Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-17

rom Washingt IN. II business requires the
| presence OF the heads OF families in Wash.
| inston during the week they can come down
| any Saturday night ON the steamer Sue
| reaching here at about & Sunday morniny >.
| The boat leaves Mt Sunday evening aud
| arrives in Washington between and Mon
| day morning.
Among those who have their families here
| are WIN. II. Clayctt, w. \ Yates, Nicholas
| Acker, Or. Duhamel, Jno. w Bote'er. Frank
| IN fhlip, Col. TichcnOr, and T.. q. Whe 'ler,
| All OF washington. y AND g.
IWFED's SFNTFNCE.-Judge Noah Davis.
| who has been so sharply criticised In some
| quarters Tor imposing cumulative sentences
| on VIM NJ. Tweed, wrote recently letter 10
| Charles OConor, who, as senior counsel,
| was responsible for the conduct OF the pro-
| ceedings against Tweed, calling attention In
| the iact that the court OF appeals. in re.
| NerSlng those sentences, relied greatly on an
| argument made by Mr.. O'Conor in on ear Ter
caSe, ap9 ASKING why Mr.; O'Conor had not
| CARED his attention To this argument. Mr.
| O'Conor has written letter Ia answer ar
| guing to show that the court OF appeals in a
case intermediate between the arEnment re-
| ferred to and the Tweed sentence override
| that argument, and takes advantage OF the
| correspondence ID defend at length the con-
DUCT OF the ring suits, and ID express his sur
prise ana regret at legal triumphS of the
peculatOrs. He also points out what Sc.
rlously lnconvenient cOnS~l uenceS to per
sons who have had anything II do with MN
ishing Mr.. Tweed might follow from me r.
cent decision OF the court OF appeals.
LIFE INSURANCE LAws-Mrs. Rosalie c.
Barry had her husbands life insured with
The Mutual Life Insurance company for
ofa9'Wo. Tor her 0wh and her children's ben
eht; but upon soltcitat ton of her husband she
assigned 1t to other parties. Her husband
she says, as an inducemeYt To her to make
me ASSIGNMENT, assured her that in law her
rights would be still protect Il. She made
the assignment, aud her husband ple1go 4
inc policy as security for a pre-cNiSting debit
alter her husbands death both she and the
holder OF the policy claimed the amount
and in suit brought To decide as to their
conflicting rights, Judge Van Worst i'm su
preme court, special term, holds that no con
Sideratlon was given for the assignment OF
the policy or its plo ige, and that The right to
recover It's amount remaius in Mrs. Barry
". \. JIioS, 10th.
THREE LIBEL SUITS IN ONE DAY-TY
Inc court OF common pleas of Balti more city
were dOckCt"d on yesterday, the 10Th instant
three suits against the DroprietorS of the
baltimore American. Tne plaintiffs were
the Hon. j Black GrCOme governor of the
state tho Hon. Levin Woo for I, comptroller
OF the state; and the Hon. Barnes Compton
treasurer OF the state. The amount OF dam
ages Claimed in each case is 10000. No
declaration has yet been filed in any of the
eases, setting forth the cause of action. lint
IL - understood thai the charges ma te hy the
American against the action of the board OF
public works Of the state of MARYLAND which
Is composed OF the gentlemen above named
IN The matter Of the purchase of a site for the
mouse OF correction. were the foundation for
The proceedingS.-Bdh. Gazettc, nh.
CHURCH AND STATE IN Observation-Disclosures
l'ouSsellot, cure of the parish church I'm Nor
treal, has written long letter To Mr.. Doutre.
counsel in the GuibOnd case. in which he sets
the latter at defiance as to the execution OF
me late Judgment of the privy council in the
matter The glSt OF the letter is as follows
This day do not recognize more than In
looJ the right OF the civil authorities to inter-
lere IN questions which belong only to eccle-
n in a II
deep respect for our gracious sovereign and
nay perfect submission to her authority i'm
everything that belongs to civil matters
am and will always be Obliged II refuse
sepulture TO j. GuibOnd in consecrat 1
ground SO long as my bishop forbids me to
grant it,
CARDINAL NJ CCLOsKEY is to sail for Uavre
today, and proceed to Rome, in order ID re-
celVe from the Pope his broad brimmCt red
nat ana ring, and be appointed to his titular
church. 1t is customary for every cardinal
after receiving his oeretta from the papll
lega;e. to visit the Pope at his early conTe-
nlence and obtain the remaining insignia OF
office as above The name of every cardinal
IS connected with an especial church in the
city OF Rome, but il is not expect 4 that he
should offlciate there. IL is call 4 the titular
church. Mons. ROnScotti and Or. J-balIi o.
The papal legation, Will sail on the 3lSt inst
y WOMAN CATCHES A BURGLAR. On
Thursday night burglar fore : an entrance
INTO the mouse OF John Schmit, i'm New YORK,
anu NlOIt a Iol tl tlDIiiliS ana lHWtlTN. He
succeeded in leaving the premises. and was
in the act OF climbing over the back ward
fence when detected by woman namoI
Barbara thinner, who seized him bv tho
leg and terk8f him back into the ward and
IN spite of desperate struggle on the par:
ot the thleiS succeeded in holding him until
the arrival of assistance, when he was
handed over TO the police.
THE MISSES CONWAY RELINQCIsH THE
BRookLfS THEATER.-MiSseS MiDnie ard
Lillian Conway have agreed to surrender the
BrCOklSn theater on the terms prOpOScI by
me Owlcrs- In consideration of yielding uD
all rights IN the lease the debt incurred by
their mother was cancelled, but none OF tue
money paid by Miss Conway since she took
charge OF the theater was returned. Miss
Conway expresses great regret at being com
PEELED ID disappOint the actOr5 and actresses
whom she had engaged for the fall Y
Times. 16fh.
MISSING BALLOONS cs-Pnt Ton ttIol
ant q t1Itcdy0 JO1DR0liH Gone Tp.-ProfeSsor
donaldson and \. s. GreenwGc /. reporter OF
the Chicago Evening Journal, made an as
censiOn in balloon on Thursday. aud moth.
ing whatever has been seen or heard of the
PrOEauts since early that evening. when
SchC Oner sighted them. At that time the
basket was dipping in water, about thirty
miles from the shore. As the schooner turned
10 render them assistance the balloon again
assembled, and appeared TO bear away north
ward.
BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MOUNTAIN
MEADOW MASSACRE.-A dispatch from Bea-
yer, Utah, states that the testimony of John
ID. Lee, as well as that of other important
witnesses IN the Mountain Meadow maSSa-
ere, Will entirely refute all charges which
nave been made against Brigham Young and
me leaders of the Mormon church in Salt
Lake City. 1t will be proven, adds the dis
patch, that brigham Young sent an emphatic
command that the deed should not be c1m-
mitted.
PROPOSED HoNoRs To THE AMERICAN
IEAM-The Joint committee of the National
Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle Club of
New York, have resolved TO give the Ameri-
can team reception down New York bay. a
procession up Broadway in carriages, and q
banquet at night. The Ninth Regime mt has
Offered their services as an escort. II was
also resolved that suitable testim oniaI be
presented TO each member OF the team.
GEORGE n. JACKSON, the defaulting rev.
enue collector, died at Louisville. KY, about
midnight on Thursday. A post mortem was
held yesterday afternoon at the instance Of
the insurance companies, TO determine
whether he had committed suicide, he having
policies to the amount of S12500 on his life.
Jackson had given bond To Collector Buckner
in S25, 900. and there may be enough property