Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-12
SOeiety. Etc.


/ tOris, Mr.. Hayden Edwards and Lieutenant
| Commander PierSon. Baron B ,usiere won
| the prize at the international shooting at
I Baden Baden and Monaco. kill z all of the
twenty-five birds. Last Tuesday was very
cold and the wind was high, which
somewhat interfered with The sport. But for
/ this IL was the intention of the gentlemen TO
have invited ladies' 10 be present. The shoot
| ing took place at the halfmile track but here
| after IL will be in private grounds and tents
| VIII be erected and lunch served to the
| guests. Last Tuesday Mr.. Jesse Brown and
/ ether p1Omil ent gentlemen acted as UNI
/ l.ires. Baron BouSieTe killed all FIVE of the
birds, which was the number selected. Mr.. + l.
l wards killed five. but two fell outside of the
bounds. Mr.. SartOriS killed five, one falling
outside of the limit. and Commander PipTSOn
[ Killed all five, but was equally unfortunate
aS to the spot where they fell The gentle
men al proved themselves good shots.
The ladies are quite prepared TO take an
( interest IN these ont OF door sports, and "a
the spring advances we may hear of their
enjoying archery meetings.
Miss Ida WOrihingtOn, sister of Mrs
Henry Clews. Is the guest of her aunt, Mrs
Bclllnap. Mrs. Belknap will resume her re
ceptiOnS next Wednesday, which will include
dancing.
Mrs. Wallen will give a charity supper
on the 22d instant, for the benefit of 81
/ Marks Church, on Capitol Hill. Among
the bevy of beauty who will preside at the
tables We may mention the Misses Wallen.
&
Porter, Of Kentucky; Miss West. Miss Sallie
Wood and others OF like celebrity.
- Mrs. Attorney General Williams will
continue her Wednesday receptions, com
mencing on Wednesday OF next week.
Lieut.. Collins Darien Expedition.
n private letter from an officer of Lieut.
Fred. Collins narien expedition, dated As
pinwan, January 2Jth, and received here this
morning, says:
| instant, but we were detained, on account Of
the rUn-aTTival of certain of oar stores by
the steamer that brought Us out, until the
arrival of the IeXt steamer fran New York
She got here on Monday, aId brought the
missing articles, we are now ready 10
shove OF. We 90 on board tonight and sail
tomorrow, at aylight, for the GulfOf IRA Va;
tHtncc as you know. we go up the AtratO in the
ships boats to the Napipi, and there survey
q line rom the AtratO To the Pacific. Aft r
the CGnandaigua leaves Us there she will
come up here to make q hydrOgraphic survey
of the mouth of the ChagrCS. She will re-
tufn 10 t raba TO take us OIL between the 18th
OF ApIil and 1st of May. calling at Cartha-
Srfla ON her way for our mails. Friends
wishing TO send letters or packages to our
| party should send in care OF the United
States consul at ASpiRWaN, L. s. c. and IL
VIII be forwarded promptly and safely. II is
! very dry here now, with a cool deal of
| "nOthinS' in the trades, and the prospects
are that we will have an exceptionally IA
Norab!e season for our surveying work"
The following Is a correct list of the Off
GERS of Iieut. Collins expedition: Iieuten-
ant Frederick Collins, commanding: Lieut.
Jos. g. Eaton, Lieut.. J. +. Sullivan. Lieut..
;. G. Paine, Ensign ii. III. ParrOH, Assistant
Surgeon l.. NOTficet.
THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, held
yesterday, agreed TO admit Colorado as
state.
REPREsFSTATIvE SAMUEL HOOPER, of
Massachusetts, is still lying seriously i'll of
pneumonia at his residence on II street, Op-
pCsitc WOTmley'S, and his friends regard his
recovery as exceedingly doubtful.
THE BANK NOTE PRINTING QUESTION
SETTLED IN CoMNUTTEE.-The Committee
on Eanking and Currency, at their meeting
this morning. settled the banl<-note printing
controversy. a vote to have one impression
printed outside OF the Treasury department
was lost by yeas to nays, ani the prODJ ii
lOn 10 have two impressions printed on 81 l.
was agreed to. This is 10 apply not only To
national bank notes, bur TO greeIbackS A
majority OF the committee G. for "a ii
aGaIEst) favor q distinctive pl per FOR all GOV
eminent securities, and leave it discretion
airy Win the Secretary OF the Treasury what
class Ct paper II shall be. The subject Of the
Watcr-pTOCfng of the notes was OrlcreI 10 be
referred by the Secretary OF the Treasury IN
a skilled committee of three experts, VINO
snail report as to whether il is available. and
II so, what i fair equivalent. The com
mIttee took 10 action OF the printing of post
ONCE ana revenue stamps and fractional
currency, which will leave the printing
where il now is-diviied between the Treas
uTy ard private firms.
THE WEEKLY STAR, now ready, contains
reports of the BeecheF trial; Louisiana affairs:
the interesting Congressional proceedings.
report Of the proceedings of the Po-
tomac Fruit Growers Association, gen
! eIal and local news o! the past week,
poems, stories, ana sketches by the best
authors, with agricultural matter household
receipts, &C., &c, making a model family
EaIeT at very reasonable price.
IcIh}s: - per anEum. in advance; postage
pref aid; single COPIES five cents, in wrappers.
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FATAL ACCIDENT FRoI GASOLINE AT
FROSTBURG.-An accident from the use of
gasoline as an illumiUatur occurred at Frost
bj Z on Tuesday evening last, at the house
ot Major John Hunticy. y young girl, Miss
Annie Callaghan, sister Of John J. Gala
CHAN, esq, of Mount Savage, living in the
family OF Major Huntley. attempted to light
lamp nlled with the fuid called gasoline;
the lamp by some means took fire on the out
side, ana was at once thrown into bucket
OF water by the young girl An explosion
followed. and she was Immediately enyel-
Oped in flames. Mr.. Frank c. BeafI envel-
Ored her in a cloak, and finally eXtinguiSile,I
me l, hre, bUt not before the Young lady was
Dadly burned, from the effects of which she
died yesterday at II O'clock.-C Cumberland
t-Ud) Tunes, February II.
MINISTER WAsHBURNE has telegraphed
from Paris q denial OF the story that ha re-
Geivod $1,000 for his influence In getting th
French financial market. lie says ~ never
received dollar, and was never Offered a
dollar in my life for my official influence in
this or any other matter. These bonds were
placed ON the Paris bOUrSe month before /
arrived in France. In the spring of 1863 |
exposed their fraudulent character and adj
Vtsed the State department about them. Nv
correspondence was called for by Congress
and printed. The parties VINO put the bonds
on the market were furious with me for
giving information as TO their character and
Fremont published pamphlet OH the sub
JeGt, arraigning me for discrediting the great
American enterprise"
THE NATIONAL GRANGE, in session at
Charleston, 5. c., has authorized the execu-
tive committee TO select a location for the
offices OF the body and to lease the necessary
buildings. The action with reference to a loan
of money by the National Grange to state
oranges was so amended as to make the loan
free of interest. Two additional members of
the executive committee were elected, viz:
ID. Il. Chase, OF New Hampshire, and John II.
Jones, OF Arkansas, for three years each. ID.
w. Aiken, OF South Carolina, was reelected
for three years and VIM. Saunders, of Wash
ington, ana T.. Il. Shankland, of Iowa held
II inc hn aAv1 ~