Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-08
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Interna
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THE UNITED STATES TORPEDO BOAT ALARM
has left the New York navy yard bound Tor
Washington.
THE COMMISSION of Gen. j. Il. Hawley, TO
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, was
signed by the President to-day. Gen. Hawley
will go on duty on Monday.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-
day were Senators Paddock Saunders Teller
ChafTee and Booth. and Representatives Dur
ham. Townsend, Hayes, Deering and Chitten
den.
IT IS DENIED by one OF the private Secre-
taries of President Hayes that the nomination
of Mr.. Hayt, TO be Commissioner of Indian Az
fairs. has been withdrawn, as stated in a
morning paper
BADLY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been much
complaint among occupants of the Senate gal
leIieS for the past two weeks of the unequal
temperature and poor ventilation of the Senate
chamber.
DIR. BENZ. ACEvAL yesterday presented TO
the President his credentials as envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipOtentiary of the
republic of Paraguay To the United States.
TIE GERMAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY OF
Cincinnati has sent one of its members Mr..
Hessler. to Washington to join a delegation
from Pittsburg and Baltimore and try to in
duce Congress To aid in the colonization by the
societies OF the west and south.
REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER. of Illinois, had
a hearing before the House Judiciary com
mittee yesterday morning in advocacy of his
claim for sl0.Ge0 for arguing the Centennial
ease before the Supreme Court. He viii prob
ably be allowed 10 90 with his claim before the
Court OF Claims.
IL REFERENCE to the item in last evenings
STAR, as to the omission of the address i'm the
the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, a
correspondent says that The copy of the See
reary'S report Sent To the House was addressed
To the Speaker and signed 10y Mr.. Sherman"
1t seems that some of The copies of the printed
report bore the simple address of Sir
ARMY ORDERs-By direction of the Seere-
tary of War Lieutenant Colonel Roger Jones,
assistant Inspector general has been ordered
to Philadelphia to inspect unServiceable cloth.
ing. campand garrison equipage. Captain w
Il. Scott. 81 artillery, has been ordered 20 re-
port in person 10 the Secretary OF War Tor spe
cial duty.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE on JUDICIARY met
this afternoon to consider several appoint
mtteP before adjournment Oi the extra SeS
sion of Congress and which have since been
sent To the Senate by the President. The most
important Of this number is the appointment
of Baxter to be circuit judge Of the 9th judicial
district of Tennessee.
ARMY ORDERs.-The superintendent general
recruiting service win assign So recruits TO
companies F. +, & and l., I'd artillery. BY di-
rcCtiOn of the President. Captain Geo. T. Ohm
stead. 4. = ICf.IpI d m ~
science and tactics at Agricultural and Me
chaIical College OF Texas. ID Lieuts. w. w.
Nnherspo0n, company ID, and ). &. Mills,
company Ii. l2lh ihfanJy, viii exchange com
p&nies
CARDS have been issued for the marriage of
Miss Katie Carroll to Mr. j. w. Beale, AT ST;
Johns church, at half-paSt five o'clock next
Thursday evening. Miss Carroll is the eldest
daughter of MajOT Gen. :. \. Carroll, L :. A..
and Mr.. Beaie is resident Of Montgomery
late minister To Austria. The Rev. Bishop
Finckney. assisted by the Rev. John Vaughn
Lewis, VIII oihciaie al the ceremonies.
THE House COMMITTEE On APPROPRIi
TONS will meet on Monday 70 assign the vari-
Gus appropriation bills to subcommittee. The
legislative. executive and judicial apprOpria
ton bill VIII he prepared by Chairman Atkins,
MessrS. Durham and Foster. Mr.. Hewitt will
have the pension appropriation bill in charge.
IL is not yet settled 10 whom the others win be
assigned. Chairman Atkins expects to have
some of the smaller appropriation bills ready
to report to the House immediately after the
holiday recess. He does not expect to cut the
total amount Of the appropriations much be-
cal year. and thinks il quite probable that the
amounts for this fiscal year may he some what
increased.
CURIOUS PROCEEDINGS OF VENUS AND DIANA
TO-NIGHT.-Any person i'm this vicinity who
viii look in the southwestern part of the
| the heavens at hal5-past seven o'clock this
evening will witness the heavenly sight oil
| Venus kissing the moon. The spectacle will
be an unusually beautiful one, and will well
\ repay one for few minutes watching. To us
| the brilliant evening star will appear to cling
To the moon as il for protection, and after a
short but picturesque embrace, both heavenly
| bodies Will proceed on their endless journeys.
| The sight Will be even more beautiful than in
| total eclipse of Venus. which will be the case
| i'll more northern ATTITUDES. Before the meet
ing. the position OF the moon, seen from here
| viii be east of the planet, but as she proceeds
| on her northern and eastern course. she will
| appear To reach out her lower arm and give a
passing embrace-lOOking like a silver cres-
| cent with diamond pcndant-and then gradu-
| ally leave Venus in the east. The diameter of
| Venus is fOur-tenths of a minute, and the dis
| tance of her center from the southern limb of
the moon. at its nearest. at 7:29 this evening,
| will he seen through the telescope to be four
tenthS OF a minute, consequently the edge of
the planet will be about half her diameter dis
tant. The planet al present Is exceedingly
bright. The brilliant rays will be cut of one
side of the planet by the limb of the moon.
while the telescope will show that in reality
they do not touch. Hence the view with the
naked eye or with pair of opera glasses will
be more attractive than with a large telescope.
| VALENTINE BAKERS POSITION WITH THE
| IURkS.-COl. Baker has no command in the
| Turkish army only in the gendarmerie. In
| action he advise, the different commanders
what course to pursue, often leading charges
Of waVering regiments himself. He and Col
| BriscOe, late 18th Hussars, who, with him. has
| been foremost in the recent fighting about
Shumla. have a very poor opinion Of the fight
| appearance of a bold front causing them to
| waver. and a charge scattering them before
| contact. Baker Pasha has gone to join his
late chief, Mehemet Ali. OF the two, Sulei-
| man and Mehemet. he naturally prefers the
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