Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-12

THE SPEAEERsHIP- There has been a
good deal of wire-pulliDg and caucusing to-
day over the Speakership. At half-psst two
O'Clock a conference was being held between
Messrs. Goode, Morrison. Say Ter, Blackburn,
| Springer and Others, with the view OF Ia king
up Representative G0ode. OF Virginia, ani
presenting his name 10 the caucus As the
candidate OF the south and west. The tndt-
cations AT that hour were that Sayler would
withdraw and transfer his strength To GOlia.
| All the elements OF the opposition u Randall
/ seem To concentrate upon him. T us Tar Cox
! refuses TO withdraw from the field Styler
/ has told his frteI DIS, however T, that he will
! abide by their judgment. The outlook now
| is that the only names which VIII be pre-
scented to the caucus will be those OF Randall,
Goode and Cox. Strong pressure Will Oe
/ Drought upon Cox TO indlce him TO get out
/ OF the field.
AT three O'Clock those IN conference repre-
senting the anti. Randall element are dis
| GUESSING proposition not To hold a caucIs.
and 10 present the name OF John G,poie tn
| open House so a. To place Tie southern mem
bets on the record a. to how they woe.
Representative Atkins. OF Tennes SCI, is
| creditt q with the statement to-day that he
had written pledges from Mr Randall 10 the
sutct Ihat u eit G,ed ne Will or9anlze the com
mittees OF the House In the interest az free
| trade; The repeal of the resumption act, and
The remonltsZatiOn OF silver.
sENAToR MORTON was not as comfortable
last night as he has been recently.
BATTLE WITH NORTH CAROLINA MOON.
| SH lNEhS-Revenue officials made a rand
near MorgantOwn, v. c, a day or two ago,
captured three Illicit stills. sixty gallons OF
WHISKY, two barrels Of brandy, aud two dis
tiiers named y. and i. Norke. barring the
raid the officers We're fired on Oy abDdttweI
bushw hackers armed Win ritiss. The Otfic -
| got away, however, with their prisoners and
captured property. All the officers except
one were hit with bullets, aud Deputy Col
| !ector Gillespie was seriously wounded. The
assailan kept out OF range of the officers
| pistols. y horse ridden by one OF the party
was killed, ard another was severely
wounded. The locality raided is VIGOROUSLY
a dangerous one, and the inha bitauts are
INSCRIPTIONS deSperaioes, ali interested 10
Illicit distlllfng. AdviceS from Columbia.
Tenn, state that Thomas j. Williams. who
acted as guide in recent revenue raid. was
recently taken from his house and murdered.
ANOTHER MANIFESTO BY MACMAHoN.-
| A second manifesto has beea issued by
President MacMahOn. In IL he denies thai
| the republican constitution is in danger or
| the government under clerical Influence or
| inclined to a policy which might endauger
peace, ard appeals to electors not to plunge
| the country To an unknown future OF arms
and conflicts by returning opposition candi-
dales. The manifesto lays great stress on
| the fact that duty forbids the Marshal TO for
sake his post, ard concludes as follows: 81
answer for order and peace
The bureauX OF the senatorial left have
issued a counter manifesto, asking the pco-
| pie TO disbelie!e those who declare repub-
ncan institutions not in peril, and that the
government do not obey clerical Influences
| The counter manifesto declares that the OFF
clal Calculates are enemies OF the republic.
WIN. NJ. TWEED was before the New York
alderman1c committee yesterday, and COM
planned bitterly of the New York Heru Us
| publication of his confidential statement
made In April last To the attorney general.
The list of checks published did Injustice to
q great man y innocent persons, some being
borrowed money afterwards returned; others
| contributions for political, charitable or
| religious purposes, the receivers beng en-
| Urely guiltless OF the knowledge that the
! money was obtained from the city throu gh
| frauds. He eXculpated number of persons
who had apparently been implicated by the
improper publication.
AT THE JEROME PARK (N.Y.) RACES yes
ttlday The race for Tie members cup, one
| mile, was won by BarTicade in I:Jl. beating
| AusIalind ard Freebooter. The 800 purse
one mile and hree-quarters, was won by
Tom OchlIree in 3:li, beating Virginius by
| two lengths. The $500 purse, one mile and n
| quarter, was won by Lady Ssylers in 2:lS
| teatirg Mineola, VermOnd and others. The
1900 selling race one mile and three guar
3:l6a. beating Niceroy and Ambush.
PAYMENT OF SPANISH CLAIMs.-A Mad
| rid dispatch TO New York says the Spanish
government has paid over to the Hon. James
russell Lowell the sum of S51O,0J0 on &C
count OF Claims for losses incurred by Amer
can citizens in Cuba through the revolution
Ga, that island. This amount is portion o.
what was awarded by the Spanish claim
com mission which met IN Washington in
1871.
THE July STRIKE RIoTs-The grand Jury
or Allegheny county, Pa, examined Colonel
T. A. Scott and A. j. Cassatt, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, yesterday, In regard TO the
rlots OF July last. Subppnas were issued for
Governor Hartranft and Adjutant General
Latta, but they Jailed TO appear, having been
advised by the attorney general that they
need not do SO unless the court had given the
grand jury authority 10 summon them.
THE PARIS ExHIBIrIoN.-A meeting of
proposed exhibitors al the Paris exhibition
| In 1878 was held in New York yesterday. A
| committee of five was appointed To 90 to
WASN'T tOn and urge upon the President
and Congress the acceptance of the invita-
ton OF France TO take part in the exhibition
ana make proper provision for our repre-
stnt;ttlon there. The meeting adjourned ~
october Is.
a BATTLE WITH TRAMPs-A number of
tramps were ordered out of a chestnut tree
by Louis Schaler, a farmer of SALISBURY,
Pa, on Monday. They drove him 10 his
they shouted. and began firing. Sch aler dred
out OF window and killed the ringiea der of
The gang; They picked up their fallen con.
rade and retreated to the WOODS y lihing
has been seen or heard of them since
A MOB LEADER KILLED-A di-natc.
from Messila, New Mexico, reports tia,
Judge Howard, OF FL Paso, had killed LOUIS
Cards. the leader OF the mob that recently
aIIesteu Tie county officers of FL PaSO and
held Judge Howard as a prisoner, tying him
with ropes. Great excitement prevails there
THE Iowa ELECrIoN.-The senate will
stand IS republicans to II democrats. Tue
house stands so far 30 republicans a demo-
Gratis, greenbac kers aud to hear from OF
the latter two al least will be republicans,
making the republican majority on jI.nt
ballot ~
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. - The
house OF clerical and lay deputies of the Epis-
copal convention yesterday passed resolu.
lions sanctiontng the election of two new
dioceses In the di, cese of Illinois, TO be know
as the dioceses OF Quincy and Springfield re-
spectively.
A SKELETON FOUND IN A WOOD
The skeleton of an unknown man, well
dressed, was found in the wood about seven
miles east OF Binghamton. N. Y, Sunday
afternoon. 1t must have lain there more
than year. No Clue to the identity or The
manner OF death has been discov cred.