Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-05
THE TALLAPoOsA arrived at the Portsmouth
(Na.) navy yard this morning at eight O'Clock.

THE TALLAPoosA arrived at the Portsmouth
Na.) navy yard this morning at eight O'Clock.
THE House CoMMITTEE.-Mr Sparks, of Ill.,
lois, is to be chairman OF the military commit
tee of the House; Finley, OF Ohio, invalid pen
sioIs: Cox, OF New York, foreign affairs and
The census; Bragg. OF Wisconsin, war claims;
MOEey. or Mississippi, post Offices and post
roads; Mills. OF Texas. viii be assigned to the
ways and means committee; McLane. OF Mary
land gees to the appropriation committee;
Blackburn will either be assigned to the ways
ard cans committee on that or approprIa-
tiOns.
tary Sherman to-day issued the ninety sixth
and last call for the redemption OF $50 bonds of
1965-consols OF 1868. The following are the
bonds called In: Coupon bonds. dated
July l: 1865: xao-No to No. 1892; 500
MO NJ to 8, no; "oo%o sS'' s5oo-No to
Registe red bonds ..redeemabie at the pleasure
OF the United States after the 1st day of July,
1873 5oo-No. to No. 2,0s7; 81 .oO0-No. to
to Nc. 2,613. The bonds included In the above
mentic ned numbers constitute the entire
amount outstanding OF those issued under the
ACE OF March 3. 1865, known as COnSOls OF 1868,
and are the last of the U. S. Five-Twenty bonds.
MADAME PATTERSON BoNArARfE-The death
as Madame Bonapa.fe, at the venerable age of },
"a years, Is the closing scene of a verysremarR-
aDie M, III IiIe, was mentioned In yesterdays STAR.
Ihe baltimore Sun says: 1t was this old lady's
strange destiny to see three generations of the
family that had refused to legitimiZe her mar
rage and rejected her from France, themselves
rejected and expelled, aliened and extled, and
she the only unrecognlZed member OF the pro-
per househould Of Napoleon the Great, survived
mem mem a an, ana died as she had lived in the
nome or her childhood. The recognizance which
Ihe French courts and the Bonaparte family
denied to her she received in full measure from
ferred to go to prison rather than pronounce
her marriage invalid, and while Napoleon
turned his back upon her. Napo,eOn's conqueror
kissed her hand, and paid compliments in his
prim, patrlcian way to her beauty. After her
long struggle against that injustice by which a
SECOND family OF her former husband succeeded
cred herself and offspring entitled, she ac-
cepted the legal title and name OF Mrs. Eliza
beth Patterson, but notwithstanding which, as
We have indicated. society ever recognized her
as Madame Bonaparte.
N.The curious fact IS mentioned that the
English spaITOwS, OvercrOwded in the East are
this Spring following the line of human travel
and migrating westward.
BE The postofIice at Winchester, Va. has
been made United States depOSitary to receive
subscriptions for the four per cent rerundinsr
certificates.
tS-At Greenville, Miss Matt Chrismore.
sporting man, was found murdered in his bed
Thursday, his head being crushed, his throat
Su', ohe AiS UGuy ilpEtu. AL dSSoclaCe mas Deen
arrested.
tE General Daniel Cameron, weIl-knoWn
chicago journalist. and secretary OF the Illinois
democratic state committee, died on Thursday
John Duddy has been arrested and held
IN 5000 bail, in Philadelphia charged with per-
Jury In his testimony recently before the Wal
lace-Teler committee
u The strike OF the miners OF the Erie Com.
pany, at Spring brock colliery, near Scranton,
Pa, continues but the men show signs OF weak
eEing.