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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

DEATH OF L. L. SrANrON-Th;s COM
munity Will hear with regret the announce
ment that Mr.. L. l.. Stanton, son OF tns late
"Rreat War Secretary" E. NJ Stanton diad
at his residence, 100 Rhode Island avenue
northwest, about 81 O'Clock this morning.
after an illness OF some weeks. Mr. Stanton
was native OF Pennsylvania, and was sent
To Kenyon College, Ohio, In 1882 being then
about II years old. Here he was noted for
his studiOus habits and his strict compliance
with the rules and regulations of the institu-
rose rapidly being at the head OF his classes
until he graduated, In 1853, with the b CHEST
hOnOrs of the college. and was the yaledicto-
ran AT the close Of the course. He chose the
profession OF his father-tne law-and study
Ing under his direction, he was admitted to
The bar here January 3lst, 1sts, and imme-
d'sfely entered into practice. IL is related
thst during The first year, although he was a
hard worker, his income was but 800
iew year, ago he was selected as counsel for
The baltimore and Potomac railroad com
any and has managed their business with
much ability. He was appointed secretary OF
he District of Columbia oy President q rant
NJ! =. ISL. and held thar Office until Sep.
tn"tr - le.3- when he resigned To accept
ne reel on>ible Office of receiver of the First
Ns'lol - Bank. He was appointed attorney
Tor the District OF Columbia July s. Isl T. and
ate nded TO az the 81 ff1rent cases in viii .h
the Ilstr'ct was interested in our courts
until October 81, 1876. when he resigned TO
give his personal attention TO his increas
the opinion that the disease waIch termi-
mated In his death was brought on by too
close application 70 his work, and his death
was accelerated by an accidental fall a few
weeks tnce. He leaves young widow and
one child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

SERGEANT BATES DesPERArE-A dis-
patch from Saybrook, Ill, says that Ssr-
GEM Bates attempted TO destroy his life by
Aklng an overdose Of lau 1anum. Bates has
been residing ct SaybroOk for some time
past, and his family have been destitute for
nearly . year. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

THE Boston Custom HoUsE.-Tha c0m-
mission appointed to investigate the Boston
custom house, have made their report to the
Secretary OF The Treasury. With the con
currence OF the collector they recommend in
The collectors Office the discharge of four
welghers, SIX labor ers, four clerks, tIat the
pay OF the lady copylsts tie reduced 800, AMI
Lhat the pay OF eight messengers be reiu ed
10 ctlu ? annum. These changes lessen the
expenses of III COLLECTORS off &c Sl6,2Sp per
mum. IN the surveyors Office the DUG
tion Will De -4fIJ, aid in tie naval Office
3 so. They recommend four additional
We'sbers. Increase he salaries of surveyor :
CLERKS st55, az increase the salaries IA
naval Office S1,oi0, making a net reduction
OF 50 3sy 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29
MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER.

NEW OMNIBUS LINE.
L On and after this date I will run q DAILY
LIN L " nIst- class CONVEX from the 49,
street cars. corner Fennsyi ania avenue SSR -
and sth sfr, ct east to Con gressional Gem
terry and New Jail, lesy lLa every 70 minutes. F...
fyeceD
asgI0 I'm GEO. W. KNOX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

CARPENTERS GONE TO ESGLASp-
About twenty i've carpenters sailed on the
steamship Wisconsin from New York ves
terday for Liverpool. They are under CO.
tract for three years each with building a rm +.
liz Manchester, England, and are to receive
hours work and half holiday on Saturiays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were the Secretaries of the Navy and
Interior, the Postmaster General. Gov. Nc
COrmick, Senators Harvey of Kansas, and
Patterson of South Carolina, COMMIT SsiOner
OF Ind an Affairs Hon. Jere. HARRISON of
AlabS na, Mr.. j. ID. Defrees. Judge BARLEY,
end ex-Representative q. q. H,skius OF New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

CUSTOM HOUSE FAvoRITES.-SpeciaI
agents OF customs who have recently inves-
ugated the matter, report numerous in
stances of favoritism in emitting to examine
The baggage OF Americans arriving fro n
foreign ports. The Treasury departm .nt has
low under consideration the preparation of
circular upon the subject, in (which IL Is
probable tina, the collector OF customs W ~
be directed 10 allow no personal baggage a.
irving In foreign steamers To- pass without
examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

ARREST OF UNITED STATES OFFICIALS
The Commissioner of Internal X venue has
received notice of the arrest of Depaty Mar
shall VIM. III. Deaver, L. s. Commissioner
joseph W. Green and his son J. A. Green. at
Statewide, N. c., for presenting alleged
fraudulent vouchers for awards on account
OF giving Information for the arrest of GRIM
inals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

THE BLUNT CHARG est is said a. the
Office of the chief of engineers that the state
ment as to irregularities In the Office of Col.
Blunt, engineer In oharge OF the government
works AT Blu ffalO, y Y, is much exaggerated.
10 is claimed that the routle was caused by
misplaced confidence in a clerk. and the
amount involved in some hu ndreds of dol
lars, and not several Thousand as stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

Preservation. +. I. Rail, a local poll
tician of some note in Tennessee, is here
after Collector Gifts place al Nashville,
Tenn, which Will become vacant on the
ooh inst. Gen. Frank Armstrong was
recently offered a pos iiiOn in the Post Office
department, but Judge Freeman decided
that be was ineligib BILE because or the fact
that his political disabilities have never
been removed. .'.'Delegate Ellis. of New
Mexico, is at the Riggs house. DR.. Gar
natt has returned TO the city. General
James, chief OF the customs division, Secre-
Iary's office, returned to Washington last
Light from a brief visit To Bo stoa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

A GAMBLHks FeRrUNE.-Blauc,t the no
Gently deceased, has left q fortune OF 81 aso
go. Upon his Swiss estates alone sioyoro
legacy duty was paid. Less $40, 900 chari.
taoie pequests, the property isdivided among
Iour uausnters. they are unmarried bur
now bow eminently marriageahla
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

Cormick has reinstated In the Treasury Da-
vid s. McCurdy, of Laurel, Md, who was
assistant paying teller In the United States
TIeasurers office I'm June, 1875, when SI5, 100
was stolen. McCurdy was charged with hav-
ing had access to the funds when the case
was tired but al the last trial the counsel for
The defendant eXOnerated him. Yesterday
his former chief, General Spinner repre-
sent that the honor of the depart nent re-
qnired his restoration, and Secretary Nc
CoImiek promptly ordered the name TO be
restored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

THE GOVERNMENT PAPER MIT.Ls 4. G en-
Mills, Pa, will be c.Osed on sep IA Der 1St,
by order OF Secretary Sherman, the stock on
hand for bank notes and internal revenue
purposes being so large that the Trea sury
department Will not neei an additional 81 >
Ply for more than year TO come. A g n
mlttee OF competent clerks from the dep .r,-
menl Is now at the mills sup intending the
transportation OF paper from III ere to Wash
lngtOn, ard also Forwarding o.her gov1rl-
meut property which has been in use there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29

~ SAMUEL g. YOUNG,
NOTARY PCBLIC,
oetn-u OyglCE-STAR BuILp.Ns
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-12

TRAINS MOVING
WEST.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON d
L BALTIMORE RAIL ROAD.
JUNE 10th, 1871.

JUNE 10th, 1877.
Trains will leave Wilmington as follows
or
Philadelphia and Intermediate Stations,
40 ,655, $40, 900, 10.0J a. m. 2.30, 43O, 20,
9.a6 p. m.
Bsitnlnore and intermediate Stations,
S.39 a. m.
Baltimore and Washington, los, $50 am.
1884, II, 80, 90, 9.55 p. m.
Trains for Delaware Division, leave for:
New Castle, 500, 6.2e. $50, a. m. 1.30, $50,
p. m. .,
Harrington and intermediate Stations, 800,
$50, q. m. $50 p. m.
Delmar and Intermediate Stations, 800,
80, q. m
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Philadelphia and Intermediate Stations,
$40, a. m. 500. $50, p. m.
Philadelphia and New York, 2.22 q. m.
Baltimore and Washington, ,06 am.
For further Information passengers are
referred to the time tables posted at the
depot. ii. +. KENNEf,.
Superintendent.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
NO FRUIT TREES INLAwNs

The Germantown Telegraph saws; We
have not carried out this principle ia our
own lawn, because of the good old pear
trees, now a hundred and fifty years old
that were there; but the principle is the
same. All must admit that there is
nothing so beautiful as well-kept lawn:
nothing which gives such an impression
of neatness and tidiness inside of a
house, as an orderly piece OF ground
outside. 1t is almost impossible to have
this in perfection with fruit trees upon
it. There Is constantly falling fruit, and
besides some of the trees will be de-
voted to freedom. and thus leaves and
twigs under the trees will abound; but
worse than all the roots will more or
less exhaust the soil and give a ragged
appearance to the grass. But, say some
farmers, 1t is only the rich men who
can afford to indulge in the luxuries of
taste, There is battle with life, and
they must lcok in all they do in the
adorning line to a combination of it
/ with the useful. We should be sorry to
feel that this isvery generally so now,
or that it will always so be. We have
labored strenuously for years to make
farmers the rich men of the community.
| We do not expect any farmer, merely by
farming, to be ever as rich as some mil
| llVhdiCeJ Dut bIab Iuey SlOulQ De as
/ well off as to be able to enjoy life as well
as the average man, is our belief and hope
For these reasons we do not wholly ap,
prove of fruit trees on lawns. Let then
b. there by all means when no better
can be done; bnt hoping that farmers
may have good taste and the means tc
cultivate it, we would prefer that tn,
useful orchard should be alone by itself
a hd distinct from the small and orna
mental lawns.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE.

SHE WILL PERFORM HER CONSTITUTION
AL OBLIGATIONS.
By Telegraph TO the Gazette.
LONDON, August IL.
In the House of Commons, to-day, Sir
Stafford Northcote, in answering Mr.
Fawcetts request for a government
pledge not to embark in any hostihties
during the recess without consulting the
Parliament, said the government knew
and would perform its constitutional oh
legations.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.l
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.

The New York World directs attention
to the fact that although the coal and
iron trades of Pennsylvania have been
most perslstently and for the longest
time protected, the strikes and riots were
most notably felt at Pittsburg and Scran-
ton, the respective centres of these two
industries. All along the superior con-
dltion of the American miner and iron
worker over their English contemporar-
les has been cited as justification for a
high protective system, and now that
under this system and its artificial stimu-
lus to over-production state Of affairs
has come to prevail under which these
industries are shown to be the weakest
and their laborers the most disconnected,
suffering and riotous, the advocates of a
high protective tariff may expect their
opponents to take advantage Of the ar
gument which has been put into their
mouths by the protectionists.
PROFESSIONALLY the events of the past
few weeks will have tendency to direct
the attention of the next Congress in a
very large degree to questions of eco
homie interest. In their examination it
will be urged, with great force, not only,
as has always been maintained, that pro-
tection does not conduce to the general
prosperity of the country, but also that
1t even fails in the long run to advance
those special interests in whose behalf it
is enacted. Mr.. 1. l.. Bell, one of the
British judges at the Centennial exhibi-
ton, in his report lately published, has
pointed out that the effect of protection
on the iron industry itself was that twice
as many iron mills have been put into
operation as there was work for, and it
Is true that any artificial stimulus vi this
kind will direct such an undue proper
tidn of labor and capital into that one
protected industry, that eventually the
result will be a severe depression of it,
affecting all business interests disastrous
ly.
t is very evident that there has been
a large excess of manufactures in this
country. While on the one hand this is
due to the stimulating effects of the tariff
on the other the effect of protection is to
prevent that free interchange of com
modities which is our only means to re-
trleve our surplus production,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
Miss Fanny Davenport has created

Miss Fanny Davenport has created
a sensation in London. She is known
everywhere as "the beautiful Amer
ican." In the street every one turns
to look at her and at the theatre and
opera she is the mark for all lorgnettes
Managers were all astonished to find
that she had not come to London to
play. Mr.. Mapleson has offered to bring
her out at Her Majesty's Theatre
(opera house and with the New York
success "Pique." Messrs. Charles
Reade and Wilkie Collins seem to
be very desirious that she should play
in London and have written to her
upon the subject, the former from
Margate, where he is passing the
summer and the latter from bed Of
gout.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
LYING IN BED WITH A CORPSE
A COURTING COUPLE AND A LIVE
GHOST BADLY SCARED.


GHOST BADLY SCARED.
From the Abbeville (Ga.) Medium.
It is said that Jordan, the New York
Greenwood drummer, recently met with
the following rather amusing experience
in his extensive travels. On going to a
hotel in one of our large cities he was as
signed to room previously partly occu-
pied. After being shown the way by the
polite and accommodating clerk, he went
to his apartment, found the door open, a
candle dimly. burning ON the centre-iable
and the only bed in the room occupied
by the stranger who was TO be his room
mate for the night. The unknown man
seemed to be taking his rest, and not
wishing to disturb him, Jordan quietly
di$robed himself, said his prayers, blew
out the candle, and went to bed. Before
he had quite fallen to sleep, he was some
what startled by the entrance of young
gentleman and lady, who relighted the
candle and soberly seated themselves in
corner of the room in full view of the
hero of this incident. The intruders
chatted away in a suggestive and affec-
ti0nate manner, just as lovers always do.
The novelty of the situation seemed to
have its effect upou them, and after sun
dry comments on the weather, the latest
gossip and small society talk, the pair
settled down to "business." All this
time Jordan was an interested listener,
and he was prepared for the kisses which
fell upon the willing lips of the fair i'll
amorata. He hunched his bed-fellow
with his elbow, but the stranger slept on.
Then followed scene of affectionate de-
m0nstrations between the couple in the
corner. Jordan determined to wake his
unknown friend SO that he might see the
fun Raising his hand he laid it upon
the face of the unconscious sleeper, and
then his lair, in holy horror, stood on
end. The face was cold and clammy-
he was sleeping with a corpse. Shooting
up straight through his canopied couch
Jordan appeared before the startled pair
a veritable ghost. The young man and
lady disappeared down the stairway in
wild alright, closely followed by the un-
whiting author of this startling escapade.
The clerk of the hotel had perpetrated a
practical joke on the commercial trav-
eler.' The scene in the Office is said to
have been very ludicrous when the three
parties appeared before the bar. Jordan
zen dishabllle." Can you imagine any
thing more "spirituelle ?" Two hundred
and fifty pounds avoirdupois make up
tolerably vigorous ghost.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
DRUG STORES.

The Best Quality of MEDICINES,
AT WILLIAMS
THE MOST RELIABLE PROPRIETARY
MEDICINES,
At Ninth and Market.
Choice PERFUMERY COLOGNES, &c,
AT WILLIAMS
A fine assortment Of HAIR, TOOTH, and
NAIL BRUSHES,
At Ninth and Market.
A Glass of ICE COLD ARCTIC SODA
WATER,
AT WILLIAMS
Choice FLAVORING EXTRA CTS Strong
and Pure,
AT Ninth and Market.
A Good KEY WEST or DOMESTIC
CIGAR,
AT WILLIAMS
Fine AMERICAN & IMPORTED SOAPS,
At Ninth and Market.
''Get the best" WILLIAMS SAPONA-
CEOUS DENTIFRICE.
AT WILLIAMS
choice Goods, Accuracy in dispensing, and
Reasonable PrlseS.
WILLIAMS PRESCRIPTION STORE,
Corner Ninth and Market.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13

RLACK CAshM MEREs.-D,rect , rom
Il - tle ID, s'orter, a full line of Black Cash
l;oo. Ihese desirable fabrics are at lowaMr
rlces than we have offered for years. and
We recommend them for color and durahII I
tV W. b. SHARP.
Tourth and Market SITS
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13

THE New JERSEY RAILROAD DIsAs-
TER.-By an act of the grossest careless
ness on the part of the bridgekeeper in
neglecting to lock the draw of the bridge
over Shrewsbury river at Oceanport, on
the line Of the New Jersey Central rail
road. the train was thrown from the
track and pitched into the river. OF the
four hundred passengers on board one
hundred were more or less seriously in.
Jured and one killed outright. 1t is
one of the saddest illustrations of the sus.
picion engendered by the late railroad
strike that the displacement of the draw
and the wreck of the train were at first
attributed to the strikers. This impres.
sion was strengthened in the minds O.
many persons at Long Branch by the dis
covery of loose short rail at the montI
of the draw. There is nevertheless
scarcely the shadow of doubt the bridge
keeper was to blame.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
steel Rails of Double Length.

At the Steel Works of the Lackawa ona
Coal and Iron Co., in Scranton. hereto
fore the rails have been turI ed ont at the
standard length, 30 feet, but thew are
row made in double bars, 60 feet long.
The great advantage of making the
double length instead of the single ieneth
bar, lies in the saving effected in cnttfno
off the cross ends of the rails, which i5
itself is a saving of about fifty Der cent.
Although the bar is rolled so feet in
length, it is too cumbersome to be easily
handled in the laying of tracks, and Is
therefore cut In two as soon as rolled,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13

NEAL Dow, the well-known advocate of
the Maine prohibitory law, asserts in a
letter TO j. L. Bailey, OF Philadelphia, thai
the law is rigidly executed in Maine, and
that the liqor traffic in that State is re
duced to very small proportions and is
entirely suppressed except in two or three
of the larger towns. If Mr.. Dow could now
induce the Maine Legislature to prohibit
Incompetence in speech and practice ii
himself when speaking of other people, he
would make himself agreeable as well as
useful.
The recent practice OF the American team
at Creedmoor shows very fine markham
ship. There were six scores of over two
hundred out of possible two hundred anf
twenty-five al the close of the fourth com
petition for places on the team. A note
worthy feature OF the practice was that bet
ter scores were made at the 1000 Yards rang
than at either the 500 or 700 yards.
WATCH FoUND..-The watch that wa
stolen from the vest pocket of w. Wish
hart, at Middletown on Friday afternoo,
August 3, was recovered one day thi
week by constable VIM. L. Heal. TIL
thief will not be prosecuted.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
LYNCH LAW IN VIRGINIA-HANG.
ING OF A COLORED MAN.

CULEPER Y. H., Va, August 10.-On
Sunday night a colored man named VIM.
Thompson committed brutal assault on
little white girl at Mitchell's StaCion,
Culpeper county. The man was arrested
on Monday, and whilst being guarded at
Mitchell's Station on Monday night a
party of colored men attempted his re-
lease. In the melee A. A. Riddell, a
white man, was struck by stone thrown
by colored man named Claxton, who
in return was shot and severely wound
ed. On Tuesday morning Thompson
was brought 10 this place and commit
ed to Jail by a justice for the action of
the grand jury.
Last night about IL o'clock crowd of
men gathered in the dark near the Jail,
and at one o'clock company, some sixty
in number, marched down Nam street
in an orderly and silent manner, anil
hating at the Jail, demanded admittance.
This the jailor refused, but finally yield
ed force and delivered upthe. keys. The
crowd marched in and found Thompson
chained to the floor of the cell. The
chains were quickly broken, and with
Thompson in the centre of a hollow
square his captors marched along the
county road to the Confederate ceme-
terry, short distance from town, and
halted at large poplar tree.
The leader asked Thompson if he
had anything to say but the negro who
had before confessed the crime de-
clined to talk. A rope which had
been brought by the party, was fasten-
ed to the tree and Thompson swung
off. As soon as life was extinct bis
executioners rode away and the body
hung until about noon to-day. 1t is
thought that the executioners came
from the nelghborhood of Mitchell's
Station, and comprised some of the
relatives of the outraged girl. The
affair was conducted SO quietly that
most of the village knew nothing of
1t until this morning. The coroners
jury failed to identity any one as par
ticipating in the hanging.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
FROM LATE EDITIONS OF
SATURDAY.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE MARINES.
By telegraph to the Gazette.

By telegraph TO the Gazette.
Washington. Aug. IL.
Battery I, 2nd artillery, under COM
mand of Captain Hamilton, arrived here
this a. IN. from Pittsburg. No further
advices have been received from Gen.
Hancock as to when the marines now on
duty in Pennsylvania will be relieved
but it is the purpose of the General to SC
arrange the force under his command as
to allow the marines to be returned tc
Washington at an early day.
If possible Commodore Ammes
chief of the Bureau of Navigation
will leave Washington next Monday fol
Providence, R. 1. in professional duties
Major r. NJ. Batcheider, quarter mas
ter, now in duty in California has beer
ordered to report to the quarter master
General in this city for duty.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13

BEN WADE INTERvIEwED.-Aco cores
pondent of the New York Tribune, has
Interviewed ex-senator Ben. Wade, of
Ohio. He declares that he has not modi-
fled his opinions in regard to President
Hayes Southern policy. Whilst he
regards him as an honest man he thinks
the President made a great mistake in
surrendering Louisiana and South Caro-
lima, and that he misjudged his duty
shockihgly. He says the country has
been abandoned to the rule of the South.
With the South in power Mr.. Wade says
the Texas Pacific subsidy bill will be
passed, and also a 100000, 600 bill for the
levees of the Mississippi. Mr. Wade
finally declares that lit has ceased to be
any reproach to man TO have been a
traitor, and Northern people look on the
rebels as men who took different view
from themselves of doubtful question
of constitutional Interpretation"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-13
NyHE ARTIZANS SAVINGS BANK.
5o2 MARKET STREET,

VNHE ARTlZANS SANlNGS BANK.
5o2 MARK EFT STREET,
INCORPORATED JANUARY I'D, 1861.
Open to receive deposits daily from A
NJ until p. M, and on Tuesday and Sat
urday evenings from TO O'Clock.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
OF SIX per cent, mas been regularly paid on
deposits, since the organization of the Bank,
and 1t is the expectation of the Managers,
that this rate of dividends will be continued.
When dividends are not Withdrawn, they
are accounted as deposits. Thus permanent
deposits compound their interest twice in
each year.
MANAGERS.
Clement B. Smyth, George w. Bush,
Chas. W. Rowland, George s. Capelle,
Nathan' X. Benson, NJ. l.. Lichenstein,
Henry f. Dure, Edward Darlington,
Il. NJ. StOnsenberg, Job IL. Jackson,
william NJ. Field, VIM. II. Swift,
Anthony Higgins.
GEO. w. BUSH, President.
GEO. s. CAPELLE, Vice President.
feb2l.iy f. 7. TAYLOR. Treasurer.