Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-20
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.-Internal
re en~e, ~ IS: customs, siS6. .oaol5.
THE sUBsCRIPrIoNst to the four per cent. loan
today amounted TO $4,000.
SECRETARY MCCRARY was the only member
OF the cabinet present at the meeting lis af-
ttrnO'.n. Gen. Tyner represented the p o.
department; Assistant Secretary Hawley. the
Treasury; Assistant Secretary Sewa.d the
State; and the Navy aid Interior department
W.re not represented.
MAIL ROBBERs.-InfOIm nation has been re.
wed at the P. .. department that within the
last two weeks the stages carrying m Ills in
AriZ' ma have been stopped by highwaymen-
d the mails robbed six times.
A DELEGATION OF PROMINENT IOwANs
amCng whom were Judge Springer, Judge
Lowe and Mr. O'ConnOr, called on the Presi-
lent today In company with Secretary Nc
Crazy The delegation requested that II any
chaDge should be made in the gOvernOrShip OF
New Mexico the candidacy of General True,
~ Iowa, for the position be fayOraby con
sidered. The visit of the delegation revive,
the report which has been started number
OF times, that the removal of Governor Axteil,
OF New Mexico, has been about decided upon.
YELLOW FEVER PANIC.-The register and
receiver at Jackson, Miss, have sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office: There is great excite
ment in Jackson: The people are fleeing in
all directions. The board of health advise all
10 leave. There are one hundred and sixty
Gases in Nicksburg and twenty in Canton.
Tie fever is liable to appear at any moment.
Then escape frum The city will be impossible,
a rigid quarantine will be established
against jackson by the surrounding country.
" hat shall we dor
may close the office and leave the city when it
becomes necessary by loca regulations or by
actual visitation of the city by the fever.'
MARYLAND POLITICIANS here say that most
OF the present Congressional delegates of that
state will be returned to the next house. Kim
mel, Swami and Henry will und )ubtedly be
re urned The other three members, Walsh
or SIS opposition. Walsh is almost certain
OF defea,, and Will be succeeded by M. Pret
lyman or Mr.. P. ter, Of Montgomery. Henke
i having hard fight. and so is ,bertS, with
cbant eS in favor of the former and against
e latter.
not enterta the slightest fear for the safety
o the Wye ming. 1t is presumed She is en-
t'e'v on Of coal, and does not meet with suf-
fcient wi d to AIRY her into port. In pur-
8 dnc. OF nS uc ions from the Acting Secre-
try If the Navy lhe tug Fortune left Norfolk
last iiLt Oh ca ~ this morning to search for
the W. Omin befw e the capes of the Ches-
apea ke and Delaware, and tow her in if
i>NLd.
1BE SIS 600 APPROPRIATION TO PAY La
P' RERs' CLAIMs.-Under the act of Congress
OF j me 2tnh. 1873, which provides "that a
sum not ex e ding $15,fk0 be appropriated to
pay the WO kingmen o. the public improve
III 'nts I'll d. + the late bard of public works OF
District o. Columbia, % the contractors of
the same. v hose ella ms for Work and labor are
due anf paid IRON contractors" Sc, some
thirty rs have Teen filed before General
4 ynods, First A ditor of the Treasury
I ese claims are for amounts ranging from
go TO g. Q, AMI aggregate about s250'.
Nearly all of them are Informal. not comp ying
With the regulations issu a few days ago
=, IN l. ished in THE STAR. On this account
they will have to b. returned and new claims
n. d in accord. nee with those regulati ions.
Th re will be GOOD deal o. trouble in audit
in these claims both from the fact that most
OF he peog.e holding them are not sufficiently
a. II ted with the departmental rules gov
flnne such cases, and from the wording Of
. a't authorizing their payment, which is
ter oi the claims. to be allowed. Under the
lIterl cad number OF questions are likely 10
arise Wbi' will have to be referred to the
First CChtroller for his decision.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS STOPPING THE
MAILs.-Dispatches have been received at the
T: Q. department from the postmasters at
Memphis and New Orleans Complaining that
the mails cannot leave the city. and that busi.
ness lnteI estS suffer by reason of the quaran-
tile eStabis by other cities, and asking
The d. partment has replied that it cannot
interfere with the quarantine regulations of
cities. and that the best practicable arrange
ments must be made with the pOs,master5 of
quarantined cities.
THE SILVER DOLLARs.-During the past
month the Treasury department has paid out
100000 standard silver dollars, and has or
ders for about million more. This amount
has been put ln circulation through the agency
OF the national banks and public depositarieS,
10 whom ii Is sent free Of transportation. A
mHch larger amount would have been disposed
OF II the number of such inStitutiOnS-ODe
hundred and twenty-had been larger, or if
the department. could, under the law, furnish
d1yidualS Another drawback has been that
the banks cannot obtain from the Treasury
an amount larger than their securities. 4
bank having security with the department
u 81 teW cal not, OF course, order from the
Treasury an amount beyond that. A number
OF them having ordered silver TO the limit of
INT IT security, have requested the department.
TO let them have ii in exchange for 81 and 81
grtenbacks. This has been invariably refused,
as the Treasury does not desire to decrease
the number of small bills in circulation Treas
uTer Gllhllan does not regard the placing
Of 100000 silver dollars among the people in
a single month, with orders on hand for a mil
Hon more, as indicative that it is impossible to
get that coin IN circulation Besides, the time
OF the year when there is The greatest demand
ior small co1n-the season for moving crops
has not arrived.
INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE PUBLIC
LAND RECoRDs.-At the request of the Presi-
dent the Land office has prepared statement
o1 The acres Of land entered under the home
stead and timber culture acts in the several
states and territories from July l, 1868, to June
~, 1873. inclusive. The aggregate for the ten
years included between these dates is 3l4lS.
UU@.lS acres. of this number Alabama is
credited with l,665, ,64i.6i acres; Arkansas
With 2,54,2S43 Arizona with 2O)S 9S:
California with 2,G69.2iS 20; Colorado with
81 6S2. s: D'kOta with 3ll7,256.S4; Flor
ida with l,o65064.6l: Indiana with IL
1913; Illinois with 2.305 81; Iowa with I,OH
Go l3; Idaho with 20l, l9l SO; Kansas with
a,SS,sE0.i5; Louisiana with Sl22R85; Mis-
souIi with l,496, 462 81; Michigan with 1,I69,-
25306; Minnesota with .367 69S SO Mississippi
with Sli0;29: Montana with 159,6S7.27; Ne
yada with SO,se9 81; New Mexico with IS 7i6 81;
Nebraska with !, 5,5t4, $50 As; Ohio with 5,6S2 So
Oregon with 772,70l %; Utah with 5lO,Si41l:
Wisconsin with ,4S4 666.U1; Washington terri.
tory with 1896 s., and Wyoming with &,
1913. This statement deals with hOmesteads
actually initiated. The number which have
been abandoned and which will ultimately be
abandoned and Cancelled will constitute
large deduction from these figures as the per
centage OF such cancellations is very great
How great 1t is impOS>ibl to determine no
record having been kept of the same. So far
In 1873 i,6l5,I9 ~ acres have been entered
under the homestead and 1874, ,0S3.74 acres
under the timber culture acr. In all of 1877
only 2,l7S 0.S II acres were entered under the
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