Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-06
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

EN ENlNG SIAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL returned from
New York last evening.
Gov. RICHARD COKE has been elected u.
s. Senator from Texas.
PRIVATE BILL DAY.-The House yester.
day disposed OF seventy bills on the private
calendar, leaving but a few to be acted upon.
GONE FIsHING.-There was no official
business transacted at the White House to-
day, as the President spent the day with
friends, at the Great Falls, fishing.
PERsoNAL.-The Hon. Horatio King and
wife, who have been in Europe the year past.
sail for home to-day on the Bothnia from
Liverpool.
The ONLY SENATOR not yet sworn in to
sit on the Impeachment trial is Mr.. Alcorn
OF Mississippi, who has been absent for sew
eral weeks.
To BE PAID IN SILvER-The Secretary of
the Treasury orders that on and after Mon
day next checks on the u. s. Treasury will
be paid in silver, if desired.
AVERY AND MAGUIRE.-No action has
been taken In reference to the application
Tor the pardon or Mcguire and Avery which
was referred TO District Attorney Dyer at
81. Louis, some time ago.
SILVER FOR GREENBACKs-It has been
arranged that the Frost bill authorizing n
change OF ten million of greenbacks for sub
sidiary silver coin shall be brought ND ON
Monday and PIT en- its passage.
SAM Cox makes an excellent Speaker, and
mas facility for transacting business in an
expeditions manner. He has proved to be
about the best presiding officer the demo-
Gratis have yet put up.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPrs To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, SOS, 033 4S; month to date.
S3,F2175.s6 fiscal year to date, S97 IL ,52SOI;
customs to-day, $50 1855 OF; month to date.
93 81; fiscal year to date, Sl27 ,5I5, 1885
SPEAKER KERR returned from New York
last night, where he went to consult DR..
Hammond. He left for Richmond this morn
ing; His friends say that his health is bad,
perating, unless he gives up the arduous du-
Ties OF Speaker for some time.
THE FREKDNEN's BANK REPoRr-Mr.
Douglass, chairman of the Committee on the
Affairs of the Freedmen's Bank, to. day sub
mitted draft of his report to the full COM
m11tee. III will be presented to the House
early next week. 1t is said to be particular
~ severe on Alvord, formerly the president
ofthe bank.
CowLEs, THE MOTH MAN.-George A.
Cowles has arrived here from California as
a voluntary witness before the Clymer COM
mittee in the investig CATION regarding the
preservation of army clothing and euuipage
by the firm of @. A. Cowles d Co. TIE COM
m1ttee asked Mr.. Cowles to postpone his evil
dence for a week.
IT HAS BEEN ERRoNEoUsLy STATED that
General Meigs after his return from Europe
went back to his old home on the corner of
Vermont avenue and n street. and that the
attorney General, who occupied the house,
nad found quarters elsewhere. The fact is
JuCge PleIrepOnt still remains in the eIe
GAM tHsl9ence that was made so Pile sant
last winter. wren ne took the house he en-
gagged IL for year, nd Will receive his nu-
merous friends there for some time to come.
THE ORIGINAL General
James ID. Mcbride, of Philadelphia, called
On the President yesterday, and succeeded
Ia having the order changed that directed
me exhibition OF the original Declaration of
Independence TO be made in the government
pa ae ,g on the Centennial grounds, so as 10
n ave t1e document placed on exhibition in
90 independence Hall. A. Bell, chief clerk
OF the Interior department, left this city in
cnefge OF .ne document this morning.
MILITARY ACADEMY CADETs.-Among
the candidates who are To De appointed to
the corps of cadets at the West Point Mill
terry AZ adeny are Isaac f. Hess and Bertram
y. Stump. Of Maryland, Andrew NJ. Brent
ard Lyme 9: Thomas, Virginia, and Edward
pointments were made at large. George Bell,
Oberlin NJ. Caster, John B. Ray, Harris L.
Roberts; John ID. Ruff, George H. Sands,
Albert 3. Scott, Henry G.. Sharpe, John s.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS AND THE
CENTENNIAL.-A meeting of newspaper
correspondents was held this. afternoon at
House OF Representatives, at the request of
mittee on Centennial, at which a COMMITTEES,
consisting OF Gen. III. V. Boyn ton, Geo. w
Adams and Crosby g. Noyes, was selected
who are to accompany the Congress to Phil
adelphia, on the invitation of Col. Thomas
A. Scott, 70 be present at the opening of the
extra trains which 60 via YORK, Pa. on the
Pennsyl vanta airline, will be announced on
Monday. Only regularly employed news
paper men are admitted.
THE NEW SWEDISH MrNIsrER.-Count
Lewenhanpt, Swedish minister, and wife,
and M. g. de WIllamow, secretary of the
Russian legation AT Washington, are among
the passengers who arrived at New YORK In
Count Lewenhaupt succeeds the late Minis
ter Olaf StenersOn, appointed minister to
Washington on the 18th of October, 1870, and
who died at Paris on the 9th of Decem Der
last. Count Lewenhaupt was born in 1888,
and early entered into the diplomatic SER
vice OF his country. He was attache at
From July till October, 1870, he was charge
ana1res at London, after which he returned
10 Slockholm and became chief of the con-
sulate department. In 1871 he was trans
fe1red TO Vienna, and remained there for up
ward OF year. He then returned to Stock
noim and was made cabinet secretary In the
foreign office, which post he held TIL ap-
pointed minister to Washington. Among
TIE decorations he bears may be mentioned
those OF Knight OF the Order of Nordstjernan
North starr, Commander of the Order of the
Dannebrog (Danish), knight of the Order or
ST. Stanislaus, second class (Russiau), and
Commander OF the Order OF Leopold of Aus
tria. The new minister Is highly considered
In diplomatic circles, and viii doubtless be
favorite here.
WHO sUBPGNAED. HALLKR, AND WHAT
FOR?-Yesterday q MALE faced man dashed