Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-18

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| Fortune, at Washington, ON 10Th instant.
! STANLFY's AFRICAN FNPLoRATIoNS.-
TIE y ew York Hc,Htd publishes a dIspa.cll
/ from IL explorer IL AfI,ca, Henry VI ST al
! ley urialiiis "i' movements within the past
/ twelve II onthS. The di>pt,ca l. Il ttcd from
| Fnh' ma. Co. 90 T!Ve-. VET cp,~t,,i Africa.
! August ~. aud - a'eS tha' "a arrival M tn ~
! point on August from ZauZ bar with only
| li5 souls, Iiie entire party in an awful c1adi-
! ton after long and terrible Journey throu "a
| u e heart of the African continent. He lafi
| NXaueWe. on the Luaiaha river, q ! the u n
| If November, lsIG, aud Travelled overland
| through Cregga with his party, penetrating
! in meUse tracts OF dense forests an .ncoun
TERN z The no tile Csuni hal natives al almost
| every step To render his position SUI more
depiCrahie, his eScorJ of 40 natives deserted
/ MN In his most critical extremity, b ing
OveraW wen by the terrOrS of the forest q I'd the
continuous stTuggl with the clnuIoals.
| Thus de serted. AT one point he had to make
q and attack upon the savagsS TO aN'r cate
! bis ATTY. Although haviu 20 ii ght his way
| Ain est continuously, he writes that he mas
| n ade valuable discoveries on the great
| Iua!a ia river and other streams. Stanley'S
! losses during the long journey across the
/ C"ntlI eHt from Nyangwe were very severe.
| The 'ouiltuOGs hsh;lHg in the forests and
/ On the river reduced the strength OF the expe-
diiion daily until IL came a question
tethor any of its mem hers would ever
! reach The coast Stanley states in his dis
pajch. MY grief is still new over the loss az
my last white assistant, the brave and piouS
Young EEglishman. Francis POcock, who
| was swept over The falls OF the HassaSSa on
| the ID OF last June He adds. "My faithful
| cCnpapion, kalulu, is also among the lost,
INDICATING THE BosroN MONrMENr.-
| The dedication Of the soldiers and sailors
monument at Boston yesterday was an &C
CaSiOn that VIII long be remembered by
those who were witnesses. u was In all re-
SlCCls worthy tribute To the memory OF
he toIdterS aud sailors of the war, and a
rttii z dedicat-OH OF the SIienlIi ui ,lula-nI
which low adorns Boston C,mmor: the
heis ut of which from the founiat5Or TO the
top Of The GROWING figure IS 49, feet : inches.
The size of tte IIOcr>>. on NAV ba estimate.
from the act that II took three hOlrS aud
twenty niLutcs u pass ~ given point upon
STATE street. Mayor Prince. IN behalf or the
Guy, accepted lhe monument In an el'qneut
spec en-. Attorney General DevenS also
SPOKE. The exercises closed in darkness
with the heredic ion. In the evening The
Conn Oh was Illuminated. Unfortunately
the occasion WAS marred by the brea King
down Of a platform that he'd been put up for
the accommodation OF the families and
friends OF the city authorities Several hun
died people cane down with it, and there
were many fractured limbs resulting from
The disaster.
q NERAL GRANT AND PARTY will now
n AXE rou q of the English provincial
towns in the order of New Castle on TYNE.
York, Sheffield, Birmingham. and Leaning
ton. whence they will 90 to London. They
expect to proceed to Paris on the 10Th OF DC,
tober, where they will stay six weeks. They
Will n. xt visit Narcotics and Nice, ana then
Genoa. They Will leave on board an .lmeri-
can man-Of war TO visit various ports OF
Spain, Malta. Sicily, Egypt, and Turkey.
where they will staya fortnight. and after,
wards spend month in Rome, then return
to Paris visiting by the way the pr ncipal
town OF Italy. Paris Will be reache a z ain
atout the end of April Here they will Ie-
main month, and afterwards visit Den
mark, Sweden: Norway. Russia. aud Aus
tria, and finally visit swift arland, which
they hOre to reach In September.
cER-COl. Marcus l.. Pillow, OF N tury coua-
~, Tenn, committed suicide in d Nashville
saloon ON Thursday evening By sho0tiGg
Ia mself in the head with "a pistol For the
past two months he hsd been suffering in
| tensely from chronic disease OF the kidneys
OF 20 years standing. and which at last
drove him 10 suicide. Col. Pillow for many
ears previous TO the war was one OF the
Gazing bureau officers at Washington. Upon
| The hrT aking ont OF the late war he reSig lel
| his Office at Washington aud went to ri n
MOI d, where he was rendered by President
Davis the same position in the Confe Ter Ate
| t.rVtre which he occupied In the United
states service. He remained in that po ,itiol
mill the coufederacy fell. For many years
! he has acted as ceputy clerk OF he Supreme
| COurt of Tennessee.
| THE SHOOTING AT CREEDMoRE YEsTER-
DAY-SiX teams were entered at Greed N DOT,
l.: l., Yesterday, in The inter state long-range
| rifle mach. The New York Amateur II le
| Club was represented by Jewell, Allen,
Weber and Dakin. Of the American tea M
| he tOhi scores Al NJ yards were: New
York 2si, Cresceit City 272, Parth ian Do
! Massachusetts 2Ci, Hackensack, N. j., 2s0
Columbian. Of Washington, PSI; at $40 yards
| New York 2gl, Massachusetts 215, Parfhiau
! 2C9, Columbian 25}. Crescent City "a, Hack
tDs8ck al, at 1000 yards: New York 20
Crescent City 22S, Massachusetts 24G, Hack
ensack. Z52, farihian IA. Columbian 232
Tie New York team thus carried the day.
The MAIZE ELkcrIoN.-The aggregate
vote cast i'm Maine Al the last state election
was 10l ,I51, the largest in any one year, eX-
celt the presidential election, since 1860, when
the republicans came into power. Coanor's
| governor, is ii $50 THE constitutional
amendment r. curing The payment OF poll
Tax tn ehtitle a man 10 vote. was defeated.
| The amendment 10 prevent towns from Gre
8tine n de bt for railroads. &c, above exist
/ ing municipal debts OF ii We per cent Of the
valuation, was carried.
| The Political CoNvENTIoSs of the
| week are Iiese: On Wednesday Nassacbu
| seits, r publican, i'm Worcester; New Jersey
! democratic and greenback, in Trenton; Penn
! sylvan a, grecuhack, in WnliamSpo-t, and
Kansas, ereeDback, in WyandOtte. On
| Thursdag-New York, greenback, in Buffalo,
| a. d Maryland, republican, in Baltimore
To these is 10 be added the Independent con-
| iere, &c OF Connecticut republicans 1t S,oaey
Book on Thursday.
A STORM similar 10 that of Saptember.
| 1873, struck Galveston. Texas early yester,
day morning, prostrating wires aud cover
ing bridges with water, thus cutting OFF ALL
tph All engine Was SEM rom
Houston 10 "a certain the damage, and found
the track under water for mile from the
bridge The wind blew 81 to - miles an
hour oil day. At IrdianOla the wind reached
81 miles ali hour.
ARREST FOR ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE
GOyERNMENT David G Stewart, seaman
on The Colorado, at the BROOKLYN IN. "
navy yard, was arrested yesterday by the
United States authorities on q reQuisitiOu
FRI IN Washington, where he has been iu-
dlcted with others for deffauding the Gov
eminent out Of $50 ,1c5 through bogus claim
for The value of timber used at Nashville
during the war;
COMBINING TO PURCHASE HoMss-The
employees of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad have formed an association
for the purpose or buying fifty thousand
acres OF land In Nebraska from the Burling-
Ton and Missouri river land company. In
this way they propose to invest their savings
ard to secure by comb nation the advantage
Of Wholesale purchasers.
THr CAs~ OF ROBERT OULD, Jp.-Th,
COuJ ty Court Of Buckingham county Va
was engaged la week IL the rial of Roberf
Ould, Jr., OF Richmond. who is 'harg d with
shooting yOung man Bame1 Sand. "a I'm