Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-29
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


source to-day were S2}6 6ff 80.
TEE MKssAGE-Tns clerks st the Executive
mau-Ioa to dsv are n,snifo,diug the President
messase. IL will b. about the same lenStn q.
h last ~ al message to CoEg1e's.
LOUISIANA DELEGATIONS CoMINe.-It has
been nruuIc. u that The McEn-ry aelegsti III
is coming to ,hi, city from New Orleans to lay
their grievances before Congress. It il nov
learned that the Kellogg government nts Az
POINTED counter committee, headed hv m
eN-CCntederatr General Long-treet. BOch con-
M ser are expected here "a few days.
President GRANT has been invited to at
tend the annual far for the benefit OF the sol
dieTs' and sailors orphans - be held in Btlri-
more from the 18th to the 20th OF Dscemp,r
The President stated that It would give him
great pleasure To be present, it his public ,Iu-
lies would admit OF II, bat ~ the time for ta-
exhibition was 50 far of. he could not as YET
state positively whether he would be able o
accept the invitation.
II sREMs to be pretty well established that
the taxes on spirits and tobacco will not be in
creased at tae coming session of Congress IN
make up deficiencies in the revenue The laws
relating to spirits and tobacco never worked So
satisfactorily as now, ami the commissioner OF
internal revenue, Secretary OF the Treasury,
chairman OF the WAYS and means and chairman
OF The finance committees are detcrmi ,edly OPP
posed t. any change either in the rates OF tax or
details vi the laws themselves.
Ex-UEITED STATES SENATOR RICHARD
YATES, of Illinois, who died suddenly at st.
LOnis, Thursday night, as stated in a telegram
10 Yesterdays STAR, had been to Fulton, Ark,
as United States commissioner to examine the
lower end Of the Cairo and Fulton railroad.
and returned to ST. Louis last Sunday. Thurs
day evening, while busying himself with pre-
paiations for starting home the next morning,
be suddenly fell backward and died in Ii Sc
minp.es.
The UNIFIED STATES SENATORS whose terms
expire on March {, 1o,5, are Ames. Mississippi;
Bayard, Delaware; Boremsn, West Virginia:
BTOwnlOw, Tennessee; Buckingham, Connec-
ticut; Carpenter. Wisconsin; Cass -rly, Califor
mia; Cbar1er. Michi gan: Edmouds, Vermont;
FentOn, New York, Flanagan, Texas; Gilbert.
Florida; Hamilton, MARYLAND; Ramsey, Mime
sofa; Schurs, Missouri; Scott, PENNSYLVANIA:
STraCue, Rhode Island; Stewart. Neva,l4:
stockton. New JERSEY. Sumner. Mass lchusetts;
Thurman, Ohio, and riptou. Nebraska.
THE CAUCUsIHG ro-DAY.-Caucusing among
the ssPirants for the elective positions OF the
House of Representatives was inInlged in after
alvely sort at the up-tO~n hotels to-day.
sharp effort is beng made to divide Urdways
strength. which, however, seem. 10 stand the
pressure thus far. IL is understood that the
south has not decided 30 cast its fun strength
for Perez iOT postmaster, as Virginia decline
10 be bound by any preliminary caucus. The
friends of all parties are active, and the House
caucus to he held toni ght promises to be live
ly one. The probability seems to be that aIi
the old officers OF the House will be reelected
with the exception Of the postmaster, the late
incumbent not being candidate. OF course
Mr.. Blaine will be reelected Speaker by an
almost unanimous vote.
LATE FROM THE KIowAs AND CoNANCHRs
Indian gent HawoTth, OF the Kiowa and CO.
manche agency, Indian territory, writes to the
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, under date Of
the lith instant, stating that the Kiowas aud
Apachts are trying 10 do what Washington
wanted them to-" The Comanches, he saws
are also trying hard TO comply with the re-
quirements OF the government. a few who
have been of the reservation all summer remain
away, and may be in Texas stealing. but most
OF the raidiug is done by Indians who do not be-
long TO the reservation. The Kiowas and CO.
mauches say the Cbeyennes do the most Of it.
4 gent Haworth states that there is a band OF
thieves On the Texas border, composed of white
men, WHO disguise themselves As Indians, and
commit deprcdatOns. lie says the report ia At
Biz Tree or Satanta Is off the reservation at
the head Of raiding parties is absolutely false.
PERsoYAL.-Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
who will arrive here this evening, will be the
guest during her stay in the city of Judge and
Mrs. Underwood at their new home, No. 226
Sd street northwest Mrs. Stowe, Ii will be re-
membered, gives readings at Lincoln Hall on
Monday and Tuesday evenings. '''' Miss
Nelly +, Cook, the pretty daughter of eX-
Representative Burton @. Cook, was recently
married to Mr.. Charles X. Lawrence, of Chi
cagO. Miss Cook left many friends in Washing
ton, who will be glad to learn that she Is pleas
antly dOmicied on one of the most desirable
avenues in Chicago. '''' Major II. 9. Ktug,
formerly of this city, (sOn OF ex-Postmaster
General king,) has composed the music of a
Thanksgiving song published in The CbristiGn
at Work for this week, which shows the Major
TO be a capable musician. Vice President
Wilson is in Washington, the guest of Hon.
Samuel Hooper, Representative in Congress
from Massachusetts, at his residence, 1901 II
street. go The journalistic and other friends
OF Mr.. james X. Young are making an active
canvass in his behalf for the position of Execu-
tive Clerk to the Senate, TO fill the vacancy
occasiOned by the death OF Mr.. Morris. Mr..
Shankland, for many years the assistant clerk,
is also spoken OF for the place. go. A mong
the arrivals at WIZARDS Hotel are Hons. Simon
Cameron and A. Herr Smith, Pa; Gen. X ).
Gibson, n.y.; Hon. T.. Lawrence, Ky; Col V
A. Woodward, Ky; Hons. X. COnkling, Y. Y;
r Nj. Il. Young, Ga; W. +. Lansing, Il. Y; II.
Hamlin and wife, Me-; J. Whitehome, y. Y;
;; W. Kellogg, Ct; VIM. II. Stone, Mo; j.
clayton, Ark; and l.. ID. Shoemaker, Pa; q 80.
NJ. Adams, KY, and Hon. George q. Cannon,
Utah. '''' Among the recent arrivals at the
Arlington are Senator ingalls, and family Sen
atOr j. W. Stevenson and family, Senator
Cooper, Senator Davis aud family, Hon. $. :.
Cox, Hon. Lyman X. Bass, Lieut.. Gen. p. II.
Sheridan, Gen. A. Forsyth, Hon. Lewis b.
Gunckel and family, and Hon. II. e. Parsons
and family. -. Arrivals at the Ebbitt House,
Hons. II. BOardman Smith, y. y; j. Il. Beck,
Nv; NJ. j. Durham, ny; G.. Foster, o.; Bishop
W, II. Hare, Dakota; DR.. j. Scott and wife, o;
Hons. II. L. Dawes, Mass; James W. McGu,
Iowa; Horace II. Harrison, Tenn; f.. McJun-
kin, Pa; +. G. Bromberg, Ala DIR. l.. Russell.
I. ). N; Hon. II. l.. Richmond, Pa; Col. L. r.
Ames, L. =. A, and Gen. 4. A. Walker, CT.
$50 Gen. Sheridan dined with Gen. Sherman
last night.