Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-03

eNN'' ~ P'SAh"ei I'tAs 4ioul Mo y dutlIO'
1T Is SAID that senator Stanley Matthews
has sent the amount of the Wormley ho.el
bill toex-Secretary Chandler.
SECRETARY THOMPSON and Attorney
General Devens will leave tonight for In
disnaIolis, TO attend Senator Morton's
funeral.
PRoMoTION-S. willard Ssxton, 4ih-
c'aSs clerk in The First Controllers office,
has been promoted to he chief of the division
OF Inlsceil sneOus accounts in that ottics.
MAJOR MARCUS 4. RENO, OF the Ito cav
airy, who was so severely punished by court
martial last spring, is in Washington seek
ing 10 obtain a mitigation. If not the remis-
Sion OF ali the rest OF his sentence.
PROF. HENRY, of the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition, whose election as a member of the
Washington National Monument society
we announced few days since, has &C.
cepted With pleasure the appointment, aud
The association.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to dsy were Secretary Schurz, senators
CEafiee, Matthews and Ferry, General Lo-
gan, Repre- en.a tives Neal, Cannon, Money,
Upton. Leonard, Darrell, Harmon, Kelly,
Wight, and Baker, Ind., and the House
committee on foreign affairs.
PERsoNAL.-C. A. Wetmore, OF the AEa.
CGBfoyaidn, arrived in the city to day.
Col. John VI. Bacon, OF General Sher-
mans staff, has returned, aud is on duty at
the War department. He went West with
General Sherman's inspecting party, it Will
be ISmem tered, but on the return, left the
PAL ~ at Cincinnati, snd went to Frankfort,
KY, on visit TO bis home.
ADJOURNMENT AND THE FINANCIAL
QUEsTIoN.-It is quite evident that the final
,1ft
gTess cannot now be brought about until
within a very few days of the day for the
regular session. The position of the anti
resumption bill in the House Is such that its
10 final adjournment until a vote is taken on
the direct question Of repeal. Quite q num-
her OF the friends Of the anti resumption bill
say that if the opponents OF the measure do
not show q disdOsition to allow IL to get
place outside of the morning hour, that they
will filiibuster when The army bill is brought
up. These take the ground that enforced re-
sumption operates TO distress the country,
and that the sIfferings OF the people are more
pressing and of more importance than the
needs of the army,
THE LATE SENATOR MORTON The Pres
ident issued an executive order last evening
ismentirg the death of Senator Norton and
saying: The services OF Oliver z. Morton
TO the nation in the difficult and responsible
administration OF the affairs of the state of
Indiana as It's governor at a critical juncture
OF The civil war can never be Overvaluei by
his country His long service In the
Senate has shown his great powers as legis-
latOr, aid as leader and chief councillor of
the political party charged with the conduct
of the government during that period. Ia
all things, and al all times, he has been able,
strenuous and faithful In the pablic service,
and his lame with his country men rests upon
a secure foundation. Toe several executive
departments will be closed on the day OF his
iurersl, and appropriate honors should ne
paid 10 the memory of the deceased states
man by the whole nation"
The Iamily of EenatOr Morton have re-
ceived a large number of kilograms OF 81 M
pathy from prominent persons and persO nal
friends, including President Hayes and Vice
President Wheeler. The Indianapolis COM
mittee have perfect arrangements for the
funeral on Monday.
BILL TO RgMoNETIzE THE SILVER DOL
LAR.-Tne House committee on banking aud
currency has agreed to report bill 10 restore
the silver dollar to its monetary DOW er be-
fore teing demonetiZed. The bill prOvi les
that there shall be coined at the several
minis OF the United States silver dollars of
the weight OF four hundred and twelve and a
half grains troy of standard silver, as pro-
vided IN the act of January Is, 1881 on which
shall be the devices and superscription pro-
vided by ssid act, which coin, together with
all silver dollars heretofore coined by the
shall be legal-tender Tor all debts and dues,
public and private, except where otherwise
provided by contract, and any owner of sill
Yer bullion may deposit the same at any
United States coinage mint or assay office TO
be coined into such dollars for his benefit
upon the same terms and conditions as gold
bullion Is deposited for coinage under exist
Ing law 1t is understood that when the bill
is reported TO the House II will be proposed
that the legal tender power shall not affect
contracts made from the date OF the demon
citation of silver TO the passage of this act.
and also limiting the amount for which IL
shall be legal tender.
Judge Buckner will endeavor to pass 1t
under a suspension of the rules on Monday
EeXt, but, failing in this, will report il fro N
the banking and currency committee when
called.
OUR TRADE WITH THE BAHAYAs-The
United States consul at Nassau, y. p has
usB mitted an interesting report 10 the De
parlment of State on the trade OF the aha
mas with the United States, and how 10 en-
large the same. The Bahamas have suffered
great commercial depression since the close
Of the southern rebellion, at which time d
large amount OF capital was withdra wn from
lie Islands by those who had prospered by
blockade running, and who then with re W
TO England and the United States. Follow
ipg This depletion came neavy losses in TN )
shipments OF pine apples to the Unit,d
States, the almost total extinction OF the salt
Industry by our OWE high tariff, &c. New
Industries have, however, sprung up. Last
slavery, sugar and molasses were manufac-
tured by American machinery; several pine
apple pressing establishments have been es-
tablished-the machinery, cans, cases sugar
&c., being imported from the United states
and the farmers are extensively entering
~ on The cultivation OF veseta bles for the
United States market. The consul SAYS, Ii
our high duties on the imports of salt and
pine apples were abolished, an immense i'm
Tetus would be given to the trade and indus
tries of those islands, which would all result
in an Increased trade with the United States
Even as IL is, American manufactures are
surely and steadily taking the place of Brit
ish manufactures.
THE Army APPROPRIATION BILL.-Tne
army appropriation bill reported TO the
House contains a proviso that no money
app roI rated by il shall be paid for recruit
ing the army beyond the number OF enlisted
men, including Indian scouts and hospital
ste wards, actually on the army rolls on the
LIST day of Novemb Der, 1871 bat this provision
is not TO be construed to prevent enl istments
In the signal service, which the bill declares
shall hereafter be maintained as now organ
lied and provided by law, with q force OF
enlisted men not exceeding 100, after the
present terms of enlistment have expired
The bill also provides that cavalry regi ments
may be recruited and kept up to the force OF
leo men per company for service on the Mex
lean frontier, provided this does not increase
the total force of the army. The total amount
appropriated and expended for the army last