Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-02


revenue, $224 .6O0.29: customs. $559, ,632.95.
ALL THE MINTs now in operation are to be
devoted to the coinage of the silver dollar ex-
clusive'y, except when it is absolutely neces
sary to coin gold.
THE House COMMITTEE on commerce con-
tinued its discussion of the river and harbor
appropriation bill to-day.
AMONG THOSE WHO CALLED at the White
House today were Senators Matthews, In
gals and Paddock: Representatives Town
send. Ohio: Aldrich, Pollard Price, Iowa;
Phillips, LOCKWOOD Hager, TOwnSnend,
Smith, Pa; and BOles, \. Y.
PERsONAL--HOn. j. Proctor Knott. deliver
ed his lecture on Practical Patriotism last
night in Baltimore.
THE MULE CASE.-Nr. McManuS one of tn
defendants in what is better known as the
Kentucky (BriStOw) mule case, against whom
an adverse decision was made in the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia, last week,
has decided to take an appeal to the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
The APPROPRIATION BILLS are sadly behind
hand. None of them except the military
academy bill have passed the House, and only
two others have as yet been zTepOrted-the
fOrtifcatiOn and consular and diplomatic bills
There are yet nine or ten regular apprOpria-
ton bills to be perfected in the committee. In
quite probable Congress will find itself in ses-
sion on the Fourth of July.
DANA's MEN IN OFFICE-The President
has discovered, it is stated, that large mum
Der Of appointments, said to be sixty in num-
Der, have been made in the various federal
offices in New York, of persons urged directly
or obliquely by &. A. Dana, editor of the New
Ork Sun. Tom Parker, chief special agent
of the Post Office, has twice investigated the
matter in New York. 1t is understood that he
has finally reported that Dana's appOntees
are very numerous: that they are all COnkling
men. and that Postmaster James and Col
lector Arthur have made the principal CON
ceSSlOnS to the Sun. According to rumOr
there Will be some wedding out of the Dana
men shortly.
SIGNAL OFFICERS ORDERED AWAY.-Second
Lieut.. c. A. Booth, U.S.A., now on duty at the
Signal Office, will proceed to San Diego, Cali
fOrnia. to assume charge of the construction
acts of Congress of March, 1873. June. 1873.
and March, 1879 and subsequent acis. Second
Lieut.. James Allen, 3d cavalry, now on duty
al the Signal Office, will proceed to Santa Fe
New Mexico, on similar duty.
THE CENTRAL GUARD House AS \ POLICE
CoURT.-Representative Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, a member of the subcommittee on
ways and means of the District of Columbia
committee OF the House, today visited the
central guard house with the view of person
ally acquainting himself as to its adaptibiIifv
Tor police court. The subcommittee have
property holders and tne District Commits
slonerS, with reference 10 the use of the Uni.
tartan Church for police court under con
Sldefatlon lor sometime, and it is the intention
preston seems to be that the committee will
recommend the central guard house as suit
able Tor the purposes of the police court with
some improvements for which an aDDropria-
uOn VIII be recommended.
Mr.. CON'S REMARK ABOUT FRAUD, IN THE
RECORD Notwithstanding the assurance
made by Speaker Randall that the remarks of
Sunset Cox, Of New York, characterizing the
veto of the silver bill as "a charge of fraud
from fraud should not go into the Congress
StOndJ RecOrN.. the fact is that the remarks
are printed in yesterdays RecOrtl, and pre-
clSely as Mr.. Cox uttered them.
INVESTIGATION OF DOORKEEpER POLK-The
committee on civil service reform continued
the investigation into the a fairs of Doorkeeper
Polk today. Clerk Adams tesLiGed iii relation
10 the rolls of the Doorkeeper sent to his office
and the employment and discharge of men as
shown by the rolls.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON THE TEXAS PACIFIC
Il. Il. BILL.-The House committee on Pacific
railroads, by vote of to s, agreed to-day to
report favOrably the Stephens Texas Pacific
railroad bill. The vote in committee was as
follows: observation-disclosures, House, ChaI-
mers, Elan, ONeill. Caswell and Cole. Nays
Morrison, Luttrell, Hewitt, Sanders Blair and
Rice
TEXAN BORDER OUTRAGEs Not CONFINED
TO ONE SIDE OF THE RIvER.-The House COM
mittee on military affairs to-day took the tes.
tim0ny Of Lieut.. Turner, of Fort Clarke on
the Rio Grande, in relation to the Mexican
border OutrageS. Lieut. Turner's testimony
differed somewhat from that given by Lieut.
Bulls and Col. Shafter. Lieut. Turner said
1nad the La;dS 81 upon american soil had been
citizens were not engaged in depredations on
the border. He related several incidents of
depredations on the Mexican side by Ameri-
cans. He said that during the recent absence
OF Col Shafter to testify before the inyestigat
ing committee, an American scout had crossed
over into Mexico. killed a man and brought
ward of $50 offered by the local authorities of
town on the Texas side of the Rio Grande.
for the person of the murdered man.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS
agreed to day to report favorably bill to con-
firm the title to certain lands in Platte county.
Mo-, and authorized patents to be issued
therefor to kinSey B. Cecil. The committee
also agreed to report favOrably a bill directing
as Of OF Mar to by deed to
Ferry, w. Va, lot of land with the buildings
thereon for school purposes. Mr. Hit, swamp
Idlu agent, dnu MI. GURUS. attorney, argued
before the committee in favor of bill to ex-
tend the provisions of an act approved March
2, 1855, for the relief of purchasers and lOca
tors OF swamp lands.
ORDERED TO WASHINGTON.-NIasterN Nathan
Sargent to the navy yard, Washington. for in
StructiOn in ordnance. Passed Assistant En-
gineer John ID. Ford, from duty on the exam
ing board. and ordered to report to the chief
bureau OF steam engineers for special duty
THE TROUBLE ABOUT THE BOND of Col Cos
ia, the newly appointed pension agent at New
York, is likely to be satisfactorily terminated
1t has been telegraphed to the Interior depart
ment that the bond will be ready in accord
ance with the departments requirements.
SEEKING RE-INsTATEMENT.-The Secretary
OF the Interior has been beSeiged to-day by
friends of the persons lately discharged in his
department. seeking their reinstatement. The
commissioner OF Patents who is now in New
York, will no doubt receive Il large number OF
similar visitors after his return on Monday.
AN INTERESTING COMPLICATION has arisen
in connection with the letting of the longest
Star route in the United StateS,-the one be
tween Fort Worth, Texas. and Yuma, Arizona.
Tor service over which the Z. 0. ID. paid the
last contractor 1920 0OC. The lowest bidder is
John T.. ChidiSher, who offers tO carry tha