Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-15

/ States.
ON motion Of Mr.. Garfield. ,Ohio3 /, was
! ordered That hereafter the House meet It n
! o'clock D. m.
ON motion of Mr. f. Il. Hoar. the Senate
! resolution authorizing Thomas W. Fitch To
accept wedding present 20 his wife. Mrs
| Minnie sherman Fitch. was taken from the
| table and passed.
The bill providing for the rc.lernpiion or
| overdue bonds OF The United States known
| az the Texas indemnity bonds. which came
| over from Monday last. was then passed un-
der suspension Of the rules.
| The House then proceeded to the conSidera-
! tion OF reports from the Committee on tac
District OF Columbia.
! ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE SCANnAL-
The Brooklyn Eagle OF SATURDAY afternoon
! publishes an article stating that BaSSie Tar
ner, who is prominently brought before the
public i'm connection with the BecchCr-TiitOa
| scandal. il il brooklyn pennileS> AMI almost
| iricEdlesS; Shehas been in that city fifteen
weeks under SUbpWna aS witness Ia an
| Interview Size stated that she was gcd as
| teacher i'm the SteubenvilIe tOhio) aca la-
| my, where her father visited her and induced
her 10 come 10 Brooklyn. when she was taken
/ before the Plymouth Church committee ami
| gave her testimony regarding the scandal.
| For this her father was paid SlGO. She was
deserted, ana she has since been nnSurc 'SSfisl
| In cndcaVOTing to obtain work. None OF the
Interested parties except the DyinEtOuS have
! rendered her any assistance. She says Mrs
Tiltou is also helped by the OviuStouS, and
has nothing Of her own 10 give away. She
says She has applied TO the BeechorS. but
| rich as ihcy are they have no means. Mrs.
BeecheT draws Mr.. BeechcTs salary. and has
10 use ocouomv To make il last. She also
says there have been many times when they
| hadn't funds in the house TO do the market
| ing. But Mrs. BcCcher." said Miss Turner
| is q good friend of Mrs. Tilton's, and if she
hadn't been Mrs Tiltou would have been
| worse of than she il. They are not rich. aai
Low they have lawyers 10 pay, and tina. is no
| little amount
The New York Herald OF yesterday says
that a reporter Of that paper called on Pas
IgllItlnV "a ..tar
denied that Bessie Turner was in want.
Col. LoNG's AFRICAN ADvENrUREs-His
I'rtSs1ace Fatal 10 Blacks ,rhe;her ia Peace o.
ol H0r.-A letter has been received from Col.
| ChsI les {. Long. the American explorer i'm
Africa, Gatet GOndOkoro, April p, ~
stating that the writer was c1mmiSSiOle by
Col. Z. G.. Gordon, Governor Geaeral OF Ia"
provinces OF Equator, fd- which Obiec, he
Iefttrondokoro on the 2lthOf April Ia, AM
reached Victoria, AyanZa. ait. fiity-CiS.lt
days Of painful marching and all sIfi',ring
from the jungle fever. The King received Mr..
ing day, To complete the hO1OTs, decap.tat- u
thirty OF his subjects. Col. Long aS.rr a few
days sCiourn. obtained the kings parmis ion
10 visit the lake. On his return the king
again CCcapi;ated seven Of his subjects. saw
ing in broken Arabic: g II is necessary u do
so because yoa wish - 20 by the river y .la.
but II pains my heart to XIII them" Long
remained - days as the guest OF the king. and
frequent visits TO him were ho1oreI by the
killing OF eight to ten Of his subjects. The
letter also describes Longs explorations OF
Lake Victoria, NyanZa and else we're. Au-
gust l., when on his return from the kings
dominions, his little band was attacked 10y
100 natives OF another tribe, and after a Sc
we're fight Long was victorious; the Africans
losing - killed.
POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE COLD TERN
The Boston Journal remarks: The effect OF
this cold period on vegetation begins already
10 excite the attention Of agrculturiSts. Less
degrees OF cold than have been attained this
winter have sometimes proved very disas-
trous- 1t is TO be observed, however, that the
mere continuance of the cold pcriO1 il oflittlo
Importance rs compared with the lowest de-
gree reached. Even that is more injurious
from the Sud0enneSS of its coming and the
circumstances attending IL, than from the
simple effect of the cold. 1t will be remem-
beTcd that Cnc of our winters a few years AGO
was uEpTccedently destructivetO trees and
shrubs, particularly cyeFgreenS, although the
cold was no greater than is often experienced
The ground was bare, the cold storms were
accompanied with icy winds; and there were
other causes of injury which have not been
well understood by experts To this day
There is good reason to hope, therefore, that
the prevailing cold season, I'm New England
at least, Notwithstanding its almost I'M
eXampled prolOngatiOn and Intensity, may
rot prove especially injurious 10 vegetation.
The ground is everywhere well-cOvered with
snow, the cold has come on gradually and re-
manned with great SteadineSS, and the airhaS
been dry. Peach, plum aud cherry trees may
suffer, but the harder trees and grass will
probably come out uninj1red.
MARRIED A FoRTUNE.-Newport had a
wedding OF rare brillialcy on Tuesday even
ing, the first that has ever occurred in the old
Malbone mansion. Lieutenant-C Commander
Francis Morris, of the United States navy,
q son of Lewis q. Morris, of Fordham, y. Y,
the well-known raiser of fancy stock, was
the bridegroom and Harriet II. Beiiow.
daughter OF Henry l.. BedlOw, owner OF the
Malbone place, the bride. The ceremony took
place in room fitted up for the occasion
with furniture imported from Paris, and
everything else connected with the AFFAIR cor
rlaslN FL, .a1sa
were well lighted up. and tar barrels were
kept burning on the peaks OF the surrounding
hills. Senator-elect Burnside and many
naval officers were present. The brideis said
TO be very wealthy.-Si1rinqtieId Republicoa.
IRwIS's ANSWER IN THE PACIFIC MAIL
SUIT-Richard i. Irwin, through his attor-
neys, Chapman, Scott & Croweli, has made
answer in the suit brought against him i'm
Mail Steamship Company. In this docu-
ment il is asserted that A. II. Stockwell,
while president Of the company, was en-
trusted with large discretionary power In the
disbursement OF moneys After his retire
ment from the presidency, the then directors
OF the company alleged that he had abused
that discretion and made certain claims
against him. The answer states that the
moneys delivered TO Col. Irwin were covered
by these claims against Mr.. Stockwell, and
that by the settlement OF the Stockwell
claims the company is barred from bringing
suits against the defendant-M Y. Post, I3t6
BALLor1Ne FOR U. s. SENATORS was con-
tinued in the Minnesota and West Virginia
legislatures on Saturday, but without any
positive result. In Minnesota the democrats
are united upon candidate but the republi-
can majority waste their votes upon a dozen
different men, and until they agree no one
can be elected. Walker still leads In West
Virginia, but seems unable TO gain anything
from the opposition.
LEVY ON THE LAW LIBRARY OF THE
STATE OF NIRGINIA.-In obedience TO the
order of the Court of Appeals of Virginia,
the sheriff Of Richmond last week levied on
the law library OF the state and the furniture
in the Governors residence to satisfy a GER
tain Judgment in his hands; but on Saturday
Judge Wexford, OF the Circuit Court OF Rich
moDd, decided that no execution can be made
to sell the property of the state for debt.
rTEdward Jennings, during a scuffie I'm
New York on Saturday, pushed John Com
roy, who fell upon the sidewalks; and died I'm
| two minutes.