Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-03

Currency. :;..;;.......:..... s,s76,55s g
ton OF certificates Of deposit,
as provided by law............ rs $40 o0a %
slos, EOS. $40 Al
Debt, less cash in Treasury,
January j, 1St3.............. 2, 49,, 252 ,S3s l.
Debt, less cash in Treasury,
December I, 1872. 2, leo, 5ss $50 81
Increase OF debt Interest ac-
count during the past month. si.ss4 ,3o7 50
Decrease OF debt since March
lc'Z s.ss...ss............. SO5,Jl,f33 80
Decrease of debt from March I,
1863, to March 4, 1S2......-... se9s.6i9.T62 oS
The statement of bonds issued 20 Pacific rail-
road companies, interest payable In lawful
money, shows totals as follows Principal
outstanding, S6i ,623 So; interest accrued and
not yet paid, 81 ,e5s Jos. So; interest paid by
the United States. SIC $40 ,5755i interest repaid
by transportation of mails, &c, 81 ,0o6, 0O2-35,
balance of interest paid by the United States,
81, 56I, SIS 10.
SrpDRN DEATH OF YOU'VE Lazy IN
CHURCH on CHRIsTMAs.-A cad incident oc-
CURED in Christ Church, Savannah, Christmas
day. During the morning service Bishop Beck
with administered the rite OF confirmation TO
several candidates. Among these Was a young
lady OF savannah, Miss Elizabeth Spencer,
daughter OF Mr.. William III. Spencer, and or
returning 10 her pew after the ceremony, she
leaned her head forward, with her pocket hand
kerchief to her face. and fell to kneeling pos
tufe. Some friends at once went to her assist
ance, but by the time tn At the party reached
the yestibuie she was dead. The cause of her
death was heart disease. Her mother died unde-
an attack OF the came disease a few months
since.-AUgHsta tGd.l Constitutional, Dec. 3.
TIE SMALLPOX IN RIcHMoNp.-The small.
PoN panic In Richmond, Virginia, has been In
come degree allsyed by the publication Of q
caro- from the president OF the board OF health,
IN which II Is stated that the first appearance OF
the disessewas in November, and on persons
who had visited other cities where the disease
existed. 10 to the present time there has been
twenty cases reported and only two deaths. No
case has yet occurred among the colored popu-
lation, who, during last and the pre- sent year
have awaited themselves of the adyiceSof the
beard and allowed themselves to be revacci-
mated.
DECISION In TEE TWEED CAsE.-Judee In
gals, in Troy, n. Y, has rendered a decision
granting the motion to change the place OF
Tweeds trial, originally laid in Albany county.
upon the ground OF absolute right. The code
provides that when public officer II charged
with onenses committed q such OH Ger he shall
DC tried in the county in which he resides, and
Judge Ingalls, decided that Tweed was q public
ofhcer in the meaning OF the code, and that the
offenses charged against him were Committee,
II at ali, by him while acting as such public
officer. The case will come before the new
judges.
IT WAS A DrFncTIvs FLuE IN TINS CASE
The origin of the tre at the Fifth Avenue The
alter, New York, was for some time in doubt
but the generally received theory was that il
was caused by sparks from the furnace under
the left lobby, and Is declared to have been
wholly accidental, and that the spark first ate
its way into the woodwork, and, extending
auditorium, and finally the entire buiidins. II
was afterward ascertained to have been due TO
detective hue near the treasurers ofice.
SIxTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO TN MAINE.
The present long continued term OF cold
weather se. in Maine Is unprecedented in the last
forty wears A. shown by weather records at
Bangor for the last ten days, he thermometer
has ranged from three to thirty degrees below
zero zero Nex years morning IL stood AT sixteen
and the cay was warn and pleasant, but again
toward night it grew rapidly cold.
l,sSO EMIeRAsrs AT CASTLE GARpEr ON
NEW YEARS DAY.-Castle Garden presented
Yesterday an extraordinary appearance, owing
Der quite unprecedented at this Indictment sea-
son. The Germans and Italians especially are
reported as having suffered intensely through
out the voyage from the effects Of cold ana bad
treatment.-N 7. World, ID.
Seven convicts escaped from the state prison AZ
albany, n. Y, yesterday, by digging through q
wall where a shaft ran through for the purpose
believed the convicts had assistance from the
outside, as they are supposed to have been pro-
sided win ciuzeDs' clothes. The escape was
torIous Lord bond robber. Their terms OF san
tence varied from to % years.
IECENDIARIsN In yIRsINIA-Henrv Nos.
singer 6 Brothers large barn, one mile from
fincastle, Va. was fired by incendiaries De-
cemoer 3eth, and ell irely consumed, with all
their winter forage in and around il, ten good
horses, about I 200 bushels of wheat, eome bsr-
ness ana machinery, and q threshing machine
The total loss is not lese than 5000, and no in
turance. Three colored men have been ar
rested.
MAD Doc NEAR wIYcHKsrRR, VA.-Joseph
r: Funkhouser, living about eight miles from
winchester. informs us that about two weeks
ago stray dog appeared in his neighborhood
liable hounds belon eing to him, several Of which
nave developed hydrophobia others are eaid TO
De wandering through the country, biting ali
sons Winchester { Fa) Times.
s, issus N 9, srAkIsa CosvIcrs.-The
STRAITS News Of the Ath Of November Rives An
account OF An uprising of convicts In the PM
ippine Islands. who rallied 70 the cry Of 1Death
70 SPAN. serious conflict followed, in which
wounded. The rebels we're pursued TO the
mountains and forests, and Rreat number, M
them Killed, wounded and captured.
TIE MATCH sAxB OF BILLIARDS i'm Mar
~, 10TH between DAILY and Dion last evening, for
Cu8mDlO0DDiD. a
cisred 9 a on account OF . misfake in The co. ne
ana wiz be played again next Thuredsy ave-,
LHk foPE, ON receiving the Paiatine f,u.rs
I'm Ina;u sw ., .s Gay, made brief address. n.
Luong 70 the prosecutions Of the Chnrch 49,
declaring the cities Of Europe vera damon sno
peiiieus ground. 0ans On
kRePIrR.-Governor Palmer. NJ T,uno,.
Es sTH.se respite for IS daye in the case M
A. uIty, sentenced to be hanged AZ Psoris tc-
c,ns.o Ssiaornis miners are coming to the eeu-
and st,;rsns - sney re ore-werkinG thenssIvce.
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