Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-01
THE EVENING STAR
WASHINGTON News and Gossip,
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-lnter-
nal revenue, 1851 ,4il35; customs, $50 ,065 10.


nal revenue, 1851 ,4il35; customs, 1910 ,O65 10.
THE Brifish Quarterly Reuieso for october,
received from +. NJ. Whitaker Il Son, is q
good number.
Col Ro BERT T. LINCOLN, son OF ex Pres
idtnt Lincoln, has declined the appointment
| OF Third Assistant Secretary of state.
THREE MORE CoUNrEKFEIr FIvEs on
the First National Bank of Tamaqua. Pa,
were received yesterday at the National bank
redemption agency.
BEGENT APPOINTED - Vice Preside ut
Wheeler this morning appointed Senator
WitheTs, OF Virginia, 10 The Regency OF the
Smithson an Institution, in place OF ex Sem
atOr I Il pheI son, OF Ken ucSy.
ONLY Two WESTERN DEMOCRATS, Messrs
Morrison, of Illinois, ami Luttrell, OF G Ali
fOrnia, voted against the resumption repeal
bill, upon which yesterdays vote in the
House can be accepted as a test.
THE WEATHER SUMMARY of the Signal
Office for October AT Washington shows In at
last month was the warmest as II was the
wettest October during the present decade
The average temperature was 5S7 degrees
and The rain fall aggregated Gu inches.
THE REAPPoTNrMENr OF Representative
WhitthorEe 10 the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on naval affairs is thought to in crease
the probability of further overhauling of
the dOings of the Navy department wa lie
Mr.. Robeson was secretary.
ADJ oURNMENT OVER ELECTION DAY-It
is Understood that the Senate, by Concurrent
agreement with the House, will adjourn to-
morrow for the purpose of giving Senators
IN nose states where elections occur next
Tuesday an opportunity to go home and vo5e
SENATOR MoRToN.-The latest dispatch
received to-day by Assistant Postmaster
General Tyner reports that Senator MortDn's
pulse is entirely gone, but that he is breath
leg freely and his voice is strong. His death
may occur at any moment.
CONFIRMATIoNs.-Th Senate in execu-
tive session today confirmed the following
appointments: To be collectors of customs
Frederick A. Pratt. for the district OF New
port, K. l.; Francis Dodge, for the district of
Georgetown, ID. c. To be comm ssiouer of
agriculture VIM. G.. LeDuc, of Minnesota,
sion agent at San Francisco, Cal.-Albert
Hart, of Sacramento City, Cal. Also, a large
number OF postmasters.
THE PRESIDENT visited the Virginia state
fair, near Richmond, yesterday, and was
welcomed by a large crowd of farmers at
tending the fair. Ia response to a formal
welcome by the governor the President made
speech In favor OF immigration to Virginia
charging upon the cheapness of her land
the fertility of her soil, the nearness to m ar
ket, and all the advantages that should he
attractive TO those seeking better homes In
Ierestlng speeches were made by the IN en-
bers OF the Cabinet accompanying the Presi-
dent, and by Senator Morgan, OF Alabama.
HON. CLARKsoN n. POTTER who d clined
the chairmanship of the House COMMITTEES on
Pacific railroads, as stated in Yesterdays
STAR, did so solely, as he states In a letter to
Speaker Randall, because of his large inter
est in a railway ia Pennsylvania, OF which
Colonel Thomas A S ;Ott is president This
he thought, would be REGARDED as una tins
him for service on that committee. . her
wise he would willingly have accepted tn
posltlOn His letter of decli alton was sem
10 the Speaker Monday evening, ami vii
be submitted 10 the House, when alone can
excuse him.
A WEDDING. - There was brilliant
gathering at the Church of the Ascension
last night on the occasion Of the weddinZ of
Mr. Thomas J. Brown and Miss Florence NJ
hulI. The groom is "A nephew OF Judge j
W wight, and the bride is the charming
daughter of NJ. y. Z. Hull, of the Ordnauc
department. Mr.. Philo B. Wright a~ie+
- grocEsman, and Miss McGilI, Mis-
Msyheld (of Georse:own), Miss Sloei4r
Miss MtGrew and Mis-, Higgins as Or Ges
m aids. The ukhers were Mr.. Charles Be /
and Or. John Bracket. The Rev. DR.. Elliot
rector OF The Church of the Ascension per
| formed the ceremony.
| THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILI-Tbe
| committee on appropriations, in It's consd-
Grafton yesterday OF the army estimates,
| listened to the views of the Secretary of War.
OF Gen. She rman, AdjutaDt General Town.
send, Quartermaster General Meigs, Com
| missary General MacFeeley, and General
Bel ct, chief of ordnance The opinion wa !
expressed by all these officers that further
reduction of the army is unadvisable. Ii is
| expected that the army bill will be reported
TO the House to-day or to morrow, aud thai
1t VIII advise for the present fiscal year end
| ing June SoJ no diminution of the present
| strength OF the army.
HITCH on THE ARMY APPROPRIATION
| BiLL.-The appropriation committee of the
| House had agreed upon a basis for the army
bill. A subcommittee was appointed To
draft bill on the basis of q 600 men. Upon
making The foOtiDgs of the bill, this morn
ing, IL was discovered that the aggregate sum
| needed was S26 100000. This is one million
| dollars more than the democrats are dis o ed
10 allow The army. The dem ocratic M IN
bers OF the committee met alone, excluding
the repu blicans, 10 consider some plan to re-
duce This aggregate. There seems TO BE-
| marked hostility to the staff of the army
even among the republican members OF the
committee.
THE SENATE CoMMIrFEE ON PATENT
met this morning and voted to maxi an
appropriation of S45, 900 for the restoration O
| such models which passed through the ire
IN The Patent Office as can be repaired. The
committee also decided TO give hearing on
TIE 10Th instant to such inventors and patent
| attorneys as may des re to be present upon
| the subject of thorough revision OF the
| patent laws. Drafts of the new patent laws
are In the possession of the committee-one
| N ade by Chauncey Smith, OF Boston, the
patent lawyer, and another drafted In the
interest of the inventors, which is under
| stood to meet the approval OF the Commits
| missioner OF Patents.
PERSONAL. - Schuyler Colfax passed
through Washington yesterday; stopped over
one train; dined and spent the evening at
No. is All street, Capitol Hill, with the
family of his late friend, Capt William
Saunders, formerly of South Bend, Ind.
The committee on appropriations have
elected as their clerk Mr.. X. j. Stephens
| who has filled that position ever since the
committee was organized in 1865. ....Capt.
w. w. Wells, u. s. A, in charge of Fort
Clinch, Florida, died yesterday OF yellow
fever. Mr.. Vivian. NJ. p, aud wife are
expected at WOrmley's tonight. ....Mr II
=. Morgan, the London banker, AMI Mr.. A.
| j. Drexell will arrive at the Arlington tbis
afternoon. Jay Gould, esq, was az the
Treasury department this morning.
TEST VoTE ON THE RESUMPTION Acr.-
| In the House of Representatives yesterday.
! Mr.; Ewing, from the committee on banking
ara currency, reported a bill providing for
the repeal OF the third section OF the spacie