UNB q
u great bargains, q PRINCE . Loon once 1olss
rsoms, zoos PsnnsyivAaia avenue. acye-0
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AND n ARMLEss.As WAITE
be iollowing letters speak ION themselre.

The following letters speak for themselves.
=, nv. Ay;spz NdiianS Dear Sir After h W. YER
hrrsnSh ana impartial trial of your CRYSTAL Dis
its very great superiority over any other atticis
nov "a ne Tor the purpose designed-the speedy res
one Gsins IL according to directions can fail, am
eenSnee to attain this much desired result to per
entire cleanliness sords new opporsnniy s 10 tbs he
vast numbers utterly disguised with the poisonou,
personal acqusintances Who use yonr o. %
Min equal success. cordially recommend crystal
ths Snd Y al Pc. son, aeslrins to use anything of
P. DOYLE, 1o1 street, NV.
"a, Ar'hnT Nartans-Dear Sir: II Affords me pleas.
With perfect success Having tried many otSers.
md yours ,uperi to any have heretofore u sd,
moter Of the growth Il the Iair and bs fes sp H,G
f SsiGns s rsstsTPs il TO- its original color
stisss. between i ii and i sss, S.w.
81 NrcHoL.s HorzL. NEw YoRK. Aug 50. 1870
your CRYSTAL Discover for the Hxr v Wh;es
DSagat N your city some time SINCE has given entir.
rs, to hair m .Ss.
the Of hssd whs1s mi.
predict its entire success inclosed nd ~. dollar,
Tor halt dozen bottles for some Of my friends
S Ps,'s send Immediately BY END
-. WAShicGTOS, August Sth, 1870.
M. ArtAT Na'i1aS-Dear Sir: 1 do not hes! t;,ts
TO say that your Crystal Discovery deserves to su-
pefcede al other preparations claiming 70 restore
the grosth and color of the hair. have ,ei il a
week nov ana nv hair has already resumed its nat
urai shs =, and has ceased falling almost entfra!y
icheerfuiy recommend it. respectfully.
MRS. ANNIE MOURAlN.
~ ALEHANbRIA, Va, September 10th, 1870
i, NJ A. hSr'ans-sir have great pleasure
Lover do I'LL t6s Hair back hair Is remarkably
being hereditary IL eight DAYS il resumed ia mai.
m, Color, chestnut brown, coioring ev sry hair
Ike your preparation for its purity, oeasant oior
and .freedom from all mineral and poisonous sub
siarces, "a well az its other exceiiencia, I Will
recommend Al to my ACC uainta nces
Very respectfully, MISS l..
NATTANS CRYSTAL DISCOVERY
Is Tor sal in arou, BY the following Drug
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-10

they would not blame me. II is little
hard, after l have spent all these years
in building up good name, to have it ell
knocked in the head by this shabby
adventurer. Now, what he called
hideous revel,' and feast of devils,
and all sorts of vile and wicked names,
was nothing in the world, l give you my
sacred honor, but simple barbecue
seventeen old crippled natives, no ac-
count under the sun, just an expense to
the community, and l fricassed them just
to give O little treat to some visiting town
chiefs (aldermen you call them in your
country. who we're here for day or two
from Fejee Island. Feast of devils, in
deed-msde of dried and skinny old rap
scallions, that the island is thousand
times better off without, and l am sure it
was honorable in US to be hospitabls to
those strangers. Though, between you
and me, it was an awful swindle on them
though, oh, don't mention itl-more
cholera morbus and indigestion and gen.
eral suffering among those chiefs--you
never saw the like of it in your life |
Now, Twain, you see how much truth
there was in Williams statement-all
that row about nothing. You can set
this thing right in your country-you can
do it essy-simply, just explain the facts
and anything | can do for you I'll do
it-you can depend on me. Send me q
copy of your weekly. Ican'tread it, but
little literature cant hurt man any
how. Caesars ghost
"Oh, heaven what is the matter,
your gracious majesty ?"
"Oh, misery oh, murder oh, des-
perationl" %
"Oh, vhat is it, your imperial ma.
jestyl / beseech you ?"
He had eprung to his feet, and his
fixed eyes were staring wildly Of the fried
meat before him.
"Oh, my brain reels This hair a
Frenchmsn's hair2 There must be
some mistakel A horrid suspicion bursts
upon me All, what is this see ?-this
thing-this accusing mark A strap
berry on the left armi-it is, it is my
long lost brother II
Alas, it was even 80. 1t was his long
lost brother-what was left of him. Poor,
poor fellew, he was only fit to be shov-
elled into basket and given to the poor,
now. The King fell to the floor insensi-
BILE. He grew worse and worse, and the
next day his removal to the country was
ordered. Many sympathizing relatives
and friends followed the pslsnquin and
did what they could to alleviate the
snfferings of their unhappy sovereign.
1t turned out afterward that the sweet
heart of the Frenchmsn had made sur
reptitious exchange of marketing in the
Kings kitchen before daylight on that
fatal day. She had bought the Kings
brother from q wandering tribe that be-
longed in the great wilderness at the
other end of the island. She bought him
to make that exchange, though
of course she did not know who he was.
The girl and the Frenchman escaped
from the island in a canoe that very
night, and were happily married, or
don't know which. / would
have liked to taste that Frenchman.
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Booths New Hamlet.

"Goth," the New York correspondent
of the Boston Courier, thus discourses of
Edwin Booths "rsconstructed " " Ham
let:
Those who had not then seen Fechter
in the character, and who derived their
impressions from the criticisms and de-
scriptions in the London journals, pro-
nounced this second "Hamlet" Fech-
ter's. But Mr.. Fechter told friend of
mine, not long ago, that Mr.. Booth never
saw him play Hamlet" for the simple
reason that he did not once appear in the
part when Mr.. Booth was in London
though he did see him in other plays
and this quite authoritstively disproyes
that Booth has copied Fechter. AS for
Fechter, be knew so little of Booth as
an actor, that, with the undisguised plea
sure be expressed at witnessing his
T" Hamlet" the other night, he expressed
also his surprise that Booth was not the
"ranter" he had heard he was. Where
in the world he could have heard that, is
a wonder indeed. Rsnting is the last and
least sin that can be laid at Edwin Booths
door.
Now. if the new "Hsmlet" were the
one so familiarly and so favorably known
in Boston, / should not need to write
word about it, but it is emphatically new,
and more strange 10 US, as it will be to
YOU, when you see it next spring or sum
mer. 1t is in all scenes much more
Booths Hamlet than it is Shak-
speares. Much, very much, OF the action
and business, new in Mr.. Booth, is tradi-
tional aud conventional, and has been
since Garrick played the part in knee
breeches and a cooked hat. Booth takes
a new departure In costnming in purple
tights aud purple trimmed black broad
cloth, instead of velvet, which he dis
covers was not known in the days of the
original Prince of Denmark. On the
platform and in the graveyard our new
Hamlet" wears a splendid cloak and
oap of fur, which the gossipper OF the
Esfnino Post suggests may be realistic
for HamIet's" "Sables." So, too, the new
.aHamletp gives us few decidedly new
reao;; ;;ugs, ons Of shich ,iis:, What
n;ece o.s work is q man, when to say,
aWhst p,;scs Of work is tee gardih
Giant" would be scarcely wider depar,
ture from Shakspeara's text, and would
hardly CRATE more harshly on Shskspes'
rean ears. But / would not sharply
criticise the new performance. As O
WheIe. it is exceedingly 6ne; the cos
TIMES of all the characters, though
strange, are splendid; the scenery, the
snt;.. = setting of the stage and all the
snno;rtrcnts and accessories are sump-
,nons beycnd description. As mere
spectacle, ncshing SO splendi6 mas ever
been set or sees on the New York stage;
OF course, this reYiysl is a great and
meritsd success, and csptinues to attract
cultivated and delighted aqdiences all
winter, in spite of the entirely ineAcient
support which Mr.. Booth receives from
some Of his subordinates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-10

The Prtuce-The BOyai IOutH on the
Avenue-He Visits stewart's-Dis-
graceful Conduct of our Ladies-A
Grand Charge of Females-The
Prince mt the opera.
From the New York Star, 3d.
The wonderful energy and extraordi-
nary power of endurance that for GEN.
turies has been characteristic trait OF
English aristocrscy, was yesterday made
manifest by Prince Arthur. Few men
there are who, after enduring for whole
night the tiresome ordeal which thirty
six frst.class toadies subjected him to,
could yesterday morning, at an early
hour, 90 through the motions of break
fast, and in a few minutes thereafter
brave the vulgar gaze of such mixed
populace as at that hour is
to be met with on Broadway. His High
ness, however, proved equal to the task,
and before 10 o'clock grsced our grand
business thoroughfare with his genial
presence, submitting with admirable
grace and a patience which only good
breeding could instil into his youthful
mind, the rude jostling of bank clerks
and commercial cashiers, who were ss
ignorant of the condescsnsion due to bis
rank as though they had bsen brought up
in a Newcastle coal pit. But Arthur
bore their ignorance goed-naturedly,
wisely considering the time, place, and
circumstances. He made his way to
stevsrts With no more serious damage
than the dissgreeable odor WHICH too
close contact with the base sort always
imparts, With q keen appreciation,
however, of Mr.. Stewards own exclusive
and highly sensitive ideas on this point,
before entering the arist0crAtic precincts
o,s the great dry-goods dealer, he pro-
cured at q drug store, en- pdssant, a bot
lie Of "Night-Blooming Cereus," and
disipfected bis roysl lregence, so that
sven the sensitive nasal organ of A. J..
s failed to detect any unpleasant conse-
ouences. He was again put through q
course of dry-goods, and had to endure
In addition ths garrplity WHICH age and
trading instincts has made one Of l.: I.
S's feibles. he had to inspect both Of
the great mans palaces" and not even
content with this indiction. he was fur
ther submitted to the ordeal Of private
view Of his Fifth avenue residence, where
be had to partske Of lunch.
DIsGRAcKFUL SCENES.
On his srrigsl in SieVsrts store it was
crowded With ladies', Most Of theni oa
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Prince Narixkine has renouuced his
collection Of pictures, perhaps the most
valuahlc, at least, that has ever been pos
sessed by pne person, and presented them
10 he Emperor Of Russia. The collec-
t;on IL 80 remarkable that We annex an
extract with the approximate value Of
each nioture: A Robert de Hooge, value
S3I,d0O. the portrait Of Senator hutfsl,
Nv Albert Dnrer, $4,000; The Hay
Harvest" By Wouverman, $iz,OSei por-
trait Of 40 old woman, By Rembrandt,
SIl. 900; four negro heads, BY kqbeus,
5000: "The Eishefwoman, By Gerard
Dow, $i0, 600. fhs long catalogue is
filed up with productions from the
brushes Of artists such as TeSisrs, baiily,
TroyoD, Brsscussat Bellapge, issoey,
Deschamps a5d Rousseau.