Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-05
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS -Iaterual reve-
nue, sfI2 ,25i95; customs s553, 1862.
THERE was a full Cabinet meeting to-da;
at The White House. -
THE AMOUNT OF Nasionsl Bank note cur
rency received at the Treasury department
TO day for redemption sgregated 500 ,0o9
Col. WILLIAM MCMICHAEL, United
States attorney, Eastern district OF Pennsyl
vania, yesterday rendered his resignation TO
the President.
PERsoNAL-Seeator Morrill,. Of Vermo IT,
is in town. Comm ssioner Duell has not
yet returnCt rom Syracuse. He is expected
back in about a week.
ALFRED DAGG Err who was elected to the
lucrative office of sheriff of Kings county,
New York, on the republican ticket at the
late election was a clerk in the State depart
ment while Mr.. Seward was Secretary OF
State.
COMMISSIONS SlGNED.-The President ha
signed the commissions Of Augustus s. Gay
lord as Assistant Attorney General of the
United States, and John X. Valentine as
United States attorney for the eastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL ESSELS-The
Hartford was put out of commission at New
York on the 18th ult. The Frolic arri we'd at
Carlisle bay, Barbadoes, October 21St, nine
days from Bermuda. She expected to leave
October 26 for Maranham.
THAT DECIDES the November elections"
shouted the Cincinnati En4tirer in disgust
when Chandler was called to the Cabinet
The Enquirer is the seventh son OF a prophet,
and has the straw berry mark of preSc nee
ON his left arm.-N T. Graphic.
THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTIoN.-The Attor-
ney General this morning received a dis
patch stating that q. w. Wells, candidate
for Congress in the second congressional dis
trict of Mississippi, is elected by 1000 m l.
1Ority over his opponent, Howe. Mr.. Wells
is at present U. s. district attorney for the
northern district of Mississippi, and is an
anti-Ames man.
THE SUIT of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines VS.
Caleb Gushing, which has been pending in
the special terms fer many months, has been
referred 10 the general term. TO BE- heard
there by all the judges i'm the first instance
This suit is for an injunction To restrain Mr.
Gushing from interfering with certain claims
th?t he contends have been either in whole
or in part transferred To him in satisfaction
OF his services as The counsel OF Mrs. Gaines.
TIE MISSISSIPPI ELI CTIoN.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received:
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. Nov. I. 1ST5-CA
Richard HcAHister, Washington. D e. MY ma
JoTIty $500, with -four small counties 10 hear
rom, which cannot change result materi-
ally. O.. WILEY WELLS
We are advised that the republicans have
elected three members OF Crngress-Wells,
Niles and Lynch--and the democrats three
Lamar, Hooker and Money-and that Mr.
L'mar will be elected L. ). Senator IN Gov.
Aicorn's place.
"A FASHIONABLE WEDDING occurred at
the summer residence of Rear Admiral A.
l.. Case, L. s. n, in Newport, X. l., We'd
nesday afternoon. The bride was Miss Annie
X Case, only daughter of the Admiral. and
The bridegroom Ensign G.. w. Deerihg L. s.
N, who lately returned home from Europe.
AID who has just been promotes to the ofi,e
~ ensign. The ceremony was performed ov
X wv r. Witcher, Of the Methc list church.
and 1t was very quiet affair. About nifty
guests Were present, among wnOm were sev
vlal naval officers in fGll uniform. The 60 ! u
took the evening boat for New YORK, en- rDg's
To the west, where the bridegrooms parents
reside, on their bridal tour.
ARMY ORDERS Lieut. Co. Robert VII
liams, assistan. adjut ant general, trans erred
from headquarters department OF Missouri
10 headquarters department OF the Platte
Major Oliver ID. Greene, assistant aiilJaut
general, from headquarters departm snt of
Dakota TO headauarters department Of Mis-
souri,; Major George ID. R1ggle>, assistant
adlulaDt general. from heal aarters depart
ment Of the Platte TO hea Ia quarters depart
ment OF Dakota Col. ID. B. Sacket, inspec-
TOR general, Is detailed TO inspect certain sub
sistence stores on hand at the WatertOwn
arsenal, Mass, reported as requiring the ac.
tlon or an inspector, and for which Captain
CulIen Bryant, ordnance department, is re-
spOnsible.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Cnief Engineer B. B.H
Wharton, ordered for duty on board the
Minnesota. Pay Inspector G. E. Thornton.
TO Philadelphia, Pa, by the 18th instant for
special duty connected with the Centennial
Commander John A. Green, TO examination
for promotion. Commander ID. B. Harmony
10 examination for promotion. Master &.
U. bowman, to examination for promotion.
naval station at Key West, Fla, LIST Decen-
Der next; Assistant Paymast ter l.. A. Yorke
reports his arrival home, having been de
tacbed from The Yantic, Asiatic station ON
the 10th OF September last. and ordered m
settle account. Leaves have been granted 10
A. l.. case, Z. w. Deering and l.. COttman
for three months from November list, GA the
expiration Of which they will hold them.
selves in readiness for sea service; 10 Prof
Lucian Newcomb, stationed at the naval
observatory, during the month of NOvem per
$50. Extended to Lieuteuant Charles A.
BLACK until the 6th of December next.
WE SEE that it was telegraphed from
Washington city last week, to one OF the
Chicago papers, that Judge w. T.. Niblack,
Of this city, who was then in Washington on
purely private business, is a candidate for
cierH OF the next L. $. House OF Representa-
lives. As Judge Niblack has been occasion
any referred 10 in that connection during the
faSl year. he requests us To repeat what he
has In substance said whenever approacheJ
on the subject-that he has not been is not
now, aud uOes not intend to be q candidate
for that position; that having had the honor
of being d member OF the House for fourteen
Years, IL would lily become him either 10
seek or 10 accept subordinate position
uGder IL; that IL Is folly to talk about taking
both the speaker and the clerk from the same
state, and as all know Mr.. Kerr is a candi-
date for spea ker, the much more important
Office OF the two, IL would be gross Injustice
70 MIR. Kerr for him to allow his name used
as candidate for clerk under any circum-
stances. however otherwise favorable I'm
ce,UleS (Ind Sun.
The WEEKLY STAR, now ready, contains
the latest election returns; The World
OF Fashion-New York styles, by Jen-
ME June; Notes OF Summer Trip:
all the news OF the week, general and
local; choice stories, poems and sketches:
agricultural and household matters etc, etc.
Terms: ~ per annum In advance; postage
prepaid; single copies five cents, in wrappers.
The NEw RAILROAD PoOL-Tne Chicago
tribune says Of the latest railroad pool that
Ibis rev combination is far worse than the