Evening star., 1877-12-05

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS 1O-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, S2S5,l2l; customs, sS29,193
1T Is UNDERSTOOD that an agreement has
been made to take up the EuSts election case
in the Senate tomorrow.
THE CHICKAsAw DELEGATION which has
been in the city for some time past, had an in
teTvew this morning with Mr.. Bell acting
commissioner of Indian affairs.
IT Is UNDERSTOOD that the democrats of the
House will hold a caucus this afternoon TO al
low the prOprieiOrs of the proposed new demo
cratic paper 20 make statement concerning
il.
The Fox INDIANS, who came to the city so
unexpectedly last week, departed as suddenly.
They left Washington on Saturday without an
interview with the President being furnished
hy the government with free tickets for the
journey back.
INFORMATION received at the Treasury de-
partment indicates that the determined stand
of the President against any interference with
the existing statutes on the finances will lead
to speedy resumption of the funding opera
tiOnS of the government.
THE LECTURE of Mr.. Story this evening will
be an interesting occasion for the lovers of art
in Washington. Mr.. Evlrts, the Secretary of
State. WILL we learn. preside, and Introduce
the lecturer 10 the audience. The President
and many OF the Cabinet are to be present.
BILL FOR DIVORCE. To-day Mr.. w. A.
Cook, for Charlotte \. Matthews filed bill
for divorce from the bonds OF matrm0ny
with Wesley Matthews. They were married
on The 9th of February, 1865, and they lived to-
Gether until January, 1871, having five chill
dTen.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Chief Engineer George d.
EmmOnS has reported his return home having
been detailed from the Ranger ON 9th October
last, and has been placed on sick leave. Mas
ter VIM. kilburne detached from the receiv-
ing ship wyoming, amp ordered to duty i'll the
coast survey.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day We're Vice President Wheeler, Secre-
taTy OF the Treasury, Attorney General, Sena-
tors Matthews, Ferry, McCreery, and Repre-
SSentatlyes Bprchard, Townsend, tN;, YD
Cole, Foster, Luttrel, Powers, Willard, Welch,
Cannon, Bayne, Garfield, and O'Neill.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE HURON DIsAs-
TER.-The signal service observer at Kitty
Hawk reported TO the chief signal officer at
9:l0 am. to-day as follows: Information inst
received that the body of VI. Morris was bur.
led three miles south of No. station. The
name was on his arm; also on Il large gold
ring which he Wore.
THE DEMOCRATS or THE House will hold a
caucus after tO-day's adjournment to take
Steps TO relieve the dOOrkeeper from his en-
baTassment. 1t appears that Col. Polk ap-
pointed about hity men To places more than
the law allows, and the question now is how tU
pay them. Ii i a bad tangle, i'll view of the
democratic economy platform.
THE CLERK OF TIE COURT OF CLAIMS has
transmitted to Congress a statement of all
judgements rendered by that court for the
year ending December Sd, 1871 the amounts
thereof. and names OF parties in whose favor
they were rendered, from which it appears
that the entire amount of claims was dbOut
$iW0Gb, and not more than ones sixth of that
sum was awarded.
PERs0NAL-AS>istant Engineer +. G. Denig
OF the lost Huron. arrived from Norfolk this
morning, and is the guest of Gov. DcnniSOn
''' Senator Patterson has been offered 5000
To lecture twenty times ia Massachusetts and
New York on the subject of the south. ana
thinks he viii accept. '''' Oscar Barron son
of the proprietor oi the Twin Mountain H"usr
took charge OF the Senate restaurant yester-
day. " Senator Blaine is in the city.
THE DEAD BODIES.-A telegram from Lieut.
Commander Green. dated at Kitty Hawk 4th
inst, states that he has so far buried officers
and 63 men, and is awaiting Instructions from
the cOmmandant at Norfolk in regard to the
disposition of the bodies. The bodies of Com
maDder Ryan. LeutS. SimOnS. Palmer Sanders,
Culbreth. lOomiS and Danner. have been re-
moved by their friends. Mr.. Gillett's body is
there.
WHAT THE COUNTY WANTs-Thc House
Committee on the District of Columbia to-day
gave an hours hearing to Mr.. Keingle. resi-
dent of the county, on behalf of the county
prOperty-hOlderS. He asked that the old Levy
Court system be re-eStablished, and that the
county be allowed To pay for its own improve
nentS, and Its affairs be kept separate from
the cities of GEORGETOWN and WASHINGTON
reDfeSentpI
dents OF the county want an account made up
separate Tor the county since ISL.
THE Huron INvEsTIGATIoN.-The following
is the court of inquiry appointed to investigate
the wreck OF the Huron: Vice Admiral Rowan
Rear Admiral Rodgers, Commodore X. H.
Nyman, and Naval Solicitor j. A. BOraIes
Judge Advocate. The court met AT the Navy
department to-day. 1t will make a thorough
investigation of the disaster and will hear tes-
timony OF naval officers and others on points
connected with the construction and condi-
ton OF the Huron. and upon all the points
bearing III any way upon the fatal disaster.
CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS was
held at 3. p. m. today to receive the report of
the committee appointed yesterday to revise
the Senate committees. After the changes
and additions have been revised by the repub-
lican caucus the vacancies left for the ap-
pOintment of additional democrats will b,
submitted to a democratic caucus to be held
democrats VIII be given larger representa-
tiOn on the principal committees than they
have had at any time before for the past ff-
teen years.
"A GREAT MUSICAL TREAT.-The Kellogg
Cary concert last night was voted by c0mpe-
tent musical critics the very best concert ever
given in Washington OF course the Jenny
Lind concerts and some others presented some
single features of special attraction. but the
concert last night in the exceptional excellence
OF all five of the yOcaliSts-KellOgg Cary Karl.
Verdi and C0nly-made it altogether Surpris,
lngly good. The audience last night was over
Whemingly large and prOpOrtionately enthu-
siaSuc The performers were i'm q sunny mood
and Obigingly responded to the continuous
encores; and everything was i'm the line of
buoyant reciprocity of good viii.
PERSONAL.-Mr. f. &. Fairchild the cana
bic representative of that important recent
publication, J0bns0n's Unicersdl CycloDedio
Is I'm town, and the very large number of dis
tingushed public men who have subscribed
Tor that work, or who have proposed taking il
upon its completion, will be Interested i'm
knowing that his address for the present is p
y. Box Al, Washington, ID. G. Tie recent dis
cuSsion among the cyclOpedia people as to the
relative merits of their different works has at
dor ln off