Evening star., 1877-09-10


nal revenue, 1921 775 ~; customs, s55l ,OOO.93
NATIONAL b INK NOTES received for re-
dempjiOn 10 dav amounted TO o92}, 900.
PosTMAsTER GEStRAL KEY returned to
the city yesterday. He will join the Presi-
de Mt and party again at louisville
THE COMMISSION OF VIM. Henry Smith I
be collector Of the port of Chicago has no
yet been sig' e. by The President.
FIsHY RUMOR is in circulation that
Gov. McCorm OK is to be made Secretary of
the Interior and that Secretary Schurz is TO
be sent 10 Berlin.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEvENs returned
yesterday mOruIns from Fremont, o 10, bu.
started last evening tor Boston. He will oe
absent until the 2ith last. and will not join
the PRESIDENTIAL party on their present tour.
PERsONAL.-W. r. c. Mitchell, private
secretary To the Secretary OF the Interior,
has left the city ON leave of absence, and
will he gone some time. During his absence
NJ lss T.. n. Shedd VIII take ms place.
THE OsMAN PAsHA CANARD EXPLODED.
The Turkish minister furnishes the folio "
ing: In view of the various accounts circu-
laJing about the origin OF O,man Pasha. the
iui klSh legation has the honor to inform the
press that the marshal OF that name was born
in Asia Minor, OF Mussulman parents"
SENATOR MORTON THANKS THE PREsI-
DFNT.-Among the numerous commissions
imposed upon by Dr. Bliss by Senator Nor
ton was TIE personal expression of sincere
thanks to President Hayes for the sOlicItui.
manifested in several telegTa phic dispatches
iDqUiriEg upon the Senator's condition dur
ing lis recent illness.
FRIENDLY NEG EGOTIATIoSS-The case OF
the American vessel Edward Lee, said 10
have been fired upon by Spanish war YES
sci near the southern coast of Cuba in March
last. is now being investigated by the United
States and Spanish governments Ia the same
fIiendly manner as the cases OF the Ellen
RiZrah AID the Rising Sun.
RE REPRESENTATIVES, ATEINs, of Tennessee
who IN the event of Mr. Rlndall's election to
the Speakership, will probably be chairman
OF the House committee on APPROXIMATIONS
wrote to friend in this city that after a
careful study of the recent labor troubles
their cause aud effect. be sees no good reason
TOR any increase In the regular army estab-
llshment.
SAYLER AND THE OHIO CAMPAIGN
Hon. John q. Thompson, chairman of the
Ohio state democratic committee, denies that
he has kept Milton SayIer out of the Ohio
campaign, but that on the contrary he hal
invited h i'm 10 enter the canvass Immediate
ly following the convention after the demo-
cratic nominations were made.
LINE.-The following telegram was re-
ceived last night:
CHICAGO, Sept. 9-Gen. Il. d. TJualcaH
UostingtCn:-General Gibbon has positive
Information that Sitting Bull is still north OF
the line, and has no intention OF coming
sOuth. lSlsned. L. III. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
SENATOR BAYARD ON THE POLICY
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, who il in
Rfeh lnOnG = % n Nr,pl lgsI,n
view as saying, in answer to the question as
70 what be thought OF the policy OF PreSii mt
Ha! !ts =. thank God for it, He has dis
POSED OF the only obstacle III at stood between
the suffering south and the fall enj,ymenj OF
her constitutional Liberties. He has not only
carried out The democratic policy, but he mas
carr ed the republicans with him. | tn!nk
ne has The cordial support Of fully seventy
nNa per cent. OF his party"
No INCREASE OF FoRCE.-There is a gen
al impression that there is 10 be an increase
OF plate printers, press gir's, counters, exam
.ners. &c, III the bureau o engraving ana
printing, between this dat and h. III letting
"i Congress. We have the authority OF the
tfflceIs Oi the bureau for stat ng tina, there Is
40 expectation Whstev ever OF such an increa ,e
being made, aS the present force is deemed
sufficient for the pending and the prospective
work OF the bureau. Whether there will b,
any Increase of the force after the meeting OF
Congress, will depend upon its legislation.
"A
evening Gen. Benz. r. Butler gave dinner
at the Riggs house, at O'Clock, TO the fol.
lowing named gentlemen: Hon. Geo w. Nc
Crary, Secretary OF War; Chief Justice
Waite, Gen. Martindale, Judge Bond, Hon.
Hon. Wm. NJ. Evarts, Secretary of Sia,e:
Postmaster General Key, and several other
gentlemen, in all 10 persons. The pos. OF
honor was assigned to the Chief Justice on
the right of Mr.. Butler, and the second place
To the Secretary OF State on the left. After
Inc dinner The guests, with the exception OF
Mr. Evarts, took the evening train for Dag
Ion 10 join the Presidential party. A little
later fhe Secretary of State took the train for
New York, from which a few days later he
VIII also start with two of his daughters to
join the President in Ohio.
THE TROOPS IN THE SoUTH-Why Gen
Grant Ren,ored Thea-Owing to the many
questions propounded regarding the Presi-
dents southern policy, especially in the
west, the Secretary of War has Forwarded To
Mr.. West, the candidate for governor IN
OhiO, the fol lowing letter OF President Grant
showing that the popular feeling was against
the use of troops and that President Hayes
was justified III removing them:
EXECUTIVE MANSION: WAsHINGrON, d.
C., March lst, 1S17.-IO GoUeTnOr ). Il. PJck-
ard, NttC Orleans, LOttistdad In ans wer 10
your dispatch Of this date the President di
reefs me TO say that he feels 1t his duty TO
state frankly that he does not believe public
opinion Will longer support the maintenance
OF state government 10 Louisiana by the use
Of the military, and that he must concur in
this manifest feeling. The troops will re-
amer as In the past protect life and proper
~ from mob violence whom the state author
titles fail, but under the remaining days OF
his official life they will not be used to estab-
lsh or 10 pull down either claimant for con-
troll of the state. 1t is not his purpose to re-
cOeniZe either claimant.
lSigned.J L. c. SNIFFEN, Secretary.
MEXICO AND THE UNITED STArEs-Diaz
Seeking Il Quarrel There is the best ground
for the assertion that the de yacto president OF
the socalled republic of Mexico has given
the United States sufficient warning that he
means TO repel, by force, the incursions into
his territory by our military, no matter il
such AN &C: shall be construed by this gov
eminent q sufficient cartls beDi. Recent cor
respOndence received from Minister Foster
by The State department, and which is sedu-
lOusly withheld from the public, for reasons
not given, is 10 the effect that at a recent in
teryIt W between himself and DiaZ the latter
assumed az r OF defiance aud intimated to
Foster that If the United States did not mod
ify the military orders issued to Gen. Ord
with reference to troops crossing the Rio
Grande, that Foster would be given his pass
port and that SO far as Mexico was concerned