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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

SNlTH THE CoLoEED CATEEER AND Poti
TIClAN or BOsroN, t. a very aue specimen OF
the better type OF has rsce. with Moorish rather
than negro featureS-straighth hair, which was
blue black until age wlitencd h. he b. sun real
ly handsome man, even iu conn arson with
his Caucasian associates. His face and hgure
are among the most familiar I'm Boston. where
he has catered for two generations Of d.stiu-
guiShed people in public and ia private. Ne has
never his eqnal here for excellence 10 this line,
ano, in view OF the very large business that Dc
has Gone, he should be a rich man. and pre-
sumo Is very comfortably on Ia worldly matters.
He has always been respected. Ihaye seen hifa
invited by a company Of cult. waited Gentlemen
70 leave his kitchen. where he Wa cooking in
petsOn as be l. IN the hAbIt OF doing ON extra
ordinary occssions,1 % take g'ss OF wine
snd SIT NJ the board with them. ON an occasion
Of THE character, 1 once heard him relate an
incident Of his early life. Some thirty wears
ago, Wien a spruce young fellow, be dressed
himself In immaculate white" from t0p % toe,
on lth OF July morning, never feeling proudcr
In bis life, g. be said, and started 90 20 toward
the center OF tie city, On the way. he had 0c-
casion 20 pass 4 white man wa.liug OF the side
walk with a long handled brush. The fellow
could not bear 10 see a dairy 20 smartly at
tired, and, moved by the mean maieYOIeuce -
race so common IN those days amyag Certain
class, he took his brush, souscd ID th.,u ii, h,
tie dirty water and then Stuck Mr. Srifl s91iare
onthe bre sst with II, hCsistferin him com lefg-
" every portion OF his front. Nj. smith said he
thought he must whip lin or die blit hs was M
eNpecteuiy spared That hs Ear dOus eratGcati0n.
Another white man, Of a different tyUe ha8
been Passing aud had seen the whole irsussr-
uOn' he stepped instantly between the parties
stop. said he 70 Mr.. Smith; 81 want 10 rirlt
that fellow! Non can't DO % ON fair terms. IA
black man undertakes % whip a white one
TIT re vi lie crowd around Ina five minutes thu
VII perhaps take has lie. Bnt they won't in
telfere With me, and want 20 lick that scam,
dresdfuIly, too So Mr.. Smith stood aside. aD'i
The stranger took of bis coat and went in. He
thIashed the sounded until he roared FOR
mercy, and nobody moleEted him iu me scf
MI smith did not tell Us who the man was. hut
he cCnciudedhl s remarks by saying that be bad
reFer seen day since that be would not have
died for him, and Few who realize the service
rendered viii be inclined % doubt It-TsM,l,-
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Wall Sfron, To dnr

NV YORK, December l. The COLI market ~
dali, al sales having been ~ los az. On goli
lolus the sa'ss have been a. gold iseg AMMAN.
and i-g2 lCr dsy Ter carving Money - scccs-
be st1o o. cal icons and ~ 20 f3 GA prime
herewith paper. TIE Sew York faaks have
NV f6 e,S,Co -csi tender notes. ~ e.a 900 more
han ~HtHrdsv. Ensrrnwe rt bonds sre higher
Tan SATURDAY. bur tlU market g. very quiet
Solihctn state h'asls 80 tar beard wrre naui-
q. The sJosk market, ga q very sfrsi yolgma
81 Lu.- nes.. has. ID ~ L-I-u. L..u D. aNN.
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RELIEF FOR THE Poor OF NEW YoRK.-At
meeting of representatives of the various re-
igious and charitable societies throughout New
York city Saturday night 1t was resolved to es-
tablish q central bureau, where information
can be received and given to the poor As to the
place where relief might be administered to
them during the coming winter; also, that the
commissioners of emigration and charities and
corrections be requested to cooperate. A COM
mlttee was appointed to take the matter in
band at once and complete the arrangements
necessary.
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The virginius shII AHoat last Thurs

PHILADELPHIA, December THE steamer
Juniata, from Havana; reports the Nrginius
stiIl afloat when she left Havana on Thursday
last. All vessels arriving at Havana have had
full caIgoes OF -four, and nfty thousand barrels
were ordered from New Orleans.
THEY WON'T GIVE Up THE SHIP.
NEW YORK, December LA Cronistd, the
Spanish organ here, is confident the Spa
Cubans will disregard Castelar's - --.. .sa
are not such crayens as to sTx,,,,ao. &C.
giDius. 20 Vir-
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ANoTHER CONVICTION IN THE LITTLE MUIR
DIR CAsE.-At Winchester, Va, Oscar p.
Little, tried for the murder of his brother,
CLIFTON Little, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by the Jury who sat in his
case. The evidence was principally circum-
stantial, and throughout great interest has been
manifested in the trial. Previously Lycurgus
Little, another brother, for the same murder
was found guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to fourteen years in the
penitentiaTy.
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New York Notes.

TIE sEow STORM.
NkM YORK, December LA snow storm set
IN at a. m.
THE UNION TRUST COMPANY
has commenced paying ITS depositors in full.
THE NKw YORK hanks
hold $50, 9S5, 900 legal tender notes. or SOS eco
more th an on Saturday.
RuNoRs OF TwKED's SUDDEN DEATH.
There IL q rumor in the new court house
which needs confirmation, that VIM. NJ. Tweed
dropped dead this morning while leaving his
cell.
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agJapan has stsrtedi polYtechnic .choO,

ArJapan has stsrtedl polytechnic school
with class Of 3 900 pupils.
ga Pennsylvania Amazon wants 10 yres.le
with somebody for the championship Of the
state.
go Maine paper alludes to Gen. Washing
of the republic"
GThe Chicago Evening Post says that house
panic.
Fer the first time since the war, fashiona-
BILE ladies now wear cleaned kid gloves, one of
the results of the panic.
~ Silver fox is the most delicate and expen-
siye fur worn by fashionable ladies. A mnff
and boa alone cost 500.
The colored citizens OF st. Louis have held
a mass meeting and adopted a memorial re-
questiDg Congress to pass Senator Summers
civil rights bill.
- The Massachusetts democratic state COM
mlttee are reported to favor radical opposition
70 the prohibitory liquor Law. They propose
70 class all liquors alike, and will not allow
fsvoIs TO lager beer that are not extended 20
whisky.
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HANGED FOR KILLING THE WRONG MAN
Parties who arrived from Cusetta, Cbattatoo-
chez county, on the 2lst ult., report the hang
ing at that place of Hudson Ralford, a cOlored
man, who killed Mr.. Frank Galloway. He wa,
sentenced at the last term of the superior court
and il the only person executed in this circuit
since Judge johnson presided. The evidence
showed he was very mad with another negro.
that he had got gun, fred over 4 fence anC
killed MIR. Galloway. The negro he wanted to
kill had just gone into his cabin. After the
jury had brought in a verdict OF guilty the
condemned man kneit in the court room and
begged for mercy, saying tn he was mad with
the negro, but had nothing against Mr.. Gallo
way, and did not mean TO XIII him. After he
had pronounced the death sentence. Judge
johnson wrote to Gov. Smith. asking that the
sentence be committed to imprisonment for life.
The governor declined, and yesterday thesxe-
cuti0n took place according to law. Present at
the execution were thousands of people. We
are informed the criminal made about the same
statement as before the court. He had murder
in his heart, and meant TO kill the negro and
not Mr.. Gallow ay.- Columbus { Ca Sun,
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RAILROAD WAR IN WASHINGTON TERRIFIC
RY.-One hundred men who were recently dis
TencO and Tacoma, Washington territory, with
cut being paid have armed themselves and
notified the Workm that no more work can be
done until their claims are settled. II isTepOrted
that the men are doing considerable damage 10
the road by filling in cuts. Track laying has
been SUSPENDED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

COLONEL THOMAS A. SCoTT PROBABLY ALL
RIeBT.-COl. Thomas a. Scott, vice-presdeut
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company aud
president Of the Texas P6cifc Railway Com
paDy, is in town. He told your correspondent
that he is making arrangements with his credi-
tors to extend the Texas Pacific paper now due
for periods ranging foom six months to two
years, be increasing the security upon the
paper that bears bis Endorsement. He saws a
number of the largest creditors have already
agreed TO his offer, aud he feels sure that he
will come out all right. The company is said TO
have expended already 81 100000 for work
materials and rolling stock, and to have 800
miles of road in operation on the Texas end
and l40 miles more graded ready for the rails
and TO intend TO push on TO the Pacific as soon
as the financial excitement subsidies. He SAVE
none of Mr.. j. Edgar Thompson's Inducements
are due till Decent Der, and that he is abundant
ly able TO meet all demands on him in cash.
Wash. Cor ". I. Journal Of COMMERCE
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Foreign Notes.


Az OCEAN - a. Nkk nirARLEn
LoNpce. Zee The mails ana rassrnrers
OF TIE a umshiP CITY of Chester. witch re-
tuned % l. " rpOol dsaSled hy The loss OF one OF
t. blades - her screw, were trans erred 10 the
81 snlsiip CitT II BrussC ., which sailed Csom
L'vefIco, tos Queenstown az midnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

A SCHOOL BOY MCRDBR.-k scholar in one OF
the public schools Of Macon. Ca. killed a PLAY
mate at noon recess on the 2ist inst. II seenns
that John Wall and Thomas Howard in COM
pany with other lads, were engaged ia a gams
OF ball, when they had 4 dispute over the game
then a scUiile, and, finally. both grew angry AM
s-dgbt eDsued. Howard struck Wall with
brick bat, and the latter drew knife and in
nlcted three wounds upon Howard. There was
slight wound in the neck. In his back on the
Aeit OF the spine, was another wound which pen-
eirated to the cavity. producing hemOrrhage.
Ans was mortal wound. The third wounh
was IN the left thigh, q few inches below the
groin, which penetrated to AMI severed the
the wound which was the Immediate cause OF
TIE death OF tue lad. Howard, after being cut
climbed up the emhankmeBt, aud walked some
twenty feet toward the schOOl-house, when he
sank TO The ground, and told his play mates 20
run Tor doctor. These were the last words he
spoke, as he expired in few minutes. probably
niles than i've minutes after the cutting was
dore. The bleCdIng,frOm this wound in the
thigh was most prOfuse, and by it the boy could
lie distinctly tracked from the place where
the cutting was done 70 where be expired.
AS soon as the cutting was over Wall dissp-
reaIe1 fI0m the ground, and has not been seen
since. 1t is supposed he went 70 his home,
which is about two and a half miles in the cOun-
try, near the Jones County line. Howard was
Lao about sixteen years old, and lived IN East
Macon with his mother, who IL a widow. Wall
is about the same age OF Howard. He Is a eop
OF Mr.. Brad. Wal, who Is dead, and a grandson
OF Mr.. John Low, one OF the most Respectable
citizen Of the county. lie had been in the school
bot a short time, and was regarded as a unite
and peaceable lad.
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Priest Accidentally KILLED

Loy KFoNr. y. y. Dr-emb.r T.-Eey. Mr.
N ulhOiisnd, OF he Roman Catholic Dhur.h,
Of this city, fell down stairs last uiEht aud
killed himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

A DARING ROBBERY IN PHILADxLpHrA.-A
house on Morris street, Philadelphia, occupied
by Mrs. Vigors, was entered by burglars on
Saturday night. rs.Yigors was tied hand and
foot and gagged, and the house robbed Of $780,
Her husband, Capt. Vigors, had lately gone to
house. The money had been secreted in a stove
pipe hole in the chimney When released Mrs
Nigors was delrious, but described the robbery
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The L. n steamer Gen. sherman stiII
at A~ninMalt.

AsFiNwA-t. November - -rhe Sfeamar
q neral sherman be- siil ttb'~ port il ca riga
- the mldshipm-n sud crew, from tha lait5d
States steamer Wyoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A MARY
LAND SHKRIFF.-Last week an attempt was
made to assaseinate Sheriff Gross, of Cumbe-'
land, Nd. The Cumberland Daily News xars
the sheriff was sitting asleep at one of the un1sr
room windows of his dwelling adjoi; aii,of ne
jail, the shade Of the window pardy drawn.
out the street lamp, fred pistol at the slseper
who could not have been Recognized from hi
position. The pistol bullet, No. 40 size, pene-
entered the ceiling about the middle of The
room; No clue to the perpetrator Of the out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

THE BONBAEDMENT OF CARTAGENA.-The
bonhardment Of Cartegena, was continued on
Saturday. There is great distress among the
non CON batants, who have taken refuge in the
suburbs of POrman and EscombreTas. The
city is filled with wounded. Seventeen houses
and the principal hospital have been de-
stroyed. The government fleet remains mac
tive OF tside the harbor,
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Funeral ct Ex-senator Yates.

CHtCaeo, Move ubeT The funeral OF eX-
;, uatoT NHics took lace Ia lackslnyill ycstcr-
day srd Drew tCEt Their the largest Cnucourse OF
percns hat ever attended a f1nerd In that
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

IHE FUNCTIONS OF MODERN ART-Scrlp-
tuIe bfiBEs US nearer 70 the Greek than a+.y
other branch OF art. There Is no language 70
Translate, no lost color 20 revive no past lie =,
REPRODUCE. The aim is the same: 20 represent
~ the same material the idealize human body
But the manner Of c0nceiying the ideal Is AMI
must be different What modern statue Affects
Us IN the same manner as the Athiereof The Val-
lcsn OF the BarbCTim Fam, not 20 speak OF such
divine works as the Venus of Milo, or the The
sens As well might we compare a modern
Gothic church with Westminster abbey, A.
IECTwaldsen's lovely Gannymede with a statue
from the PsrthenOn. Sculpture was the DON'T
nani art in Greek times. a. music Is In our own
sge. Our art must have more nobility than
theirs. II may he right even 20 abstain from
sculpture altogether; but, ii not. then the true
is 10 co Tor this age what DOusielio aud Michacl
&c. lFturCS OF the Lsurentisn Chapel are worthy
20 lie ranked with the greatest Greek art. Rut
th5N are pure Renaissance work. That j. to say,
they are 10y the hand OF master whom deem
Know ledge Of Greek art did not prevent from
working The fun spirit OF Italian sansiment
~ c WOTd Renaissance, indeed Is sleading
lie new ait was born Of the marriage Of tie
antique aui NADIA Tal not the antique itself
reborn. Living art can never work b. the rules
o. former century iOT II can never know the
X init OF which those rules were the necessary
result. To live, il must represent the idea OF it,
own age, o. the aEcients represented the ideas
Of their age and il il aims merely at REPRODUCE
ton i must fail for want o. reality, which is
based on experience slone.-For'gjgiHy Rsriclc.
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Change OF President OF the Paciaeuatt


Nav NeFK. December Captain Brad
bury. now I'm california, has resigned the office
Conn any, and Russell Sage has been elected -
NJ The Vacancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

VHE SECESSION OF BISHOP CUNMISs from
the Protestant Episcopal Church is deemsd ~
present SO serious an emergency that a meeting
OF number of the bishops of that church has
been called in New York TO consider the mat
ter The deliberations of the meeting were con-
dueteo In profound secrecy, and whatever re-
suit may have been arrived at has so far been
kept quiet; bot it is understood that the 1yelatec
summoned to the conference by Bishop Smith,
OF Kentucky, the presiding bishop by right Of
seniority of office, were Bishop Potter Of New
York, Bishop Littlejohns of Long Island Bishop
Odenheimer, Of New Jersey. Bishop
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and one other
The main question to be brought up was that
of the formal disposition Of Bishop Cummins
who, until such action is taken, is Dr. j,trs
bishop still, and qualified to consecrate other
bishops. In the meantime Bishop Cummins
has addressed letter to a number of clergy
men asking them TO assemble in New York to-
morrow to organize an Episcopal church on the
basis of the Prayer Book of lIS5. The call states
that 'tthe meeting is to organize, and not to dis
cuES the eXpediency of Organizing"
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DROWNING or THREE CHILDRES.-Three
children were drowned by the sinking of the
Reading canal boat in the Delaware river, near
BoTdentown, y, j., last Thursday morning.
The boat was sunk by a collision with tow
boat. The captain and wife saved themselves,
but the children, frightened by the collision
ran back into the cabin, and could not be res
cuet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-01

MIN YORK, hurl mhfr H. A HirrW Nfrhrf0n.
aged n. and his daughter, aged =, starved %
death at Bridgeton, New Jersey
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JAr CooKK g. Co.'S BANKRUPrcY.-Tn the
Co., il was shown to-day, In the United STATE
District Court, In Bankruptcy, before Judee
Biatchford, that all the members Of the arm
except two bad been served with the order 10
show cause why the firm should not be adiudi
Gated an Involuntary bankrupt, and an e7sae
order was issued for these two menbers ana a.,
aoloarnnent taken to next saturday.-N u.
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git is charged that Miss Abby effort, who
was recently elected school commissioner in
whisky.
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ST. LOUIS, December LIT now appears that
four persons we're burned to death by the fire
at WsIrensburg. Missouri, on SATURDAY. nigbt
Several other persons were badly burned.
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In lecture delivered by Mr. Proctor of
the Royal Astronomical society Of London. Al
New Bedford, Me-, he stated distinctly his be-
lief that life exists on some of the planets. In
mars, he says, every feature with which the
earth is endowed may be discovered.
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THE AsHANTEE WAR--B4itisb Positions At
tGtFsd.-1he British force near Dunquah was
recently attacked by the Ashantees, and forty
EnSIlshmen and native auxiliaries were killed
and wounded. The Ashantees boldly attacked
the British position at Bracrampta, but were
driven off, after an hours fight, with a loss OF
thirty men. The British loss was trifing
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Bonds issued to the Pacific railroad comPa-
MES shows totals as follows Principal out
standing, sci ,623 SIP; interest accrued and not
vet raid. 81 G15, $50 so; interest paid bv the
United States, 500 Al 1866; interest repaid by
transportation of mails, &c, S4.5+5 ,453.03.
Balance of interest paid by the United States,
SIS 9G2, 53323.
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DUEL AT BERLIN.-GenerA Vanteuffel and
Count Goeber fought a duel at Berlin SATURDAY..
me anslr grew out Of s. quarrel which begun
during the late war. Count Goeber was shof i'm
the stomach and seriously wounded
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MURDRR OF AN OLD LADY.-Catharine Kro-
ell, an old lady, being in great poverty, in the
suburbs of Harrisburg, was found in her bed
Friday morning, brutality beaten about the
head. She was removed 10 the city hospital
where she died yesterday.
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Burning Of . slethodl.t On

TORONTO, December 1T Aiice-street
Primitive Methodist church. one or the oiasst
edifiees In the city, was burned TO day.
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SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. - The Knoxville
(Tenn.) Chronicle saws :-''while we still hope
an honorable, peaceful settlement OF our troubles
with ST ain probable. it is gratifying to know
who fought in the confederate army stand
ready to tender their services TO President
Grant, If necessary, to defend the honor and
protect the rights of American citizens. Not
only In Knoxville, but throughout East Ten
nessee, gentlemen prominent in the late 'uu-
plea santness' have signifed their willingness to
fight side by side with the boys who wore the
blue. One redeeming feature of such a war, If
it must come, vould he thar it would ds NM 10
than anything else could TO reunite our people
In cordial, fraternal bondsD
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CAN NATIONAL BANK BE PUT INTO
BANKRUPTCY?-The Chicago Tribune of the
sd reports the following case as pending, on
argument, in that city:-A week ago Saturday
j. Il. Smith & Co. filed petition against the
Manufacturers National Bank. to throw it into
bankruptcy, alleging that the bank was then a
debtor of the petitioners to the amount of 81 500,
on account of money deposited, which it had
failed to pay for fourteen days after request for
the same, and charging that the bank had com
mitted actsof bankruptcy in suspending pay
meet of said deposit, and also, by giving hume
rous preferential assignments to various per
sons, by turning over paper and securities in
payment of sundry creditors. The usual rule to
soOw cause was Lot Issued, but was deferred I'M
til an argument could be heard on the question
as TO whether q national bank could be put into
bankruptcy.
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The House COINITTEEs.-It is understood
that speaker Blaine viii announce the stand
ing committees Of the House Of Representatives
Thursday. Garfield will in all nroha-
bihtys get his appropriation committee sgain.
Dawes ways and means, ard Butler the Iudi-
ciaTy. IL cannot be stated certainly that Leon
ard Myers viii be placed az the head Of the for
elgn afiilrS committee. although by length OF
friends OF GOdlove uTth are backing him s.rony-
" for the place.
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DINNER TO GEN. SHERIpAN.-A compli-
nentsry dinner was given u General sheridan
at WoTmiey's on Saturday afternoon, by two OF
his compsnisns-in-arms, General Crane and
Colonel LyfOro. Among those present were
Secretary Belknap, Admiral Leroy. General
q. f. Babcock, General A. j. MyeT. Pavmaster
General WarmOugh, Admiral G. Y. p. Rodgers
Payms-ter Thornton, General William Myers
and General ). '. Brent. Subsequently, General
Sheridan took the night train for New York.