Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-17

} b1s.nCss. together With the demand of his new
4 0rCe . l'lsi let of Columbia Commit sioner,
| he begged leave 70 decline, vhereUVon Charles
! l. Besle. of Columbia Junty, wes unanimously
! nominated.
The Contract fer stamped Envelopes.
tTATENEHT BY MR.. kEAY.
II JOBN STRELr, New York City,
| October Il, ASA
| 1t having been reTrCssnt,d to me that the
| Postmaster General is of opinion that L, "a the
! next lowest bidder. am rot entitled ID the con-
! tract for furnishing stamped envelopes uudsr
| the last advertisement, Notwithstanding the
| failure Of the PiimptOn Manufacturing Com
pany 70 perform its contract there for, and tn at
| new advertisement and letting Will be nsces-
| saTy, hereby offer 10 furnish the Post Off ce
| depe-tHent, at the price fixed by my last con-
/ tract, all the stamped envelopes and Newspaper
wrappers which my manufac'0ry can produce
during the time required by law for the adyer-
/ u ment OF another letting, and will commence
| dellFeTiDg hd envelopes to-day, if receive an
| order therefor, at the same time respectfully
protesting that am entitled TO q contract under
/ Joe last advertisement as the next lowest bid
Ger, Snd a'SO claiming tnat, Ss the PlimptOn
| Manufacturing Company has demonstrated it
| inability 10 comply with its bid, / am 'the low
est bidder according t) law, and entitled to
] ssid contract, and in submitting the above pro-
| pOSal reserva all my rights in the premises.
| kespCc fDly submitted. GEO. II. REAY.
TIE EPISCOPAL GENERAL COEyKNTIoN-A
| tIftEgrut C0E0n "a DIC0Fce Id0ptsd.-The Epis-
| cCEal General convention hss not yet sue ceeded
/ IA continuing or rejecting the nomination Of
/ DF. Seymour 70 the Illinois bishOpTic. although
the greater pant of We 'teray va, spent in CacTet
| sesSiCu UFCu the matter. The Tribune has q
| report y hiCh Indicates that tie confirmation ia
| certain whenever The convention reaches the
/ decisive vote. Tie house of bishops have
| ad0I ted a new and stringent canon on divorce,
| which provides that 70 minister OF the church
| Sbal SOlvmn!Ze nBtrImOny In any case when
| there Is divorced wife or husband Of either
] party stu living, and when the divorce was Oh
| tanned Tor some cause aUiSing from marriage;
| but this canon shall rot be held to apply ID the
| innocent party in q divorce for the cause of
/ N e. rv,ao
/ be Usitet again. no minister OF the church
| shall present for Confirmation, or administer
the hOly sacrs Dsnts TO, any person divorced for
| any cause at : after marriage and married
| 70 another, in violation of thfs anon, during
| the lifetime of such divorced wife or husband.
/ bus this prohibition shall not extend - the in
| nOcent party when the divorce has been for the
| Ssuse OF adultery Tor to any penitent in ex-
| tremity.
| STIRRING Up The SAIETs-HoTe Indictments
| fCT LGsciyiOUS CohdJttdfiOR There were two in
| dictments brought in by the grand jury yester-
| day il salt Lake City Tor lasciyiOUs GOhabita-
| ton, and il is generally believed they were
| against Brigham Young and G6orge q. Cannon,
Delegate to Congress. The grant Jury were
| lectuTed last evening by The court as u their
duty Of secTesy, and were threatened with pun
ishment II discovered disclosing their proceed
,Hgs. Ibls acton was 10 doubt called forth
from the fact that officers have been hunting
| for u e wives Of George q. Cannon as witnesses
| but found his residence locked and every one
absent 1t is stated that Cannon has also alb
sentCd himself 70 escape the L nited States msr-
| shaI.
TEE LATE ELECrIoSs-FulIer and mora
| coIGUlete returns from all tbe legislative d.
ulets IL Indiana show the following result: Se'-
atc-denoersts, .; republicans. p, indepeDd-
entss .. EOuse- democrats, %; republicans, g.;
ilCspCLdents; II. The democratic nsiorit7 oG
the s:ste tiaket viii prob hly reach Is CSC.
Returns from 1iaJdItiogsl counties in Arkau-
sss iUsfsiE tho previous estimate Of IS 0 . ma
I--lty icE tee ecrsLtutloR, The state tickes,
htsCsd by br. Garland for Governor, runs
about even with the CO: St-1tiDn. So far bnt
three counties have voted against the c1ps+itu-
ten. viz: Phelps, jefferson, and Lincoln. The
reTrbi-cans hsve elected only or 10 members
o. the assembly.
WEo WILL Eg THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
EoE MAYOR OF Nav YuRR--The republicans
have not settled upon any candidate for Mayor
a. yet. Not few Of the more prominent
amorg them. however, are urging Oswald OF
tsEdoTier, editor Of the Stsats ZeiCuHg, as the
most available man 10 beat Tammany Hsll.
OteEtoTteT is reform Democrat, ard on the
| tbeO4 that be can carry the German vote, his
| nomination might be good stroke of policy.
committee have put in the field Mr.. Frederick
kuehue, president OF the New Hamburg >. s.
| Co. but when the tine comes he may have to
| be dropped in order to compromise on Often
| doTter. Both are good men.
| PCLITICAL CHANGES IN CoEGgEss The
/ changes in Congress resulting from the elec-
/ tiOLs 70 far held this yea- may be estimated
/ from yet imperfect returns as fOllows:-Indians
! Will DO represented in the NLIVth COngres by
/ republicans and democrats, the latter being
/ gIp o. Z; Ncrth Carolina, l republican,
| deToc,ats, the latter being gain OF g Ohio,
/ Iepubheans, l3 democrats. the latter gaining 6.
\ oregon will have republican in place OF her
/ present democratic representative. Total net
gain Of the democrats, IL There is no change
| IL the representation OF Iowa, Maine, Nebras.
| ka, Vermont and West Virginia.
POLITICAL HAPPKNINes.-CIement s. Hill.
! reIreSeDtative in Congress from Kentucky from
| 1850 TO 1855, is announced as an independent
Gsncda'e toI Congress in the 4th district against
| Proctor Knott. .'.- Judge George F. Com
| stock, of Syracuse, has declined the democratic
| nomination Tor Congress in the New York 25th
| district. go. Hon. John W. KiIliDger has with
/ drawn his name Rs candidate for the repubIi-
can nomination for Congress in the 14th district
IT PenDsylysnia: in favor OF Hon. John b.
mated for Congress by the republicans OF the SIN
Massachusetts, district.
WIDE BRIDGRs.-PhiladelphIa will he able to
/ show visitors in 1876, two OF the widest bridges
/ in the world. The Girsrd avenue bridge is 100
| feet in width, and Is used onlg for foot passen-
| gers and carriages. The bridge built for the
| Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 10 be put
over Richmond street, at the Richmond coal
Sharyes, has span of O. feet, and is 215 feet in
| width. 10 will carry eighteen tracks. This
/ bridge was recently completed at the Phnnix-
| vile Bridge Works, but has net yet been put in
/ position
| An INTERVIEW WITH UDDERzooK-on
| Wedresday last Hon. F. p. Stevens. OF Bslti-
] more, had an Interview with Wr1. +. Udde.-
( Zook, at WestcE ester, in reference 20 the case
| OF his client, A. q. Goss, OF Baltimore. Udder-
zoOk insists upon his innocence, and denies that
the body found on the New York road was that
| OF W. ,. Goss. The 18th of November has been
| liked by the governor of PENNSYLVANIA for the
| hanging OF CddeTzook. His wife and children
| will sooR leave Baltimore on farewell visit 10
| him.
| THE VERDICT OF CoBoNER's Jury Ie-
/ NoRED.-Iesterdsy morning, at the inquest on
the body OF Elizabeth Erb, OF Union Hill, n
j., reported to have been choked to death by
| her husband, the jury first brought in a verdict
| txonerating the latter, but the coroner refused
/ 10 receive it. The jury then rendered second
verdict, that the woman died from heart disc ase
/ superirduced by excitement; and Mr.. Erb
| wss committed TO await the action Of the grand
/ jury.
| SENATOR PRATT's SUOczssoR.--There will
1 ind ubtedly be y dead lock in the Indiana leg
lsature this winter over Mr.. Pratt's successor
\ in the United States Senate. The legislature