Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-01
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, s297 ,i66; customs, 1896 1910.
CONGRESSIONAL Wallace
j. Green, Gep. } TIN N. Y. district.
THENATIoNAL BANK NOTES received to-
day at the Treasury for redemption amount
ed to s667 100.
NAVAL ORDERS. Midshipmen William
j. Hogg, Burns T. Walllng and E. W. Fisher
ordered to the Vandalia, European station,
per steamer 18th November next from Phil
acelpbia; Assistant Paymaster Charles w.
Littlefeld 10 duty on the receiving ship Wa
bash at Boston; Gunner Thomas Stewart to
appear before retiring board, December LIST,
next.
POSTAL ITEMs-The number OF Centen-
NAL envelopes issued by the Post Office de-
psrtment up to date was about $500, goo.
The Issuing Of these envelopes will be dis
continued as soon as the Centennial exhi.
lec1ed on second class matter newspapers
and periodically at Chicago during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1876, was s74, 243 80.
Pools last night were opened on the cleo
ton contest, but none were sold on the gen.
eral election. One pool was sold S35 to s25
that Tilden would carry Indiana. 1t will
be well not TO cOnstrue the run OF the bet
ting at any time as an indication of the re-
suit of an election, inasmuch as oprofes-
SIGNALS" have many ways not understood by
the uninftiated, OF "getting even" in the
betting business. To day republican took
q bet at the saloon of Shookmaker 4 Hert-
zog Of $500 even that Hayes would be elected
over Tilden.
TIE CHILDLKss Dear star:
On the editorial page OF THE STAR OF to-
day you give curious though somewhat
unfair statement relative to the fact that
every third President has been without chill
dren, and argue therefrom that Mr.. Tilden
will, under the remarkable dispensation OF
New York Sun is authority for the state
ment that Tilden will be married imme-
diateIy after his election, would IL not be in
locating him among the antiquatei ROSTERS
named as having no interest whatever in
census returns? Yours, INQUIRER.
October 80, 1916.
THE SITUATION IN NORTH CAROLINA
A private letter from cOlOred man in New
bern, North Carolina, to q friend in this city
states that the new state constitution to be
voted on by the people OF that state in the
coming Presidential election has q clause
which provides that colored orphans shall be
bound out 10 white guardians until they
arrive at the age OF twenty one years. THIS
will help Hayes and Wheeler's chances in
that state, he says, as cit smacks of q new
system of slavery for the blacks" A large
number of republican organizations known
as "Invincible Clubs" have been organized
throughout the state by colored persons sent
from dhe ne head organisation In this city.
er. ID. A. Straker, j. 7. Settle, j. w. Harriss
and ]. II. Butler.
AN AMERICAN VESSEL WRECKED.-The
United States Vice Consul at st. Thomas,
writing % the Department Of State relative
TO the recent severe hurricane which passed
over the Isla nd OF st. Thomas, says: 'The
bark Idilla Berry. of New York, Captain
.Iampa TurneY. arrived this with
Goals from Cardiff during the hurricane. She
broke from the wharf and went on the rocks,
just outside the harbor, aud is q tota, loss.
Nothing at all has as yet been recovered
from the wreck. The Captain, James Tur-
per, and seanen j. johnson, w. Wilson aud
have been recovered and buried. The stew
ar j Macarthur, was drowned and body not
found. The captains wife was also drowned
ald body not recovered. The following
nsmed seamen were rescued alive: III. Hen
son, body recovered, now In hospital; First
Mate e. Lind, Second Mate j. Christopher
son, W. Stevenson and R. Williams. Ihave
charge OF these men.
THE QU1D NUNCs ON GEN. SHKRrDAN's
VIsIr.-The arrival OF General Sheridan in
Washington yesterday, and the conference
between the President, General Sherman
and the Lieutenant General, covering two
hours, supplemented with two hours con-
ference between Sherman and Sheridan,
rather perpleXed the Quid nuncs last nj gnt,
and several speculattOns were INDUCED in
as TO the purport Of what took place 1t is
known that Gen. Sheridan was doing the
Centennial and was summoned here upon
the telegraphic order Of Secretary Cameron;
sSas is wa ta ss @ and oalo
1t 10 understood that Gen. Sheridan stated
TO those who inquired as to the object of his
visit that IL had adj, no political significance,
dian campaign. Notwithstanding this state
ment, the democrats were unwilling to
sssociated the fact thai ten a thousand war.
rants had been issued In Louisiana for that
number OF arrests, with the sudden visit of
ana drew de fSs tna Inc
election, Anu that Sheridan was to proceed
TO Louisiana and see that the deputy United
States marshals were protected In making
them. Others, OF q more apprehensive
mood, construed the conference TO be for the
preparation OF plan TO place the military
which, under Attorney General Taft's circu,
lar to United States marshals, could be
placed in the state upon the request OF a
nation OF the governor. Family men OF
easy, unsuspicious nature say Sheridan
probably came over just to get an opinion
from President Grant a. to whether opodel-
doc or soothing syrup would hurt his baby,
which is threatened with measles.
necessitV far calling Gen. s6eridsn J Sere 'a st
this time, that although his coming and
going was quiet enough, his presence has
made great noise.
The Public Debt.
The reorganization of the statement OF u Q
public debt of the United States for the
month of October, 1876, just issued, is as
follows:
Debt bsdTiHg interest com.
Bonds At per Sy54 W gu w
Bonds at Der cent.. ............. ~ so $50 90
SI6g7 $40, 100 %
Debt BEARING interest IN inicfNl money.
Navy pension fund at per cent-..... l4O0O 900 90
Debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity .......... .... .... a SIS, 240 Is
Debt bedr,Ag interest.
Old demand and legal tender notes.. 1857 sol ,i0s 50
Certificates of de posit ........-.. 40 .e7O 90 90
fractional currency 70. o5e47S u
Coin certificates S52Ss 100 90
SE70 ,l09 $50 %
Total debt...... 81, lss So 81