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ENSIGN E. d. BOsTICK, Of this city, has been
ordered to the receiving ship Passaic, at the
navy yard here,
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OFFICE OF II. e. OFFLEY.
HALL ROOM OF NATIONAL METROPOLITAN
6l3 18th Street, Opposite U. 8. Treasury.
BEST RATES ALLOWED
DRAWBACK CERTIFICATES
Issued UNDER Act OF CONGRESS OF JUNE 20,
1879.
CERTIFICATES AND BONDS
in payment Of Special LIZ
sALs AZ LOWEST T RATS: or Win attend personally
ths q the Taxes ~ san'e rses - ooArseo
o. & BONDS, DISTRICT SECURITIES. RAIL
ROAD, INSURANCE. GAS AND OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES,
BOUGHT AND sold.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES SPECIALITY
FOR SALE AND IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
D. G. 20 and sO-year Per Cent Gold Bonds-3-s5
Bonds guaranteed by q. S-U 8. 4 Per Gent Bonds,
Metropolitan and Columbia B. B. stock, &c sc.
III. E. OFFLEY.
3y241m
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SECRETARY THOMPSON returned from New
York yesterday. His visit was one OF bushes
entirely connected with the navy yard there
and other matters pertaining to his department.
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NOTES FROM NEW BRUNSWICK.
Storm SnffnPppS

ST. JOHN, n. B., August "a public meeting
was held yesterday afternoon to take measures
to alleviate the distress caused by the recent
destructive storm In Kent county. Owing to
the snort notice given there was compare
lively small attendance, and the meeting ad
Journed. Meanwhile, subscriptions are being
collected, and great destitution is said to pre-.
vail
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Death of MatOr LELAND.

SARAToGA, N: Y, August 9.-MajOr VIM. w.
Leland, formerly one of the proprfeuors of the
Grand Union Hotel, died this morning OF infia.
nation Of the bowels. He was commissary on
Gen. Grants stan early In the war,
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SECRETARY MCCKARY went to the Great Falls
to-day.
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a SUC(eS6fUI II8bOf StfIkee
At noon Thursday, all the association labor
ers working On vessels In the harbor struck for
higher wages. Before the strike they were re-
ceivfng miscellaneous wages, ranging from so
cents upwards. Their demands were acceded
recommended work yesterday afternoon.
At Dinner.
A dinner was given by the governor general
last evening. Attorney General Fraser, Mayor
Ray and Warden Jack being among the invited
guests. Previous to his departure his excel
lency VIII receive an address from the Sc. An
GleWS Society.
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MOVEMENTS OF U. S. NAVAL VESSELS.-The
Vandalia sailed at noon yesterday from Port
Royal, where she had put In to coal, for Pensa-
cola. -. The training ship Wachusett arLsIed
remain long enough to take In coal and pro-
visions, when she will proceed to New York.
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o. B. BONDS, DISTRICT SECURITIES. RAIL
ROAD, INSURANCE. GAS AND OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES,
BOUGHT AND EOLD.
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CURE BY ABSORPTION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-08-09

eTAt Wholesale In Washington by BTOTT
CROMWIIL, $50 Pennsylvanis ave- NV. m3l-3m
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FROM IELLow FEVER PORT.-Surgeon Gen.
eral Hamilton, OF the marine hospital service,
has received a dispatch from T. s. Consul w 81.
FaXOD, at Curacao, W. l., stating that the
fecJed port Of Curacao on the 3lst ultino for
Bangor, Me.
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\ Two DOLLAR CONsCIENCE.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has received from an unknown
person, in an envelope postmarked Washing
ton, D. c., the sum OF $500. The money has
been placed to the credit Of the conscience fund
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THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DISPATCH
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

TRAlN-WREcKERs AT WORK IN THE WEST
RAILROAD ACCIDENT; OTHER GRIMES
AND CAsUALTlEs-CONGR AMI
OTHER WASHINGTON PROCEEDING s-THr
TENNESSEE STATE DEBT BILL SIGNED
EFFECT OF SUNDAYS STORM IN VARIOUS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN THE SUPREME
CoUET-TERklBLI EFFECT OF 4 THUN.
DER.sToRM NEAR DECATUR, ILL.-rlRE
ON TIE WHARF At JACKSONVILLE, FLA
THE OHIO RIVER coNvENTIoN-sMUG-
CLING OF ClGARS--DEATH OF a CENTE-
MARIAN IN CoSNECTICUT-HEAVY ROB-
Berry IN LESION: THE THIEF
ARRESTED--A MURDERER EXECUTED
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT CELEBRATION
IN PiitLADFLPHIA-THE FRENCH SESA-
ToRIAL COMMITTEES REPORT-TIIE IN
SURRECTIONARY PLOT IN SANTIAGO DE
CUBA.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY

.!''0rS II Ui2pGtch: VIII YOU allow me
.,aAiI space in YOUR able and InteiIigcn;
ln-a4i 10 express the sentiment OF the citi.
moi old Fairfax county for the active
,..' ,ou TOOK in helping on the settlement
d Ii. state debt. You deserve our thanks
....ur best wiShc: for your continued sue
IT,, and enlarged patronage. We desire,
49,. rubicly 70 announce 10 the people 0!
Oh .,.,c that We heartily endorse and re.
~" n II" Grand achievement and final
a.a:4r5 Of tic ;intlr;n@ efforts OF our GOV
ts-4" 10 save our Stale from bankruptcy,
s+..d!2,ioM. and everlasting disgrace. To
- .--ac!ly. Judgment. and personal sacri-
are Sc mainly indebted Tor this great
."o,,. UW people have not yet awakened
- magnitude Of the subject and the
~'e.t1can tack undertaken by him, and so
~~'>luliy accomplished, TO the untold
,-.@ta9c- assured TO The State by the set
's,~.H; Of lis debt. 81 thai 4 few weeks ago
diain.u!. difficult, and in urmountabic
''> 'ln>Aed ana been made easy by the
a., .'' VI surcrEGinan and persistent efforts OF
,s governor and leading statesmen in Tie
"%c and House. whose names will co
y, "'"A 10 vCe;cr'ty with undying lustrc Tor
INV eh"lt> IN this grand and stupcndouS
,,i',h, And now let all hearts arouse 10 The
i,'.'n'S ScAo Of public opiuion, which Is be-
,I, 7 IecE"oea from mountain 10 mountain
,,'I - Gun hilltop to hilltop in songs OF JOY
., 'n 9i''Euat thai SIC are freed from the
.Ss'Du' q great national debt and ont OF
,+S Tia>p Of The stern bondhoiders. This
D. , WI. iI"s had in it the hand Of 4 benignant
, ''' lHchcc, 10 whom all hearts should go
,'a.@ N gratitude and praise, and be made
, r'. by ac,ing out the example set by
-, tMS'hers, and unitedly laying aside all
,s.co,.atfalions but the good OF our State and
ie,E., sGnmonins every wise aud good
rr r, to insure the success and future
'nlriNy OF on" good Old Commonwealth.
-1"cA -, 1879. FAIRFAX COUNTY.
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River Convention nj Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, March 3l.-A large number
OF delegates to the River Convention assem-
b.cd ut the Burnett House to-day, and Or
canized by calling Captain james Wise TO
the chair. After speech by Benjamin Egg
gleston on the importance OF the object for
which the Convention had met, Captain
Charles w. BatchcIor. OF Piltsbur-. was
appointed permanent chairman, and Ward
Robinson, Of Cincinnati, secretary.
Captain John Cowdcn, OF Memphis, then
addressed the Convention, rchcarsin@ bis
experience at Washington and his familiari-
" with the commerce OF the country. Our
river interests. he said, diminished instead
Of Keeping pace with other interests. In
support OF this he said The Erie canal
handled more freight in seven months than
New Orleans did in thirteen years; that
this grew out OF the lack OF attention given
to our rivers, and particularly 10 the outlet
Of our great western streams ut the mouth
OF the Mississippi.
4 committee on rules and order OF bus-
ness was appointcd; after which the Con-
ycntion adjourned to meet this afternoon,
when Captain Cowdcn will address them III
length. exhibiting plans. charts. and maps
connected with The proposed plans.
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Forty-sixtIi Consrcsa---First sassion
WAsIuNG1OH, March 81, 1870.
SENATE


Numerous bills were introduced and re
ferred. Among them was one by Dir. Grove
extending the time for the construction O
the Northern Pacific railroad.
The memorial OF Mexican veterans 10,
pension was referred to the Committee or
Pensions.
Mr.. voorhees, offered resolution. which
was agreed to, inquiring OF the Secretary oil
the Treasury what means are observed TO
prevent frauds on the revenue in connec-
ton with goods in bonded warehouses, dc.
Mr. Morrill, made speech against the ad.
dillon to the Capitol building for the accom-.
modation OF the library OF Congress. lie
advocated separate building.
Mr. Harris called up the bin authorizing
the Secretary OF the Treasury to contract
with John Gancee for the construction OF a
refrigerating ship for the distinction OF
vessels and cargoes, to be used at such
quarantines rs may be designated By the Ma.
tlonai Board OF Health, and arpropriating
SaT, 900 for that purpose. After considers
Die discussion the bill was postponed until
tomorrow.
Without further business OF Importance
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House was not in session,
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
MONDAY, March 31.1979

MONDAY. March 81, 1879.
Government Serrritiss.-Cuitcd states 4l,'s, l04
bid; United states As 99i! bid, 1908 asked.
.S.1i. Srcurttl.s-Vlr.InIac ousoir 57t, hid 57z.
asked virginia consols new. II bid, az asked:
Virginia fundabc, 80 bid; Virginia deferred.
bid; Virginia interest certificates Is bids Virginia
Caroline bonus, l bid.
Cttv observation-disclosures city s., J. and j..
10 bid: Richmond civ c.. }. aud T.. 1O3Ss bid
OF asked Petersburg city s.: l07 bid, IL asked:
Petersburg city S., special tax. J. ami j.. los bid :
LSnchOurs city SIS, }. and D.. lib bid: LynchburS
city 6's j. and j.. lOl bid; Norfolk city water S.
II. and n. Is. bid.
Railroad nds.-Chesapcake AMI Ohio Railroad
c.. gold. NJ. aud ", 81 bid Virginia Central Rail-
road fourth mortgage S.. j. au,! j.. l04 bid. 10
II kcd: First Central Railroad non mortgage 81.
gage preferred G's, }. ana il bid: Norfolk and
Petersburg Railroad first mortgage -. }. AMI j..
los asked; Petersburg Railroad first mortgage S..
| J. and J lO:I asked; Richmond and I'c'rrsbu re-
Railroad first mortgage s.. i. amd O.. 1915 bid
| EichMond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
mortgage -, j. and j.. iO2 m: Richmond. trerlC
| burg aud Potomac Railroad mortgage Is. j.
andj.. 10 !. bid: Richmond and Danvilc Railroad
| cons liIatCd c.. II. and ", St bid, ST., ashci
| III .Imnat Railroad iir,l mortgage IS. \. and o..
iot bid; Richmond YORK River and Chesapcakc
| RnurOHI M"cE%-C irsaiWakcani uh'o Railroad,
100 rar. :: 10 hi':: Hiclmond ana Petersburg; Rail
road 100 par A. hi't. ~? ,k"d: Richmond. Frcic-
| ricksbur- and Potomac Hairo,d q per cent. guar
:,nrceh. 100 par. 70 bid: i;tcI,noni Frc'lcricks-
! bur" aud Potomac Raiirond PR cent. euataI-
tcc'!, 100 tGtr. 93'5 bid; Connection Railroad stock.
10 l"r. G94 hid: Echraonh and DnvIllc Rail
rult!. 90 pay. sid. - skc,i s. aboard AMI Roam
! uSr lairra1 guaranteed. 100 par. ~ bill.
E"nk Stocks.-Na:i"aal Bank Il Virginia, 100
par. 20 asked.
rue. - par So: bid. 81: asked: Virginia Stat"
% par, - bid: NiT@inia Home, 100 par: 30 bid
| luo asked: merchants and mechanics. lNn par
Z, h''i. s asked: City. 100 par, go bid; Granite
| lGO par. 10 4 Red.
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
f0ll1-TT f'rCTIct

rou1trr PrcGncc.
.4vDiex: :l.7Ia;2 80 = barrel.
5@titr: !'rI1,: to choice yellow, ls1522:.; IA:
. i I"S,.' a>, ~ a@5oc = busnrl for connsry.
D..tsd Fruit: AnoIas. i 2':r.: nea"h.' peeled.
81, &c.: uupr"d. &c. eticllcs, 1870 l5". /! o.;
''' E% ,,,y: In t',rr,!s. dun at lc'.4llc.
trrta.Ts: Prime !vc-&""sc, 800 4o".' c".lf''"h'
" t2a ,'S>. slGSl.o5 = brstel. =,
U,u: Virginia t:EotLy, JIt;61c.' Cover ana
ni!X.d. 1000
Urts: Ba,L. l5M55c. .
Pnta;D.+: irI.h. = oarrci, .24G.2'o'
LGri: Country. bht6E:.
Hyr: 65Hl70r. = JJri,cl
.sifanc: Prime. zoe. .,
, $<eGTtSsft " "si. sl33; hers
srs,s; q: krn,ueE>y l "!nr. Sra's' si.'".
B"i:d btrr'c: 3""Itoc'
ir.ni: Was:,cd. 2Gng2Sc-: unws-he%. l7G lsc-
na:rv wool VIII DrIu. IRON } 10 81. o 70 less nt:
ab0Nc "atcs.
Cement. Lime. fT;Ls:s-. &c.
! rs,c.ct. ,..,4 .,!ae. 80 a barrel.
lin: A.rlcul;ur.., Sdy zoe. pusncl: RncAGnd'
Il. lum%i.Za. according Ia Luantity; J"nseI fhh-
i,hn-l :I.iJ; Cleans Faii'- so49oc; ..,,.,,sa
| ,5inste.: Lump, $50; e.G.,!u, So; caicihed
''5 T"r La1re sil,. :3.25@t $3.50.
Dr,,ss, DTest ai:s, Oils, &c.
TX iI..::!: $3.50 = .r,"nn.
| C~a.entra,ed Ly.: S2.75@si q case Of fou,
! tuypcro3: &C.
! f'cri.iatTi: 9Oc. =, y.
! E.t,oct al lag Sank: lSc.
| T.Gigo: :lGr .l,:u.
MijI,r: I'm. ~
Oiix: iin:., j. zoe: r'acl'nc slGsl.75; sDer'n
sl.25: whale tnc; s;rai!'. AZ a13c;; kaDraao,
cod Oil 80 n 6(i"; lard. Csc; sweet, So > Dozen
best s,ad. 1850: castor, $50 . gallon: |nslni'
lubricawL. 30Ga3Uc. Kerosene l2'ic' cash. y sa'
Ion.
Race ginger: zoe. .,. - ,,a
Roots !: Ginseng, 90c.; seEtca, "ithoat Top ''e
i3c. -, >,
Sod.l: Sal. la92c. II kegs; English soe:' &c.
Amer lean. 3HGGic.
SD trttS TErDsHtfas: ACC
Dry Goods.
pro,,r Sh.sf,u1s and Shfrefars: "a Manchcs
.er DC: Manchester. o4c.: Manchester, 4',c.
| A James River &C.; Z James RIVER; o2c.,
lance River. 41sc.; IA Granitevlhe. 7c: GrSnte
lille &C.: "A Rockhritge. SC; RocShride osc.
IA W. Conestoga, 7c.: ) g. Conea,oga, eye: j..
, rnnestoga exc; l0-4 reperill, 25c.; 1o-7 CitI
r BfeaeSsd ShfrtiHas and Shsettngs: A Wan
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
rOGr OF RICHMOND. nAacn 81, 1870.
ARRIVED.
ALMhStt-ApRIL J, ls


S.c,m.hto Wranoka, Couch, New York !nef-
rhan,!isc aud passengers. G. w. A len < Coz "kents'
Steamer Pioneer, Piatt, Philadelphia, inerchah-
disc. j. ". McCarriek. agent. -,
Schooner Jams Martin, Brown, boston, h>n'
Walker. Saunders K Co. , A..
Glllego Company. H. ,u.st
Bark Alertcx, Drcix, HAMPTON Roads III oa''AS''
TO load OIL Mciss Ier, Ackerlnann 20.
SAILED.
Steamer Ariel, clifford. Norfolk, Dnlten SLi.t'
mail I,icrcn IN !is.. and passengers l.. ID. 'a'~S
agent. r,,,.. 81, 8 on .oat :,
Curil, & Parker.
MEMORANDA.
NEW YORK, March 2D-Arrhe"'
II iIurOu:, Irwin, from This i"r'. ~, =. s.hoorcr
piILADELrHIA. March 2".--Arl,e" S"0"
| Or.rt hmp,, Ediauu =, from MS port
DISASTER. -.
atxr,trh 10 IloysS from BA'an "A "a 80
.nr'a n,rk II-ur,ec, Eureiiar't, .ai,inS eht.
- or i'afanr FER Amer!ca with lSS IONS y" IL 81.
$50 $50 ,Y,r = horc ani wrcc ed IL AMER. i"S.
| the cargo Will be saved.
| lRy TELEGRAPH. .,<
| Sryy YORK March 81 - Arrived ON Esn, nI.tn
| rrrs "a, Anna Wheato,n, fot riah ihse a.I ipnme
81 Louis, Abdul. BOZ s!a, Tadrrlai,d, rtsn.n ,ie.ns
| ward: Cuuntes.e On DueDaItl, ihf Ne"
aedl,:or, for " ilminSion
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SAVANNAH, GA, alarch 31.-The storm OF
yesterday did considerable damage in Ell.
lnsGan county. \ son Of cx-Congressman
Rawls was killed by falling tree.
NORFOLK, March 3i--No reports OF ma
rlne disasters by the heavy storm raging last
night and to-day save those furnished by
the siwnal wire
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

r,., ABINGDON, Va, March 80, 1879.
@i1 '9H0rS DiSpGtch: Hon. James K. Gibson
mere Aete about o'clock A. N. to-day, after
w. "?tE Illness; aged siXty-seven years. lie
n "a member Of the Forty-frst Congress,
W.. 'ach he was elected in July, 1869. He
q nor many years an officer Of the branch
hss~. Exchange Bank ,of Virginia 1t this
0, ;,,,tnd had died several other positions
Aj,1tuH IN this his native county, and was
c,;%", eteemed on account OF his business
'-"'F and strict integrity. -.
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Crimes and Casralrics.

AN EXPRESS TRAIN THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
KILLING AND WOUNDING PASSENGERS AND
EMPLOYEES.
CINCINNATI, March 5l.-A special says as
tue n1ght-eXprcss train on tie Grand Trunk
rsilroad was paSs!nS'a point two miles east
OF SMITHS creek, Michigan, on Saturday
night, 1t was thrown from the track. The
engine and three forward cars were
wrecked. y brakeman was crushed to
death between two cars, and the engineer
and fireman fatally scaded. The fireman
has since died. Francis Kellogg. OF Erie.
Pa, had leg broken; s. p. Willard, OF
Chicago, sustained cut on the head ard n
fracture OF the right arm. Several other
persons were slightly injured. The disas-
ter ~Rs caused By train-wreckcrs, who re-
moved Il rail. They were traced Dv their
footprints in the mud, and their tools we're
found short distance from the scene OF
the catastrophe. Several suspected persons
have been arrested.
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
P1Tr.TON. PA, March 31.-About o'clock
this morning, as paSScngcr-.rain No. s, from
New York, Oh the Lch;sh Valley railroad,
was approaching Hill creek, near this place,
the locomotive was thrown from the track
in consequence al a landslide, which oc-
| Cured 4 shot time previous. The en-
gineer, Nicholas Schcingcr, was instantly
kill, and The fireman was seriously injured.
None OF the passengers were hurt.
KILLED Ri LIGHTNING.
CINCINNATI. Marcn3l.-A special dispatch
to the EnQujrcr says that OF Friday evening,
six miles north OF Decatur. H., wagon
containing one man (namGd Robinson) and
his two daughters and Mrs. Jones Nyc, was
struck by lightning, instantly killing Rob
inson and his daughter Kate, AGED sixteen,
and throwing Mrs. Eyc to the ground in an
unconscious condition.
CAUGHT IN TIE ACT.
CHARLESTON, March 3l.-A man named
| Morgan, who claims TO be from Utica, =.
| T., was detected and arrested here to-day
while passing from the First National Bank
with 500, 600 worth OF United States bonds
and other securities stolen from the presi,
dents private room. The property was re-
covered and tie prisoner locked up. The
attempt was evidently the work OF skilled
and experienced thieves who had been pre-.
pairing it for some time past.
CONVICTION OF MURDERER.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, March 3l.-At Hunt.
! ington, W. Va, on Saturday, The jury in
the case of Henry Johnson. on trial for the
murder Of Mrs. Parsons in January last, re-
| turned verdict Of murder in the first de-
gree. He WAS sentenced to the pcntcntiary
| for life.
SENTENCED TO Re HUNG.
NORWICH, Conn, March 81. Felix Nc
| Cam, convicted OF the murder OF }. Morris
Hatch, near ShclJurnc, on December Sd
| 1878. was sentenced this morning bv Judge
FaIlett to he executed May 10th. McCann
asserts his innocence and asks for another
trial
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Fire Rcoo-a

HUDSON, n. Y, March 31.-The Naddinc
hll', owned by Charles W. Trimper, at Vi
versTille. IN Hudson county. was, with con-
tents. totally destroyed By fire yesterday.
Loss. $4,000; insured for $4,000. The
lirc IS thought 10 be the work OF an incen-
dIorr -
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THE BOSTON CHAMPION.
Marine DISASTERS.

Lrwrs, DEL, March 3l.-Thc schooner
A. +. Kindbcrg, from Virginia for New
York. wcod-laden, has come ashore here,
but her condition is good.
The ship Gcstermund has cut away her
foremost to avoid going ashore.
WASHINGTON. March 31.-The Signal
Corps station at the wreck two miles north
Of Cape Henry reports at 1:25 2. NJ. as fol.
lows: "The captain and all the crew OF
the schooner james NJ. Vance have 1nst
been safely landed by the crew OF Life
Saving Station No. l. The vessel was
bound from New York for Chlckahomlny
The wreck was caused BY the loss OF both
anchors and sslls.'
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FIRE At JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

JACKSONVILLE, March 3i.-A fire broke
out in pile OF cotton on the New York
steamships dock this forenoon. badly dam
aging the wharf and consuming the she'd
and warehouse. Loss on cotton, $500:
insured. Damage to wharf. &c, $4,000;
uninsured, The fire was caused by sparks
from steamer lying at The dock.
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B.y 'lCiG Gr&Fin.

NEW YORK. March 3l-No0H.-SioCks strong.
MoGgN rn cali, u"r cru'. ENrha aGc-Ioig. 80, !;
short IS7d4. State ion 'Suui"t. Governments steady.
Money. Gar per cent. Exchange quiet
n ;SJi;mIS6. Governments firm; new -, lOIt :.
:'iaic>-Mure doing
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. March 3l.-Eirginia O.. deferred.
IL: con.Ol> JT7s: second series. AN pa>ttc ror-
pohs. so. North Carolina g. Did. 22t4. Bid to-day.
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conturc of Illicit Distillers.

CINCINNATI, March 3l.-Deputy Onl'ea
States Marshal Cochrane, OF Covlngton' teie-
graphs that he has captured in The noun
tains Of Eastern Kentucky fourteen moon.
sinners, and destroyed number OF illie,l
stills. He is expected here tomorrow WIN
the prisoners,
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Arrest of SInHGEIc rs.

NEW YORK, March 3l.-A customs ofhcer
last evening arrested two men down the
bay with $4,000 cigars in their possessic n
that were handed them from the Havana
s st, Niagara. which arrived here Inst
nioht TIE men were locked up in Lud-
Inw.Street Jail and the cigars contiscated.
S s viii be taken to hold the steamer re-
snonsible for smuggling. 1t is thought
these arrests will lead to very important de-
V vpJ and break up big ring OF
ep,trupIprS
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Fifteenth. Amanlrnent Celebration in
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-The colored
| neopIe held a celebration to-day at the EX'
hbition building in honor OF the ninth an-
niversary OF the ratification OF tue fh'eehIn
mf.ndment to the Constitution.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE

RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE
MONDAY, March 81, 1879.
The number of breaks to-day comprised 10 hogs
hcaGs. The offerings ut auction on Change were
10 packages; Of which number were sold al
~ Ice, ranging from $3.50 10 $3.50.
QUOTAT!oNS-rRIZED TOBACCO.
DARK.
Luys- Common 10 lac,li,lui, *2.2JG, $50 good
To ririr. <; ,r$ $3.50.
LrUt-CunIl.nn 10 good short, siGL3G medium
to III long, $GiL: 80: good - very good long, SSn
$3.50.
Dark leaf sopl enough for wrappers and tor the
best Types Of The !:cgics. have been thus far In very
hight supply. There Is no assortment Of lark sum
cured Tobacco otirI Ing.
Lu3s.-common TO medium, 1906; good to
very coed, Sass.
!Smok"rS.-Fnir 10 medium ;SMTl0; good to
very good, :l2ITl3; fine to fancy, 5l7.30&G
LrnC-Comninn 10 medium. s7.5om.So good 70
vrrv good. Sl0ty Il !.JJ: extra cutttrs Or u'lcrs
Sl5m$lS.
.H4hoyuny HrdDpsrs.-Conmon 10 medium,
! !5flS1j: good 70 very good aud line, sjOc,:1O;
extra tiuc II Jm!sJr.
Y,fIotc H'rGDD.rS.-Conm"n TO medium 325r1
so good 10 very good, iuI3JO; line Ia fancy,
:JJI&7J.
Occasional small lots have since the season OPEN
Ell commanded above the outside quotations. lnii-
cations arc that strictly fancy white wrappers VIII
he III light supply.
Nosp,cia cha: :sc III quotations. There Is some
iauuiry for sound .acdi;in ami low grade Old Hl!rrs
from manufacturers, and anything desirable VIII
command fair price.
There is every o>pcct now Of 4 good arason. and
we look for increased receipts.