Evening star., 1877-10-20

THE REPORT of the government directors
OF the Union Pacific railroad has been iled
with the Secretary of the Interior. 1t repre-
seuts the cond,tio0 OF the road throu ,hout
to be excellent.
THE WAsHINGToN MoNUMENr EoARD
held ns eting at noon ID lay, ~ the ofice
OF Jud se Advoca.e Ge 1erll Dunn, aud el -
ed Profes or Henry a member of The bO lTi,
in place OF Mr.. Flrzhuyh Cnyle, decea- ed.
THE PRESIDENT accompanied by Seoro-
taries Thomp on aud Evaris aud Postma Ster
General Key will visit Richmond on the 3Dth
instant ID attend the Virginia State Fair,
ard remain for two days
1T is UNDERsI ooD that the republicans in
Congress have, since the boty met, had a
general conference. the outcome Of wbcn
will be the appointment of n committee to
cal upon the Pre- sident ali have q1 ct talk
over the situation.
DRAKE MCKAY, OF New York has ile1 a1
appli, ItiOn for the position of naval officer
of the poit Of New York. ElwOod f.. Tnome,
grand master of Masons OF the stIte Of New
York, is also in the city, pressing his claims
Tor the same / o3Itlon.
AMONG THE CALLERS a. the White House
this morning were Vice President Wneeier,
Secretary Sherman, Senators Cameron, VI Dr.
gan, Cha flee, Christiancy, Sargent, Gordon,
Hill and MeTfImon, aud Representatives,
Cummings, Hazleton, Williams, Wis, Wa
lard, Mica, kidder, ard Dlrral.
He DON'T WANT Ir..A foreign appoint
ment-ihe consul generalship at Paris
rendered TO Collector Arthur, of New York,
who, in letter, expresses his appreci ltiol
OF the compliment, ana regret G1at his pri
Naf1 intere is are il such condition that he
must decline 10 a. cept it.
GRAHAM FROST, of the third Missouri IS.
II \
Lynn Metcslf, the republican member, is
coDtC t ng his seat, and the case IS now b.
fore the courts of 81. Lod.s, and will be de-
cided this We ak. Mel lwhiie neither cOnte7t-
ant has tsen swor in. If Frost is limited
he will be the youngest lOokir member OF
the House.
CHOLERA IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.-The
department of state is in receipt of q dispatch
from the U: g. Minister ID Japan, aunouno-
irg the breaking out Of Asiatic cholera in
Yokohama. The dispatCd Is dated Sept .m-
Der 18TH and nine deaths occurred on the two
previous days.
PERsoNAL.-Joe Pulitzer, ,unreconstruc:ed
ard unnamed, IS at Willard ). .'..E. J. Hud-
son, of the Boston HerdJf, will also do the
st. Louis Times work this winter. ....De g.
r. Keim will do the Geographic e u ;e7 Dnd-
ehce OF the St Louis GiOts- II. n,ocr0.. Mr..
Welsh, proprietor of the Baltimore Gazette,
CATTLE PLAGUE IN SOUTH RUSSIA
The United States consul at Oiessa informs
the Department of State that disease has
lately broken out among the cattle in that
siction of :outa Russia, hon which hun
dreds of thous lnds of cattle have already
died. 60 maligran is the dise e, that in
many villages there is scarcely COW D.. an
OK lei. 10 the impoverished iDh abitants.
THE GEORGIA MAKsHALsHIP.--Iu rela-
ton - the ma. halship o. GeOr yia, decided
yesfcIday, IT is proper to state that Senator
GnrGcn did not support the claims OF Mr..
HUFF against those of Mr.. FitZsimDns. IL rs
al. prOi er - sta'1 that while .everal of the
delegation had special and PARTICULAR friends,
ye1 MIR. FiiZsimOus was the IecOnd choice of
'aIge majority, and his appointment gave
entire satisfaction to the whole delegation.
ASATIsFACrORY EXAMINATION.-Mess essrs
Morgan, Ward, Ellis, Platt and Gro ygo1. of
the Treasury depaf tment, who went II Phil
adelE hia on Monday last by direction of the
Secretary, TO make an examination of the
books. moneys and accounts of the Off of
the L. =. Assistant Treasurer in that city,
have return - the department. Mr.. Nor
gan, who was in charge of the pai ty, reg orts
that the examination was satisfactory, all
the money call~d for by the be 1ks osiug
iopnd on hand and the office generally in q
very satis ssactory condition.
THE GEORGETOWN CUSTOM House The
statement that 1. L. Parkhurst has been re-
instafcd as deputy collector OF customs for
Georgetown, is incorrect. A letter was writ
ten from 'he appointment Office of the Treas
ury not reaprOintipg him exactly, but ex-
oneratlng him from all Implication in the
irregularities Of rhe late collector, and stating
that there wss no objection to his being 1e
fained in his 70. mer position, but this let ar
was not sig ned by Assistant Secretary Mo
Cormick. The subject now stands as 1t has
t,nCe the collectors dismissal. Parkhurst
may yet be appointed or an entirely new
man.
THE LENGTH OF THE SE5sIoN-A ma .
jority of the Senators expires, themselves in
favor OF curtailing the length of the extra
session. Mr.. Thurman says that il II is cou-
tinuod 70 December he shall insist on an "a
Journment OF the regular session in April.
Nothing definite has been agreed upOl by
the democratic Senators aud Representa-.
tives concerning the time OF holding a cau-
Gus TO decide upon the length of the = ssion.
Mem bers from 81 9tes where electors are TO
be held IN November are anxious % be at
home duIing portion of the campaign at
least. Speaker Randall, who retur i last
night, II is said favors "a short Sc ;sfon Until
some idea OF the length of the discu ssioas in
the Senate on the southern cohtestcd election
cases can be ascertained, the members OF the
House will be chary i'm settling upon a def
mite time for speedy adjournment.
THE LIVELY FIGHT ovel the appointment
OF successor TO Judge EmmoDs for the 9Th
circuit JUDICIAL district wakes warm. the
place was first offered by the President 10
senator Christiancy, OF Michigan, who re-
fused IT, This fact coming TO the knowledge
oil The Michigan delegation in Congress, they
assumed that the President desir to give
the vacancy to Michigan, and they presented
the name OF Judge Cooley for consid efation
subsequently il was decided to give Tonnes
see the vacancy, and the President was about
TO nominate John Baxter. OF KnC xyille but
at the request OF the Michi gan DELEGATION
Withheld the nomination when the Ion 2
list of nominations were sent TO the Senate 4
day or two ago. Meanwhile the democratic
members OF the Tennessee delegation, aidci
by one or two newspaper editors, prOtc II "A
against tue selection OF Johu Baxter and
named as a substitute Ed. Baxtei, OF Nash
Vile. The upshOt is, that while toe Tennc;-
sSe delegation are divided as to watch of the
Baxters should have the plaee, the Mtchigsu
dele1 alton may, by the influence OF being
agreed, have Cooley slipped in.
COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH JAPAN.-In answer to the trade Cir
cular recently iCsu6d from the Depal sment
OF Stste, the u. S Minister to Japan draws
attention TO the large amount or cott IN aud
woClen manufactures imported into that
country-the imp ports of cotton yarn alone
during the month OF July OF the present year
reaching almost to half million of dollars
These manufactures come direct from Eng-
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