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The Egyptian ImbrogltO.

PRESSURE OF The PUWEks On The PORTE
LONDON, June Ia dispatch to the London
Times from C0nstantinope says the representa-
tives OF Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia went
on Wednesday TO the Porte and supported the
demdrche made by the English and French am
bassadors advising Turkey 70 support the Khedive
and TO summon the disturoers OF order in Egypt
TO COnStantfnople.
A dispatch to the Standard from Alexandra
states that the publication or this Information has
had gC0d eject. 1t Is felt that Arab Pasha can
not long Withstand the pressure OF the powers
THE CONFERENCE AT CoNsTANTINoPLE.
PARIS, June LIT is expected that invitations to
the conference at Constantinople to settle the
Egyptian question will be despatched TO the pow
ers to-day. The conference Will meet very shortly.
General Foreign News.
IRISH oUTRAGEs PROMPTED BY AMERICAN FEHrANx.
OF Liverpool, writes 70 the Times that his
experience during the recent Fenian activity
convinces him that the outrages In Ireland
knot OF Fenans In America To suppress these,
he says, American cooperation Is Indispensable.
This can only be secured by showing that the
from the Irish nationalists, and be dealt with
without interfering with the Irish vote. England
has right TO ask America 10 strangle Fenlanism
In the place OF its birth.
TWENTY PEOPLE BURNED 10 DEATH
STOCKHOLM, June 1.-The poorhouse In the town
OF Oesthammer has been destroyed by fire. Twenty
persons were burned TO death.
Victory for an American HOrse.
wAILKNsTEIN WINE THE NANcHEsTER cuR.
LONDON, June LAT the Manchester summer
meeting to-day the raee for the Manchester cup of
OF Is sovereigns each 10 forfeit, was won by Lord
EnesmereS formerly Mr. LOr1llard61 fve-year old
chestnut horse Wallengtein- NJ. ,. l. DAVIS -four.
ana N. GP Kcm6ies dve-yesr Old chestnuf So1S2
EReyez o1Bos - hogDD 1on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-01

FREEDNANs BANK DIvIDEND.-The controller of
currency to-day received from the Secretary OF
the Treasury s250,OOO for the purchase Of the
Freedman's Bank building, and commenced pay
Ing dividend OF Is per cent to the Washington
creditors OF the Freedman's Bank. He is not
quite ready to pay the dividend to outside credi-
TORS, Dut Will be In a few days.
NAVAL oRDERs.-Lleut Com. Geo. B. Living
ston as executive OF the Adams on the 10th OF
June. Master Geo. F. Emmons to the Adams on
the 18th OF June. Asst Surgeon D. NJ. Guiteros to
examination for promotion Lieut. VIM. McLittle
detached from the New Hampshire and ordered to
the Adams on the 18th OF June. Meuts Harry
the Adams and ordered to return home and await
orders. Lieut.. Chas W. Bartlett from the train
Ing ship Minnesota and ordered to the Adams on
has reported his return home, having been de-
tached from the Quinnebaug on 18th OF April, and
ordered to examination for promotion. Surgeon
A. NJ. Owen from the Naval Hospital at Pensacola,
Fla. and to continue on duty at that yard. Passed
Asst Surgeon X G. Persons from the Coast Survey
steamer Blake and ordered to the Naval Hospital
Boyer from the Naval Hospital at New York and
ordered to the Blake.
SECRETARY FoLGER will return from New York
this evening.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS in New York
yesterday were Roscoe Conklng, Albert Bier
stadt Emory A. StOrrs, Gen. II. A. Barnum, Edwin
D. Morgan, Lloyd Aspinwan. Appraiser Howard,
Jessie Seligman, and Collector Robertson. The
President dined last evening with Pierre c. Van
Wyck at the latter'S residence in New York.
Mr.. REED, GUITEAU's COUNSEL, in reply to
question by STAR reporter to-day, said that he
had no news about the Guiteau case, but was still
at work; in fact, he was devottng night and day
to the case, and in few days he would be heard
from. He, however, did notindicate what the ma
ture of his move would be. This morning Mr..
Reed appeared in the Court in General Term and
inquired how long the court would be in session
this term, remarktng that he would, perhaps, file
motion In the case OF GuiCeau The chief Jus
Mons1ay next. and Mr.. Reed aetired, saying that
his action would be guided by that information.
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The National ArbitE0te0n League.
THE CLOSING PRoCREpINGs

The afternoon session Of the National Arbitra-
tion League, yesterday, was devoted chiefly to
eulogfstic remarks regarding the late A. B. Mea-
cham. At the evening session addresses were de-
livered Dy Judge Warner, OF Boston; ex-senator
Fowler. Hon. E II. TObey, Hon. 8. s. Burdette and
others Resolutions were adopted inviting the
nations, through their respective governments, to
inaugurate measures to Immediately establish
congress OF nations to whom shall be referred oil
international questions In dispute which cannot be
settled either by compromise or by special arbi-
tration. A resolution was also adopted requesting
that the clergy OF the country set aside one day In
each year for sermons on arbitration. The conven-
ttOn then adjourned sine DIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-01

SECRETARY CHANDLER will attend the graduat-
ing exercises at the naval academy probably on the
closing day He viii make a short visit to Con-
cord, New Hampshire, during the second week In
June, TO attend TO some law business.
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- wAsHINGToN. D. c.. MAY 29 1882
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

The partnership heretofore existing between FRED
ERtCn W. EVANS and MARTHA L. EVANS, under
tke -.r;l rane of T. W n. E. EVANS has this day
teen dissolved by mutual Mt, T. W. Evans
trng fr1m the firm. All debts due the late firm will be
PAID 10 Martha +. Evans and all persons having claims
.st said firm vii present the for settlement to
1aiies a. MARI of Duyall Mari, sO4 St northwest.
+. W. EVANS,
MARTHA Z. EVANS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-01

The old committee was reelected.
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THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
MR. NGGEERE,SSoLL'S PROPOSED NEW PLEA.
OVERRULED BY THE COURT.
8 SELECTING THE JURY.

This morning the defendants and counsel in the
star route case under the Dorsey indictment
assembled early In the Criminal Court. The court
room was we'll filled with spectators Around the
counsel table sat Messrs. Ingersoll, Totten, Hine
Wilson, Chandler, McSweeney, Carpenter, VIII
liams and Cole. Messrs Ctrkhill, Merrick and
Ker sat at the government table. All OF the de-
PENDANTS were present
THE GOVERNMENT READY FOR TRIAL
As soon as the court assembled the district attor-
ney announced that the government was ready to
proceed with the trial of the case OF the u s. agt
Brady ct al.
"win you have jury :" asked Judge wylie.
MR. rNGERsoLL WANTS TO ENTER A NEW PLEA IN
THE CASE OF THE DoRsEYs.
"Waft one moment, II you please" said Mr.. In
gersoll, who thereupOn held a consultation with
some OF his associates. When he had finished he
arose and said that in the cases OF John w. and
stephen w. Dorsey he would like to withdraw the
plea OF not guilty and enter another. MI. Inger-
soil then read the other plea.
Mr.. INGERSOLLs PROPOSED NEW PLEA.
The plea set forth that the United States ought
not further to prosecute the Indictment against
the said defendants, because it was found by
grand jury, illegally selected and constituted in
violation OF section of the act of Congress ap-
proved June 80. 1879, entitled an act making appro-
priations for certain judicial expenses of the gov
ernment for the ensuing fiscal year, &C.; that the
panel OF the grand jury which found the indict-
ment was not drawn from jury box containing
the names OF not less than 800 persons selected
alternately by the clerk OF the court and by we'll
known member OF the political party in this Dis
trict opposing that to which the clerk belongs. a
citizen OF good standing, &C., ano appointed a
commissioner by the judge OF this court; but the
persons composing the Said panel, as the records
OF this court show, selected in part by draw
Ing their names from jury box containing a jury
list, selected by five commissioners appointed by
order OF the Supreme Court in General Term, and
were in part selected by the marshal of the Dis
trict
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Referring 20 above notice would respectfully inform
nv trfenS ard the public generally that win continue
t. DINING ROOM BUSINESS at the old etand, go
Sl4 street ard request Inusnce of the patron
sse heretofore bestowed upon the firm of F. w. n.
Z. Lvans.
lly29-2w' MARTHA E. EVANS.
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ACSoAoo oA eu0 OoAuui0eccs uut Tue SEC
retary told him that the papers referred to in
been filed away in Baltimore for safe keeping and
hence, In his opinion (Rev. DR.. Paret) the report
OF the standing com6atttee was imperfect The
meagerneSS OF the records without the original
the canons OF the church, which requires them to
keep an accurate report OF its proceedings. These
proceedings involve the most important events
that transptre in the church, yet the committee
cept the vote. There are no names given OF those
that endorse the candidates, and no reference to
those not passing. The report concluded with
resolution which stated that by the words their
to report are to be understood all acts (save such
as the formal council OF advice with the bishop
may be considered cOnfldentfaD All acts and
proceedings are to be included, whether In form
they be negative or Affirmative"
Mr.. Marbury, the other member OF the commit
tee, spoke In favor OF the majority report. and
made strong plea for the purity and zeal OF the
standing committee. Rev. DR.. Elliott, MEN,
Der OF the standing committee. asked permission OF
the speaker 10 make statement, and then read
from the journal OF a preceding convention where
the standing committee had been instructed not
to report refusalA
Rev. Mr.. Hodges asked moments time to say
word
Mr. Marbury-"I win not give up the fioorn
Rev. MI. Hodges-"I thought that you would
not"
After some further parley. Mr.. Hodges said that
there were great underlying principles involved.
In q temperate way, and hoped that the conven-
t1on would not dispose OF it until an opportunity
was given to explain their position.
HouR OF KLBcT1oN or THE STANDING coln0rTER.
The bishop decided that the special mderfor the
election Of the standing committee, nxed Tor ~
O'Clock. Wns now IN order.
~ ehny11 AboEt nas1 thns 1tyns 1mDU1ant -
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-14
PASSENGER LISTS.

CARLIN, February 13sh.-Passed here to.
day, to arrive in Sacramento tomorrow
Dick Dryer, G. Abbot, w. H. Strickland,
G. Tyler and wife, P w. johnson, San
francisco; B. J. Baldwin and wife Mime.
apolis, MINI Mrs. Stoddart. Pittsburg, Pa;
j Fisher, Boston. Mass; Mrs. j. A. Bal,
Helena. Mont; Robert Callingham, Eng
land W. W. Woods, Butte, Mont; H. B.
Weber and wife, San Jose; Austin Jerrisb,
Warren, Maine; 81 emicrsnt passengers,
Including 40 males, to arrive at Sacramento
February 18Th.
OMAHA, February 13tb.-Left here to-day,
to arrive in Sacramento February 18th: E.
w. Newhall, j. Leo Lilenthal, A. Wolff,
San Francisco Florence L. Freeman. Gene.
see, Ill; Miss G. Woke, Richmond, Va; A
NJ. Borlsnd, Troy, N. Y; l.. +. Crowell,
Portland. Maine Jerome Cunningham, New
York; W. w. Hatch, Boston.
NEwHALL, February 13sh.-Passed here to-
day, 60 arrive in San Francisco to- morrow
Mrs c. L Douglass. Yuma J. R. Brad
ley, Oakland; j. w. Brownell, Portland o !;
b Austin, W. J. Austin. Denver; Mrs.
Maynard, San Francisco; w. King and son,
] Stanley, ID. HoIler. Cleveland, o.; w. w.
Elliott, oakland F E Wells and wife, Col
orsdo Springs; j. Z. Robertson and wife,
Indianapolis J. 1. Saban, San Francisco /;
Fl. Ssillmsn. Sacramento Lieutenant j.
Miller. Z. S N, Mare Island; G. Ii. Curly,
Prescott, A. T.; Miss Marie Speigel. Ger
many Miss Clara Saith, San Francisco.
KANSAS CIrY (Mo.). February 13sh.-
Passed Topeka, KI., to day, to arrive in San
Francisco February 18Th: Mrs A. Brittor.
Mrs Gsrtie B,ittou, Pittshurg, Pa; Mrs G.
NJ. Ya.es and wife. B. y City. NJ ch.; VIM.
HIM, Alfred P. Elicit, J. L. ThuIston, Mrs.
A. H. Parish, San Francisco.
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Tag cHANNEL TuNNEL.

1t is said that the Baglish Government
will oppose the prosecution of the Cham
mel Tunnel from the English side, though
there will be nothing to prevent the Eng
lish company from joining the French one
and proceeding from the French side. 1t
is difficult to see why there should be any
opposition to this project save from the
steamers that ply across the Channel. It
has been alleged that Sir Garnet Wolseley
opposed the Tunnel on the ground that it
would destroy England's main defense,
"the strip of silver sea. But it is
scarcely credible that man of so well
proved judgment should have offered an
objection which appears nothing less than
frivolous. For it is certain that the con-
struction of tunnel under the Channel
would have simply no effect at all upon
the relations of England to the continent.
No such tunnel could ever be used for pur-
poses Of invasion, for q few pounds Of
dynamite would be sufficient st any time
to wreck it completely, and France would
assuredly never undertake TO risk an army
IN such trsp. In fact, Channel Tunnel
could, from the very nature of its oond-
tons, be used for pt aceiul and commercial
purposes alone. and since it would be a
very great convenience. it is probable that
it will be built sooner or later. no matter
what opposition it may encounter at pres.
ent.
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INTERESTING WEATHER NOTES

The following interesting weather notes
for the month of December, 1881, are
culled from the Monthly Weather Re-
view /" furnished by General Hazen, Chief
Signal Officer, U. S. A., Washington,
D. c.:
Upon comparing the tabulated averages
Of rainfall for the United States, it is
shown that there was a general deficiency
of rainfall throughout the country west of
the Mississippi, with the largest departures
in the Pacific Coast States. Throughout
the area of deficiency, the departures range
from .06 of an inch in the Southern Rocky
Mountain slope, to l.S3 inches in the South
Pacific coast region.
Largest monthly rainfall (above inches)
Mount Washington, N. H., l5 95 inches !;
Highland, n c., IA 90 inches Alta, CAL.
ID 60 inches Fort Stevens, Or, l3 AZ
inches; Fort Candy, w. T., ii So inches !;
Port Eads. La, 28 inches Pensacola,
Fla, 1916 inches; Montgomery, Ala,
Is inches Wellsboro. Pa, 9 81 inches !;
Fort CASTOR, CAL, "a inches; Mobile,
Ala, 9l5 inches; Summit, CAL, 9 05
inches; Victoria, B. c., 8 9S inches !:
Olympia, s Sc inches Chattanooga, s. SO
inches; Helvetia, W. Va, SSl inches !;
Cisco, CAL, rs inches.
Smallest monthly rainfalls = Cotton,
Indio, Kingsburg, Lemoore. Mammoth
Tank, Tuhey's Ranch and White Water,
Cal; Fort Hale and Rapid City, D. T. /;
Casa Grande, Maricopa, Pantano and Will.
cox, a. T., and Fort Gibson and Denver,
none; Delano and Mojave, CAL, Fort
Totten and Fort Lincoln, d. T., and DEM
ing, N. NJ, trace.
Largest monthly snowfalls (above Is
inches Mount Washington, N. H., 4S 90
inches Summit, Cal, 43 inches; Cisco,
CAL; "a inches; Berryville, CAL, 26 so
inches Truckee, New, 20 so inches; Bos.
ton, 49, 20 inches; Emigrant Gap, CAL, II
inches Alta, CAL, 10 inches.
Largest monthly velocity of wind lover
10 900 miles)-Mount Washington, N a.,
81, l04 miles; Pixies Peak, Col. II 972
miles Fort Shaw, Mont, Is S5l miles
Delaware Breakwater, II S33 miles; New
Shoreham, r. l., 1856 miles; Kitty.
hank, N. c., II, 595 miles; Woodshole,
Mass, II l66 miles Thatchers Island,
Mass, 12.064 miles Hatteras, N c.,
II, 035 miles; Cape Nav. II, lois miles /;
Sandy Hook, N. j., 1921 miles; San
dusky, o.. 1889 miles; Fort Benton,
Mont, 10. lis miles.
Highest velocities during December, per
hour-Mount Washington, ITO miles, LIST
100 miles, ID; l04 miles, 18Th l26 miles.
% on twelve days the highest velocity
reached IS miles per hour. On summit Of
Pixies Peak, maximum velocity, rs miles,
on the Goth velecities of so miles or
over were recorded on six days. Other
high velocities were reported by the follow.
ing stations Fort Assinaboine, Mont. 80
miles Fort Benton, Mont. 50 miles Fort
Custer, Mont, 80 miles; Port Eads, La,
50 miles Cape May, 50 miles; Delaware
Breakwater, 81 miles, and Kittyhank, N.
~ 5f miles
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"ness, and it might be quite time enough
g for America to take prohibitory atti-
tude on this opium question when China
''may set the example" We regret to
find an American Consul giving advice to
his Government which is false logic and
bad morality. As to the carrying of OPT
um in Chinese ships, it is very well known
that this is done because of the corruption
of Chinese officials, not because the Chinese
Government countenances the trade. The
position of China on this question is that OF
weak power, which, having had demon
alizing traffic thrust upon it at the point of
the bayonet, is now suffering from the
effects of that traffic in creating an ever
growing demand for the drug. The
fact that the opium trade is pro-
ductive of the most evil consequences to
the Chinese people is not to be questioned
for a moment. Yet Mr.. Stevens, our
Consul at Ningpo, shuts his eyes altogether
TO the moral question involved, and thinks
that Chinese examples ought to justify the
United States in abandoning its present
lofty and upright position on the opium
trade. Mr.. Stevens, If he acted on the
same principle under all circumstances,
would not hesitate to advise his Govern.
ment to revive the slave trade, because on
the coast of Africa there are savage poten.
tates who still maintain it. 1t is nothing
to the United States whether China does
or does net act consistently in this mat
ter. We have only to render an account
for our own actions, but for them we are
responsible, nor can we ehifs the RESPONSE
bility. To engage in the opium trade
would be to sanction and participate in
debasing and injurious traffic; traffic
which in its way is quite as wicked as
the slave trade. Now we have no right to
inhict such injuries upon China, and more
over it would be contemplate for us, after
having rebuked Great Britain by cur own
action in this regard, to show all the world
that our boosted national morality was not,
after all, proof against the chinking of
dollars. Mr.. Stevens does not seem to
reflect, either, that we call ourselves a
Christian people, and that in that capacity
we are under obligations to set high ex-
ample of pure morals to the heather Chi
nese. We cannot, while contemning their
religion and civilization, condescend to
initiate them, and least of all in the per.
Torrance of what all the world long since
agreed were immoral works. If the Chi
nese officials trade in opium, so much the
worse for the Chinese people, and for the
Chinese Government; but no amount Of
Chinese immortality or official corruption or
insincerity can possibly constitute justif-
cation for the abandonment by the United
States of its attitude on this question.
And we hope that the State Department
will take the earliest opportunity of in.
forming our Consul at Ningpo that it is no
part of his duty to champion the sordid
greed which would deliberately consign a
nation to ruin rather than forego it's oppor.
tunity of accumulating some dirty dollars.
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THE OPIUM TRADE.

The United States Consul at Ningpo,
China. in his monthly report. just pub
lished, discusses the opium trade in the
following terms: While the United
Estates prohibits its steamers and ships
+" from carrying this article, and will not
"permit American citizens to prosecute a
" trade therein. almost every Chinese off
"cial has an interest in Chinese vessels en-
gagged in this business. Chinese ships,
flying the Chinese flag, can carry opium,
{. and do SO every day, while American ships,
under the American flag, and manned
with American sailors, are excluded
from doing SO. All these Chinese off,
+" cials are growing rich through this bust.
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A sEARP TRANsAC ZION.

The San Francisco Merchants Exchange
appears to have "played it upon the San
Francisco Produce Exchange, in a way
which the latter must despise. For with
out any warning the former suddenly an
nounced that it was going to open grain
"call " business yesterday, and invited
everybody to attend and participate at
pleasure. This step was taken just as the
Produce Exchange. after prolonged discus.
sion, had decided to do precisely the same
thing. and after seats in the Produce Ex-
change had been sold to gamblers at figures
which now appear to be absurdly high.
The action of the Merchants Exchange
was the more effective in that its position
is very much better, from business stand.
point, than that of the Produce Exchange.
In fact the announcement was quite
coup d'etat, and it carried dismay into the
Produce Exchange. Then it dawned upon
the members of the latter that an accom-
mediation might be possible, and commit
tee waited upon the Executive Committee
of the Merchants Exchange, and made
some remarks about the sum of $780,
900. But the Merchants Exchange folks
were not venal. They declared that
they had no other motive than the
promotion of the public interest
particularly that of the producers !;
and in half an hour they caused it to be
intimated to their friends of the Produce
Exchange that though they were loftily
virtuous as regarded $3.50, 900, they could
not answer for the stability of their public
spirit should anyone mention $500, 600.
What further negotiations have passed we
do not as yet know, but it is evident that
the Merchants Exchange has the best of
the situation, and it seems inevitable that
the Produce Exchange must come to what
ever terms, its astute rival may propose.
The California farmer, however, will posi-
bly, not feel quite comfortable when he re.
fleets that the magnitude of the sums in
volved in this piece of sharp practice indi
cate the extent of the anticipations
entertained by the grain gamblers, of the
pickings to be had in the near future from
his property. And locked at in this light
the affair is really somewhat ominous.