Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-27

cans is an applicant for the position OF
Third Assistant Secretary of State.
PEEsoSAL.-Mr. A. VI. Gibsou OF the "
y. Sun, cOltemplsies q trip TO Havana for
his health.
IT IS CLAIMED that there is a clear ma.
jority % the Sersts in favor OF the restoration
o The old silver dollar TO Its former mo1esa4 V
s.s US.
TIE Two BILLS-wm. f. Cnardler is the
present Gus todian Of the Stanley Matthews
hotel bill, snd the question Is { WA VIII he
60 with it?'' Both Bills now have a history.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCCo RMICN Will
IeLOain in his present position until about
december 1St. He as srxiOus 10 be relieved
Of the onerous duties of the Office by that
time at l63sr.
NAVAL ORDEL - Lieutenant Isaac J..
Yates, ordered 10 the Lackawanna, North
Pacific station; Lieutenant Il S. Richards,
detached from the Lackawanna. and ordered
70 proceed home and rel ort arrival.
AMONG THE CALLERS at TIE " hite House
to-day were Senators Matthews, Camera D.,
Ives, Cock ell, Oglesby ard Johnston and
Represen- atives DuDuell. Bacon, Keifer,
TOWN. eId. Garfield. Thornburg, Mash,
White, Kelly and AIdrich.
THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE Two BAx-
of the 9Th judicial district is still kept ~,
ard the apprehensl ors of the friends of both
are that, auer all, Judge Cooley, OF HacIi-
gar. viii slip in between the two aud get the
place.
UNIFORMS IN THEP. O. Dan order has
been issued at the Post Office department
requiring each railway post Office clerk
route agent, mail route messenger and local
AGENT 10 provide himself q UNIFORM of blue
cloth and brass buttons, to be woIn at all
hours when on duty.
1T is SAID that a conference has taken
place between Speai er Randall and Vice
President Wheeler relative to the length
the extra session of Cone r. IS, and that it
has bcen decide betwc en- them to endea vor
TO procure the passage of q Joint resolution
Tor an adjournment next Thursday or Fri
Gay
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
met this morning for the first tine of the se--
sion. The proceedings were secret, bat it IL
known that the Pacific railroad question was
under consider alton. Jay GGdld apr eare6
before the con- Ittee, but did not give any
inform alton under oath No apI, ointments
were considered, much - the dicappOInt.
ment of Gen. Harlan's friends.
NAVAL NOTES.-The Trenton, flagship of
Admiral LePoy, was at MarcellIes October
oh. The Vandalia had been ordered to
at Portsmouth, n. H, october 9th, and ". II
he lad up. The Tallap6 osa, Lieutenant
IOsSph T.. JONES, commanding, left the
Wa hius'2n ravy yard at IL O'Clock yesier-
day bound east.
THREE Coon DEAL OF CAUCUssING
between the eastern ard western democrats.
The latter are anxious IN Introduce re ;nIr-
tons on the financial question in the Hon Up
On MONDAY, and the former want them bel J
back until after the November elections
Ire outlook is that in the interests or bar
rn"ry 90 the western men will keep q1tet
tltil ai,er November 9Th
ROBERT T. LINCoLN-It is undersi % I
| that the position OF Third Assistant S ecre-
tsry o. Stale has been tepderct TO Roper:
Lincoln, son of ex-PreSident Lincoln. Gov.
Campbell, wfO row holds tie position, Is To
be srI o'n;cd Unii Sfs'e3 consul at B'sie.
Switzerland. brs retirement from the Sfn'a
6ep1l is voluntary, and owing to III
tealtb.
SIR EDWARD THORNTON TO RETURN
Ire diplOn attic and society circles in Wash
irgton will be much 2ratifGd to LEAN that
Sir Edward Thornton will return to this
capital stout the latter part of the coming
mOu'h, November to resume his duties a5
Britiib Minister. We regret TO deiract from
the pleasure Of this announcement by aiding
hsf Lady Thornton ard her daughters will
sIerc The winter in Enelspd.
"THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY OF r B
HAYTS"-Au Ohio Repre- sentative contem.
plates Offering resolution in the House on
Monday to The effect "that this House en-
COT: es the democratic policy of K. p. Hayes
He cay he don't want his RESOLUTION to criti-
CT the Presidents title, because upon thpt
int the republicans would dodge the ouey-
| lion the Tolicy and vote against any So
lltion endorsing IL, which attacked the title
| Hence he wants 10 pre- IS a vote sClely on the
Iolicy' question.
ARRIVAL TROOPs.-This morni2g the
f-si-l:pe train On the b. and T.. r. T. brought
he following U. s. troops irom W,lkesbarre
Pa, where they have been on duty in conse
qrfDCe OF the labor disturbances: Battery c,
"a L. =. artillery, Capt. Graves, ard batteries
and N, 5th al tillery, Capt. Ware. They at
once proc: edcd 10 The ar email, and on Mon
cay they W ii leave here-battery & for For,
JOhpson, North Carolina, and batteries 3
ard NJ for Pensacola barracks. Florida
There are about eighty men in the three bat
ter.es.
FORGED BANK NOTES.-The Merchants
National Bank OF Albany, New York, b. Is
no;,o;d the Treasury department that the
following unsigned notes of that bank have
been stolen and placed IN circulation with
forged signatures. They are of the denOmi-
nations OF tens and twenties, bank number 4
When received at the Treasury depar nent
for redemption they will, Of course, be re-
tected. 1t has heretofore been decided by the
soiicior nat nssonSi bask not 81
sible for the REDEEM tion Of notes SO stolen
and put In circulation.
THE PRESIDENTS INTENDED TRIP TO
RJCHMoND-The arrang emerts for the en-
detachment of President Hayes and his
party on the visit to Richmond have been
completed. He is expected TO arrive next
Tuesday afternoon, and will be received
near Monroe Park with Q speech Of welcome
by Judge Meredith, the acting mayor. He
Will then be escorted by procession OF the
military and the fire department TO the E1-
change hotel, where I'm the evening he will
hold a reception. On Wednesday he will
visit the State Fair, and be there welcom Il
ty Governor Kemper. At night there will
be q state reception at the governors man
sion. On Thursday there will be Pre5iden
tisl review of the military at The fair grounds
q competitive drill and an excursion down
the James to the Dutch GAP canal. The
President will return TO Washington on
Thursday night.
BUYING Up EVIDENCE AGAINST CoUN-
TERFEITRRs-The little town OF Bre ,lau, on
Long Island, has been thrown into quite q
connection by the developments In the p1s-
cage OF counterfeit morey and the results.