Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-07
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
nal revenue, 1881 ,4l6 81; customs, 1856 $50 p.
TREASURER VIVIAN started this morn
Ing for Philadelphia
CAPTAIN r. E. JOHNSON, U. g. A., will
remain IN charge of the Standing Rock In
dian Agency for the present.
TwENTY-NlNK CLERKS I'm the Third Audi
tors Office of the Treasury department were
dismissed yesterday evening.
GEN. SHERMAN will leave the city Satur.
day for Harrisburg, TO join Secretary Cam
eron, in their tour of inspection through the
west.
THE TRAINS entering the city by all routes
are filled with the returning pilgrims who
have summered by the "sai sea waves" or
at the mountain retreats.
THE DEMOCRATS don't ind much comfort
In the Vermont election, but smile when the
increased democratic vote in Arkansas is
mentioned.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TAFT will leave for
Ohio the latter part OF this week for q short
vacation. He has been invited to make
few speeches In Ohio, and will probably
make one or two.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Cbief Engineer W. G..
Buehler ordered to special duty at New
York; Lieutenant George p. Colvocoresses
detached from the hydrographic office aud
ordered 70 hold himself In readiness for sea
service.
MANAGEMENT OF THE INDrANs-Secre.
tary Chandler expresses his readiness to al
low the military authorities to assume the
prrafr rl ,fs oh NJ
likely To be threatened by returning hostile
bands until all apprehensions and trou ole is
removed, aud will cooperate with General
Sheridan's suggestion.
REPORTED OUTRAGKs II LOUISIANA
A ttoIGey General Taft has received Off
eially the report Of the shooting of deputy
sheriff In one OF the parishes near New Or
mereus outrages In the state OF louisiana
which have been forwarded to the President
for such action as he may deem necessary In
the premises.
THE ORDER of the War department OF
August 18th, relieving First Lieutenant 8.
N. Mills, 5th artillery, from duty at the u
8 Military Academy at West Point has been
revoked, and Lieutenant Mills been ordered
To report to the superintendent of the acaie-
my for duty as quartermaster and commits
sary for Inc battalion of cadets under the
provisions OF the late appropriation bill for
the support OF the Military Academy.
SUCCESS OF THE NEW LoAN-The Treas
ury officials are highly elated over the sue
cess which has attended the first effort o.
Secretary Morrill, TO fund the six per sntum
bonds into four -aId-a-half per centum.
Although the first call for ten millions of six
per cent was issued only six days ago the
department is advised by the syndicate that
the subscriptions to the four and one-half
per cents have reached thirty-two million
dollars, twenty millions at home and twelve
millions abroad. The success of the entire
lean Is now believed to be assured.
PERsoNAL-George w. Adams, of the
New York Horld, has returned with his fam
lily TO Washington. Med Luther, OF the
New York World, has gone east to enter into
a contract matrimonial. ..'.Dr. ]. N Toner,
OF this city. delivered an able address on
medical biography before the International
Medical Congress in Philadelphia yester-
day. ."-HOn. James Hill, secretary OF state
~ Mississippi, is in town, having arrived
f,om Cape May In company with Senator
Br ice. Both are en- route for Mississippi,
aud will take an active part in the canvas
In that state. Hill has not, all reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding, gone over to the
democracy.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS YEsTER
DAY.-Gen. Phil. Cook in the Sd Ca, and j.
III. Blount In the 9Th Ga, both dem; j. RAN
dolph Tucker, DEM, 9th Va, by acclama.
customs for Richmond } Sd Va lib. Payne,
dem Cleveland, O., district, Ranuey having
declined; George II. Durand, dem, 6th Mich
by reclamation, sth Georgia, (it il under
Reese, dem, 9th Iowa; Il. B. Stout, rep, 81
sssar, rep. ID Va; T. 4. fenton, DEM ,e }st
Kansas; T. w. Bnrdich. rep, Sd Ind ii. g.
Orion, dem, ID Wis; Charles II. Roberts,
DEM, ID Md.
CAMPAIGN WoRK.-The Intelligent voter
n eed not want for political pabulum to guide
his judgment In casting his vote at the ap-
preaching national contest. Both political
committees are hard at work dissent ating
the literature OF their respective political
organizations. Especially active is Judge
the speeches of Senator Morton and the re-
port Of the special committee which tnyes-
ligated affairs in Mississippi, while the
democrats content themselves with the tea-
timony taken against BeIknap in the i'm
parchment trial and Senator Davis speech
delivered in the Senate II attempt TO prove
tfatthe figures in the published public debt
statements are not correctly given.
Political Notes.
The latest returns reduce the republican
majority In Vermont below the frst esti-
mates, and 1t IL now placed at "a, 16i. . gain
of 8, S5e over 1914. 1.-The Massachusetts,
democratic Convention at worcester yes
Adams by reclamation for governor, and
VIM. p. Plunkett for lieutenant governor.
THE Connecticut Democratic Convention
at Hartford nominated Richard d. Hubbard,
OF that city. for governor, and Francis b.
Loomts, OF New London, for lieutenant gov
IeInor. The Nebraska Democratic State
Co1veD tion met IN Omaha yesterday and
nominated Paren England for governor and
Gen. Jos. Holman for Congress. Resolutions
were adopted which arraign the republican
party.