Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-05
THE PRESIDENTS WESTERN TR1p.-The

eral Key, Attorney General Devens, AMI
PROBABLY Secretary of State Evarts, will
leave here to- morrow evening on the Balti
more and Ohio railroad for Marietta, Ohio.
The other members of The Cabinet expect to
join the President at Louisville on Monday
next.
From Marietta The President will 60 TO his
Old nome, at Fremont, Ohio, where he will
remain Sunday, and Monday, and the cabi-
net othcers Will return TO Washington. On
Tuesday he will start for Dayton, Ohio,
to attend the meeting of the board OF trus,
tees of the Soldiers home. Wednesday
he unveils the Soldiers monument at
the home. and returns on Thursday
to Fremont TO be present at the annual re-
union OF the Sd y. V. l., his old regiment, on
Friday, the 18th. Gems Sheridan, Crook, j.
ID. Cox, >. s. Carroll, and others will be
the President here. On Monday, September
IL, the President will be al the opening of the
Industrial exposition at Louisville, where he
Will be joined by Postmaster General Key
and one or two other Cabinet officers, and
will be in Nashville on the 10Th. Chatta-
nooga on the 10th, and Knoxville, Tenn, on
return to Washington through Virginia. Wis
ting Richmond and other prominent cities
In that state.
SPECULATIoNs IN REGARD TO THE
SPEAKERSHIP.-There has been good deal
OF idle speculation INDUCED in concerning
the Speakership OF the next House and the
possibilities of each candidate who aims to
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cause no one even the candidates themselves
can assume to say how the votes of the new
members who come into the 18th Congress
Will be given. Those of the candidates and
out of which the possible selection will be
made are Sayler, Randall, and Cox. Then
there are hosts of small flyers who have no
honest belief that they can be elected, out
VINO want 10 inject their candidacy into the
canvass with the hope that they may thus
successfully make good trade in the way
o! committee chairmanshipS. Thus it is that
srr 1nfI
GOode OF Virginia; Buckner of Missouri,
and others thrust themselves into the breach
as candidates. No one of the last named has
any idea of success, but they want il to be as
sumed that they have sufficient following to
transfer il To either OF the prominent candi-
dates who who will put up the most for il.
II Is source OF regret that il is necessary TO
elect Speaker by means OF combinations.
In the Kerr-Randall contest il reached the
acme of degrad alton inasmuch as Kerr had
10 name the Pacific railroad committee in
advance OF his election TO serve the inf1u-
ence of powerful corporation, and Randall
in turn agreed TO appoint five different MEM
bers chairman of the committee on the Mis-
s;ssippi levees.
At the present writing it is impossible to
predict who will gain the gavel. Randall
has that prestige of success which his &C
ceptable bling OF the chair last winter gave
him, but he has TO contend with the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company, and IL is safe to
say he will be antagoniZed by that interest,
inasmuch as he has never vet cast a vote In
its favor Sayler will have to sufficiently
explain the letter he wrote concerning south
erD claims during the last canvass, and Cox
Will have to dodge cleverly the financial is
sue 10 get votes west or south. Hence 1t is,
that all the candidates will come here about
evenly balanced, and the winning man will
be the one who can stir up the greatest en-
thusiasm here on the ground and make de-
luded human nature believe in his promises.
THE FUNERAL OF NJ. THIERs-The fu-
neral OF NJ. Theirs is TO be at the expense of
the French government and be made ma
tional demonstration OF respect TO his mem
DRY, conducted with the greatest pOmp. The
remains Will be Inferred in the InvalideS.
NJ. Theirs left a political will and a mani.
festO 10 the people of France, which he de-
signed 10 issue prior TO the election. 1t was
10 have been read to NJ. Gambetta yesterday.
Tie Paris papers OF yesterday only had the
mere announcement of his death, and the
Journal DIES Debdts was issued without any
mention of the event. The evening papers
were filed with eulOgies of the deceased, and
spzculations upon the effect the death would
have upon the approaching political crisis.
GEN. GRANT IN SCOTLAND. = Tuesday
morning eX-President Grant and party left
Edinburgh on a visit to Melrose and neig
borfOOd. They returned In the evening. The
general was 10 take up his quarters at night
In Pullman car at Waverly station, ami
leave next morning for the north on a visit
TO the Duke Of Sutherland at Dunrobin
castle. Gen. Grant has arranged TO pay an
other visit 10 Dundee in the course of next
week. he Is TO be presented with the freedom
vi lilt DuTSns Oh Elgln ana inverness. Inc
mag istrates of Inverness are expected TO con-
fer the honor when he is returning from
Sntherlandshire. a deputation of the Elgin
town council has been invited to wait upon
him at Dunrobin castle.
COMMUNION WINE OBJECTED To.-The
Philadelphia North american OF Monday
says: "The August grand jury handed their
presentment To Judge Biddle on Saturday.
In closing they say: "The grand jury feel 1T
also TO be their duty TO testify against the
dissertation OF the Holy Sabbath by the sale
OF intoxicating drinks and especially in the
handing around of wine in our churches to
rouse up the dormant devil in the reformed
drunkard by his sip OF wine on the Com
munion day"
No SCARS OR MARKS ON CHARLEY
Ross.-Concerntng the boy who was brought
from Ohio, under the supposition that he
was Charley Ross, II has been urged that he
bore upon him certain scars and marks
which Mr.. Ross had mentioned as those by
which his son could be distinguished. The
fact, however, is that Mr.. Ross has always
declared that his son had no scars or marks
of any kind upon his body. The whole thing
is an absurd fiction.-l Philadelphia Bulletin.
GEN. BUTLER RETURNS A RETAINER
The labor party OF Philadelphia attempted
Butler TO defend the parties arrested there
during the July riot, but he replied as fol-
lows from Boston: - much regret my pro-
fessional engagements will prevent my TAX
ing your retainer. 1 have been under the
impression, as you were, that free speech
was permitted, and that no man could be ar
rested for simply making speech"
THE MYSTIC PARK RACEs.-In the trot-
ting races al Mystic Park, Boston, yesterday,
the one thousand dollar purse for the 2N
class was won by Lysander Boy in three
straight heats-time 2.27, 2.26K, AIN. The
race for the 2.31 class was unfinished. Mod
esty won two heats, Frances two and Lady
Daggett one.
ANNOYING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR
By typographical error the name of +. II.
Gassaway was published as being concerned
in case recently tried in the ". s. Circuit
Court upon an Indictment for cutting timber
of government lands. The name Of the de-
fendant was w. w. Gassaway.-[Sdn Fran
cisco Mail, Aug. Sth.
A CAPTURED DoLPHIN.-A short time
ago live dolphin was captured off New
Rochelle by the New York Aquarium col
lectors, and placed in one of the tanks or that
institution. 1t measures more than seven
feet in length and weighs about five hundred
pounds, and is apparently in excellent heal tn
and spirits.
WAR NoTEs-Lovatz has been carried by
assault OF Russian troops under Gems. Mere
tllSky SlObelO1 There y haley