Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-07
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.-Internal
revenue. 500, ,l3S So: customs, s46l,9S2.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the tour per cent. loan to-
day amounted tc s2S7,000.
SECRETARY THOMPSON will speak at Pitts
burg, Pa, next wednesday night He will
leave there the next morning for Washington.
GENERAL SHERMAN returned to the city this
morning. Col. McCook, who accompanied
him west. stopped over in Ohio to visit his
mother, but will be back in Washington in a
day or two.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Hawley will return to Washington next Wed
neSday.
EX MARSHAL PrTKIN, of Louisiana, is in the
city. He is just out of bed from the yellow
fever. Most of his family has also been down,
bnt have recovered. 1t will be six weeks be-
fore frost ard the death of the disease, Mr..
Pitkin says.
SECRETARY GoRHAM. of the republican
campaign committee, is at his home to-day.
sick. be is suffering from an old aff1ictiOn OF
the kidneys.
PERSONALITIES Drummond, jr.. chief of
the railroad division, General Land office, re-
turned home Saturday night, after an absence
OF three months in Colorado on special duty
Tor the land department. and on entering his
office this morning found on his desk basket
OF flowers with the word Welcome, in the
Of the railroad division. 90. .Horatio G. King,
prominent journalist OF New York city, son
OF eX-POstmaster General King, of this city,
has resumed the practice of law. Colonel
John NJ. Bacon has returned to Washington
from Philadelphia, where he made 4 thorough
inspection OF the training ship Saratoga, in
GUIDING the 'TardrCbe'' and the ''hOrse ma
rineSS,n, and reports everything in excellent
condition.
ENFORCING THE L. S. ELECTION LAWS II
SOUTH CAROIINA.-The Attorney General last
Saturday afternoon sent the following tele-
cram to District Attorney NOrthrup Of South
Carolina: la case of interference by demo
Gratis with republican meetings, called for the
huIpose Ih pa OF taking initiatory steps looking to
your attention to chapter Z, and especially to
section $500. Revised Statutes You will be
expected TO give your. personal attention to all
cases arising under the above section. Meet
lngS ca led for the purpose of advocating and
supporting the election OF candidates for Con-
GresS should be undisturbed. and each party
must have freedom to support the candidates
of its choice. You will show this letter to the
marshal Of the district, who, it is hoped, will
render you all assistance by appointing dis
Greet and proper deputies to execute the said
law.
CAPT. EADs' CLAIM-Congress at the last
session passed bill advancing Captain Eads
the pay for his jetty work on the Mississippi
hut before it was paid some of his creditors
General decides that Congress in making the
appropriation available was to enable Captain
Eads TO continue his work, and not to pay his
creditors. The Secretary of War will disburse
the money accordingly.
AMERICAS SUCCESS At THE PARIS ExPosI.
TIoN,-The Department Of State has received
dispatch from the y. S. Minister at Paris,
concerning the exposition, now drawing to a
close. The minister says that the exposition
has been emlnently SucceSSful-in many re-
Srects the greatest that has ever been held
and reflects the highest credit on the French
republic for being able, in the presence of So
much general depression, u make SO maguif
cent display. The minister says thaC W.
nave Just reason 10 feel proud of he Ajneri
can exhibit, although It was not as large as IT,
should have been, and, doubtless. would nave
been, had the invitation of the French govern
mtnt been sooner accepted, and had the Con
gressloDai appropriation been more liberal A
IL Is, the Unicd States VIII bear off more
prizes. according TO the number OF exhibi ors.
than any other country. We viii take seven
o. eight Grand prizes, aud d very large mum
Der OF gold. silver and bronze medals.
=. The minister pays the highest compliment to
the manner in which Commissioners Meteor
mick has conducted the affairs OF the Ameri-
can department. He has united rare, good
Judgment. efficiency and economy, to the
most pleasing manners, and has won for our
exhibit the highest concentrations from all
most happy in his selection of his assistants
who have most zealOusly and ABLY assisted
him in all his efforts to worthily represent our
country.
MARRIED on MAN OF -WAR.-A private
letter received here states that Master Frank
Elery. U. s. N, was married on board the U.
s: SIS $. Supply, at Havre, on the 18th Of septem-
Der. TO TO Hiss SWayne. OF Philadelphia The
marriage took place in the cabin of the Sup
Ply, the bride being given away by Lieut..
Com. Il. D. Hitchcock, the commander of the
vessel. The acting q. S. CONSUL together with
other visitors from the shore, and all the Off.
riage.
THE BOYS IN BLUE CoNTRIBUT1oN.-Com
IheO. +. Kane. commanding the U. S. s. ALI
ance, LeghOrn, Italy, incloses to the NAVY de-
partment draft for 500, a contribution from
the officers and crew OF that vessel for the
peneht OF the yellow fever sufferers. Commo-
dore shufeldt, acting Secretary of the Navy
Will forward the amount to the National Re-
lief committee, OF this city.
GEN. SHERMAN SAYS that he is veTy much
pleased with his inspection of the western
military posts. He says he found all he visited
In an ad mirable condition of neatness and eff
clency. he was much gratified to find his
Wl1e's health in an improved condition, she
hhavlng nay, Sc lar recovered as to breakfast with
him this morning.
AN EArURSION PARTY OF about 300 white
and colored people Is in the city to-day from
Danville. Va. Large numbers of them called
on the President and made the Whise House
lively. The Sacred Zion jubilee troupe, who
are along with the excursionists, paid their re-
spectS to the President in body.
w. w. CoIcORAN, ESQ. member of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association. has given to
that assOci alton a choice of rooms on the
second story Of the COrcOran building for their
meetings and the preservation of their
10 INVESTIGATE THE FIBRE PAPER.-As-
sistant Treasurer Wyman, Chief of the Sta
tionery Division, Treasury department., Stur.
tevant, and Mr.. Coon, of the department., will
leaVe the city tomorrow morning for PhiIa-
deipEla. They are committee appointed bv
secretary Sherman to visit Glen Mills, near
Philadelphia where all the fibre paper used in
the printing OF L. S. bonds, bank notes and
legal tenders Is manufactured. The Secretary
thinks that there might be reduction made in
the price paid for this paper which is a heavy
one. The committee will investigate the mat
ter and report.
THE SANTA CRUZ INsURRECTIoN.-This gov
eminent has taken every precaution in its
power to protect American residents on the
Island OF Santa Cruz, which ia now UNDERGO
ing an insurrection of the blacks. The island.
which Is In the West Indies belongs To Oen