Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-05

revenue, 1918, ,46S 10: customs. $239,3S4.7l.
BOND CALL.-The Secretary of the Treasury
will make call for s., Coz, 900 six per cent. five
twenty bonds, act March 3, 1865. cOnsols of
1865, to-day-$2, 10000 coupon and s2,5OO,OOO
registered.
SECRETARY SHERMAN was on the floor of the
Senate today. He congratulated Mr.. Mat
thewS on the latter's personal explanation.
THE PRESIDENT is invited to nine out of ten
church and school entertainments given in
Washington and within radius OF fifty miles
OF the city.
THE OREGON ELECTION.-SenatOr Mitchell
received telegram from Oregon this morning
saying that the legislature had been secured
by the republicans. Mr. Mitchell says it is too
early yet TO determine which way the legiSla-
ture OF the state ticket has gone. No returns
can yet have been received from Brown, Ba-
ker, tmatilla, Josephine, and other outlying
counties.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEYS LETTER.
The Postmaster General continues to receive
letters, mostly from the South, approving his
recent letter on the political situation. His
southern friends, whose requests for his Opin-
ion on the subject called forth the letter, stand
by him in the position that he has taken, and
numerous prominent men in the South warm
ly endorse his sentiments. The mayor of At
lanta, n. l.. Angler, says: Il should do inius-
tice to my feelings not TO congratulate you on
your able, patriotic and truthful letter on the
Potter resolutions. AS these resolutions can
d9 no good, it must be evident to ali thinking
persons that they mean mischief. The north
eIn democracy may think the South as easy
TO TeyOlutiOniZe now. with 10000 men to each
state, as il was In 1860 And there may be some
truth i'll this. 1t is to be hoped the South
has not so soon forgotten the general calam-
lty and walls of anguish brought on by rest
less ambitious partiZanS, as to again, so soon,
plunge into the vortex that brought to the
South almost universal destruction. The peO-
PIE, In measure, are just beginning to re-
Iieye themselves of the heavy burdens imDos-
Ell by our unWlSe and unnatural revolution,
and it is an unwiSe and dangerous legislator
who seeks to disturb the harmony peace and
prosperity OF this Republic. and l am more
than pleased that you have so timely taken
your pen in hand to reprOve and expose the
movements towards revolution. 1t is to be
hoped the people will take warning i'm time"
COngratulat0fy notes have been received from
several prominent democratic lawyers in the
South, many Tennessee democrats, ex- Repre-
sentative SlOss, Of Alabama, and Mr.. John l..
Remington, Governor of YanktOn territory
PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE To-
BACCO TRADE from the western and middle
states are in Washington, and held a meeting
yesterday at the Ebbitt House for the purpose
OF deVlSlng measures to aid the passage by
Congress of the Tucker amendment to the
Burchard bill reducing the tax on tobacco to
sixteen cents per pound uniformly. After the
meeting they visited members of Congress and
urged the passage OF the measure.
EX-SOLDIERs IN THE Posi- OFFICE DEPART
MENT.-The Post Office department has pre-
pared its answer to the inquiry of the House
as TO the number of it's employees, who were
hOnOrably discharged from service i'm the
army and navy of the United States. and it
appears that of the sos male officials mes
seDgerS. labOrerS etc. connected with the de-
partment, III are of this class.
THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE BILL.-The bill
to organize the life-Saving service, passed by
the House of Representatives yesterday, pro-
vides for the establishment of a number of
additional stations, among the reStsOn on the
Delaware coast, between CaDe HenlOpen and
the Indian river, two on the coast OF Mary
land, and fifteen on the coasts of Virginia and
tOns shall be opened for active service on the
first of September, and continue till the first
Of May.
NAVAL LORDERS.-PaSSed Assistant Engineer
j. w. Gardner to the Essex, South Atlantic
station, per steamer City of Para from Phila-
delphla, 9Th instant. Midshipman I. G. Winch
has reported his return home, having been
detached from the Pensacola, North Pacific
station, and is placed on sick leave.
AT THE CABINET MEETING yesterday after.
noon Secretary Evarts announced that Russia
had accepted the invitation to send a repre-
sentative to the International monetary con-
terence, provided fOr in the silver bill, to be
held lor the purpose OF fixing the relative in
makes four nations that have accepted the in
vitatiOn: Switzerland, Holland Greece and
Russia. The conference will probably meet at
Cabinet the dispatches he had received con.
eerning the Indian outbreak. 1t was thought
thal the situation was verv critical, and it was
decided that the government should use all its
power 10 crush the outbreak and prevent it's
spreading.
session yesterday, confirmed the following
nominations: United States Consuls-J. Fran
cisco Medine, at Guatemala o. NJ Spencer. of
Iowa, at Melbourne; Chester f. jackson, of
Wisconsin, at Antigua. Edward e. Dean, to
be Commissioner of Police District of Column
pa Also number OF army and naval promo
tiOnS.
NEBRAsKA's REPREsENTATION.-The House
Judiciary committee yesterday agreed to re-
port adversely the pending bill proposing an
additional representative in the House of
Representatives from the state of Nebraska.
The VOLUNTEER NAVY ABoLIsHED.-Tbe
House committee on naval affairs have agreed
To report bill to abolish what is called the
volunteer navy, which consists of TWENTY-FIVE
or tWenty-three assistant surgeons heretofore
appointed by the Secretary. 1t is provided
enat Such OF these surgeons as shall pass an
physical qualifications shall be mustered into
the regular navy, while such as fail to do SO
shall be mustered out of service The Secre.
tafy is prohibited from appointing assistant
surgeons except in case of war.
The SENATE BILL to repeal the bankrupt
law has been sent to the President for his
signature.
GONE TO HAyREDE-GRACE.-This morning,
in special car on the 8 20 train by the B. and
L. X. H., the President, the Secretary of the
Navy, Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan, Prof Baird,
WeDD Z. Hayes, Mr.. TheS. Donaldson, of Phil.
adelphla, and several others, left for Hayre-
deGrace, where they will visit the fish hatch
ing depot near that place. They return this
evening.
THE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS OF THIS
WEEK are those of the Indiana republicans at
indianapolis. Michigan nationals at Grand
Rapids, Maine nationals at Lewiston TO-DAY
and The Illinois prohibtiouists at Decatur and
the Missouri prohibitlonists at st. Louis to-
morrow.
GOVERNOR WADE HAMPTON, of South Car
Olina, was in the city yesterday. He had an
interview with the President, and returned TO
South Carolina to-day.
The WOOD TARIFF BILL expired, almost
without struggle, at 1890 o'clock today.
According to agreement made yesterday the
House was TO have gone into committee of the
Whole at II O'Clock, when a vote was to be
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