Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-17
THE EVENING STAR.
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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, $685., ,4lOO2; customs. 346,S22.13.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent loan to-
day amounted to sl5205o.
Hon. KENNETH RAYNoR, solicitor of the Trea-
sury. with his wife and daughter. has taken
rooms for the winter at Mrs. Dele'S, No. 900 18th
street.
A LETTER FROM SPEAKER RANDALL says that
he is sanguine of reelection by a handsome ma
jority.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Sir VIM. H. G.. COLES.
of Toronto, Canada, called at the White House
to-day and paid his respects to the President.
DR.. Thomas Richardson, District Chief Tenn
plar for France, was among those who paid
their respects TO the President to-day.
SECRETARY SCHuRz has been strongly urged
to speak at Boston next week on the financial
question, but owing to his condition, (he is
threatened, he thinks. with intermittent fever,)
it is extremely doubtful whether he will be able
to do so.
THE COIN BALANCE in the Treasury is now
s22s, ,614, ,s19 and the currency balance S12
OF the latter amount S10,000,00O is held for the
redemption of fractional currency, leaving but
81 14l. .1S5 available for the daily disbursements
of the government.
BRUMTDI, the artist, has placed another of his
historical pictures on the third panel of the
Capitol Totunda. He is now engaged on the
fourth.
WILL THERE BE AN EXTRA SESSION OF CON
GREss?-A gentleman who travelled west with
Senator Window, OF Minnesota, chairman of the
Senate committee on appropriations gives it as
his opinion that there will be an extra session
OF the FOrty-SiXth Congress. Senator Window
thinks that the democrats will arrange to defeat
the Sundry civil appropriation bill. and that
owing to its Importance the President will be
compelled TO convene the Forty-SiXth Congress
in extraordinary session immediately after
March 4th, and that the democrats will then as
sumo control OF the legislative departments of
the government.
THE JUMEL WILL CAsE.-The U. s. Supreme
Court was occupied yesterday hearing argll-
mentS on the ejectment or law branch of the
Jumel will case, which turns upOn the same
questions OF fact that were involved in the
equity suit decided in lo17, to show that Bowen,
the plaintiff in error, was the illegitlmate son
OF Madame Jumel, by exhibiting certain facts,
fair inferences from which, it is said, establish
the claim.
REMOVAL OF THE UTEs.-A report, dated Octo-
Der lth, has been received at the Indian Office
from Agent Meeker, with the Utes at the White
river agency, Colorado. The Indians are now
probably on the way to their new location, about,
thirty miles from the site OF the old agency, and
in a more fertile country. Agent Meeker gives
highly favorable report of the agricultural and
growing industries of the Indians. He con-
cludes: 50 The Indians are in good temper, their
supplies having been abundant, and am quite
sure that they Will this winter strictly cOntine
themselves to their reservation"
Gratis" IN THE Posi- OFFICE.-Complaint
has been received at the dead letter Office that
letter, mailed May 9th, in New York, and
directed to a small town in Georgia, with the
tod
sender If not delivered in ten days, had only
been received by the sender this month. EX-
PLANTATION was required OF the postmaster at the
place who replied that the letter together with
Others had been ':remOved by Rats (Which
were very troublesome in the warehouse where
the office was situatedD and had just been re-
claimed. The envelope OF the letter is in ex-
celent condition and gives no indications OF its
alleged long stay among the rats.
SENATOR HILL On THE RAMPAGE.-A copy Of a
letter which Senator Benjamin II. Hill, OF Geor-
gia, has written to a committee of democrats of
the ninth Georgia district, has been received
here. In it Mr.. Hill Says:-sThe democratic
party is the party of the future. 1t viii govern
this country for the good of the country. do
not doubt there are some among us least slls-
pected bS our people who are anXiOuSly looking
and adf0itly working for certain combinations
IN 1850. warn them now; they will fail. do
not know prominent republican at the north
who is willing to make slight concession to the
south On the Presidential ticket or otherwise
except on condition OF affiliation with the re-
publican party. The southern man who, under
any preteXt, shall be willing to affiliate with the
party which diSfranchiSed the intelligence, vir-
tue and property of the south, and placed them
all under the dominion of ignorance and vigi-
lance; which used the army to protect their
Villains while they were robbing u.s. which is
using the patronage Of the government to re-
ward the guilty authors of Presidential lar
ceny, and which is making sovereign states
but houses OF refuge for the escaping criminals
OF their carpet-bag crew, may expect nothing
but his own political dishonor, degradation and
DEATH"
SIGNS OF LIFE.-It would appear that the
state associations which formerly did a good
deal OF work in the campaigns are not entirely
dead despite the Presidents disfayor OF their
cont continuance dlas, POLITICALLY: The Massachusetts
circular TO government employees: Officers and
employees Of the departments desiring tickets at
reduced rates to New York City and return,
good from October 9th to tn 1th OF November
Inclusive can procure the same on application
TO 4. II. Shattuck and J. II. Carmiencke, second
auditors Office, or 226 F street NV.
"PEACE MEDAL FOR FRIENDLY INDIANS
DR.. Lindeimand, director of the mint, has per-
fected the design for the peace medal to be
presented to friendly Indian chiefs. 1t is the
custom tn y 0d every resident to present medals to
Hayes will give them will be of bronze They
will be eiliptfcal in form, the major axis or
ulduiettl duOut ana the minor
about two and half. On the diverse side Will
be medallion head Of the President around
which will run the words Rutherford B.
Hayes, President OF the United States" On the
reverse the word "Peace'' and date 'IS77" will
be above cut representing civilization. To the
left of this cut will be a frOntierSmans cottage
and man plowing; to the right farmer will
extend to an Indian in war feather an invita-
tiOn to come and plant, too. Below the cut will
be the emblems of peace-a crossed pipe and
tomahawk.
Mr.. EvARTs on POLITICAL PHn.osoPHY.-In
his speech in New York next week Secretary
Evarts will touch but lightly, If at all, on the
financial question. The subject of his speech
can be generally defined as 'sThe Political Phi
loSophy of the present condition Of the coun-
Try" In 1t he will try to show cOncluSfyely
that the three chief aims OF the administration
have been and are-the naturalization OF the
republican party; the resumption of specie pay
ments, and the elevation Of the public service.
He will hold that the administration has been
unjSty criticised for its course, and that all its
effoIts have been for the good OF the republican
party, and not antagonistic TO it. 1t will be
asserted that the republicans who have been
loudeSt IN their cries against the administration
are seeing their error, and gradually opening
their eyes 10 the true condition OF affairs. In
speaking OF Senator Thurman and Governor
Hendricks as presidential candidates Mr. Evarts
VIII say that they seem to be very good men,
and are no doubt good democrats 1t would