Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-26
CdE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

W do sou NOWo onu 0oaSip'
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TODAY.-Internal
revenue, So, 1912; customs, s593, ,9A5l.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to
day amounted to g. .566,65O.
THE COIN BALANCE in the Treasury, which
on the lst instant amounted to s207 900 900 row
aggregates $257, 100000. This Increase has been
caused by large sales of four per cents. and
an increase in The receipts from customs. "A
THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEE has received its first install
mens of Senator Thurman's financial speech
delivered at Hamilton, Ohio, and extensive
preparatiOnS are being made to give it the
Wi0est circulation. 1t is to be accepted as tha
W dely sent abroad is lpe made by Represen,
tative MacMahon, d Ghe Dayton, Ohio, dis
trict reciIing what tbs democracy has done in
the way of legislation for Union soldiers Of the
late war.
THE PRESIDENTS WESTERN TRIP - The
President, Mrs. Hayes and family will leave
here next Friday evening, at I'll o'clock, on
the B. & O. road, for Fremont, Ohio. where
they Will arrive Saturday afternoon. Monday
evening they will leave Fremont for Chicago,
arriving In that city the next morning. There
the President will review the fire department
Wednesday he will start from Chicago for ST.
Paul, arriving at the latter place Thursday
morning early, and breakfasting with ex Sen
atOr Ramsey Then will follow pnblic recep-
ton. arranged by the Fair people In the
evening there will be a public reception of
about two hours in the U. S. count house. I'm
meoiately afterwards the President will leave
by train for Fargo. From Fargo he will go to
Bismarck, stopping at some of the great farms
for short time. Saturday he will return to
Fargo. On the following Monday he will ar
live at Minneapolis, where he will hold a pub
lie reception, on the way to Madison. Arriv-
ing at Madison Tuesday morning, he will
keep en- to Chicago, reaching there WedueS
day morning. From thence he will return to
Washington.
TIE NEXT SESSION of the Potter investiga-
ting committee will be held in this city some
time in october. 1t is not thought the session
will extend beyond a fortnight, when the CON-
mittee viii adjourn until the next regular
session OF Congress in December. The ex
penseS of the committee, it is said, have already
exhausted the appropriation made therefor,
and a deficiency appropriation will have to be
made to meet the committees obligations.
a FRIEND OF GEN. HUNToN who arrived in
this city to-day feels quite confident that he
will receive the nomination for Congress at
he convention which meets in Alexandria on
Wednesday next. Already the delegates to
the convention are arriving in Alexandria,
and by tomorrow night the battle will have
been begun. This same authority seems to
think that if Gen. Hunton is not nominateJ,
that Neae will not be, and he alleges that in
such a contingency new man, whose name
has not yet been broached publicly, has been
dSTttu upon dS llc dark morse.
The SIXTY-NINTH CALL for redemption of
five million five-twenty bonds, cOnsols OF 1865,
was issued this afternoon by Acting Secretary
called in are registered and half coupon bonds
The following are the numbers of the bonds
called in;-Coupon bonds-$5o-No. 1901 to
s5C0ENo. q, ,00i to No 5000: sl.0NNNo. i7S,0Si
to No 1S4,CGO; total coupon, S2,5O0 0G0. Regis
tered bonds..$lGC..-No. 1881 to No. 19 100;
s5tQ--No; 1l,151 to No: l1,2C0; 1,0OO-No. 37.5Ol
s1O.0G0-No. 21,S01 to No. 22,55o; total regis.
tered, 2,500.OGl Aggregate, $5,0O0,OOO All
above numbers inclusive.
If CAPT. w. j. VANCE, appointment clerk
OF the Treasury department., is nominated by
the republicans of Martinsburg West Vir-
ginia, for Congress, he will resign his place as
appointment clerk OF the Treasury. As no re-
publican Will have any chance of election from
the district, this sacrifice ON the part of an
Ohio man to please West Virginia constitu-
ency deserves to be recorded when the humoIs
OF the campaign are made into history
REPRESENTATIVE HUNToN is in this city
making ready to go before the nominating
convention of his district, which meets in
Alexandria a.h7xa1 ia next e. "Wednesday morning at II
From all that can be learned there is not
much doubt that his confidence is we'll placed.
He will undoubtedly have majority Of dele
gates to the convention, but not two thirds. It's
stated that his friends are going to try to set
aside the precedent which requires two
third vote to secure the denomination. If
such an attempt is made, there is going to be
lively time. Some trouble is expected at
any rate, and judging from the county con-
ventiOns which chose delegates to the
unavoidable. Quite number of Washing
tOnians are going down to see the fun
OUTLAW REDMOND AND GANG CONVICTED.
A dispatch has been received here from L. c.
NorthrOp, U. s. attorney at Greenwith, s. c.,
dated August 24th, and addressed to Hon.
Green b. Raum, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, says: After four days trial jury
selected by defense rendered verdict guilty
against Redmond gang. Earle fought every
inch and may move arrest Judgment. Court
is with me. Moral effect complete. Redmond
refuses surrender"
The CHINESE EMBAssY.-A private letter
from Mr.. u. w. Bartlett, the American Secre-
tary OF the Chinese Legation, announces that
the members of the embassy will take UP their
residence in Washington about the middle of
September. and present themselves to the
President after bis return from Minnesota
MIR. Bartlett cOntradictS the wild stories about
the wealth and extravaganza OF the legation,
and the rumOrS OF magnificent entertainments
proposed Dy them for the coming winter. AS
he says, "they do not intend to bull dOze pub
e sentiment men by by giving grand dinners and
attend to the business upon which they were
Sent.'
NAVAL ORDERS.-PaSSed Assistant Engineer
George Milvile is ordered to special duty at
New York connected with the U. S. s. Tennes
see. Passed Assistant Surgeon John W. Ross
mas reported his return home having been
detached from the Trenton, European station,
and has been placed on waiting orders.
SUB-LETTING OF MAIL CONTRACrs.-Bya act
of Congress, May II, 1878, 1t is provided that no
Subletting or transfer Of any mail contracts
shall be permitted without the coa9ant in
writing OF the Postmaster General, and 70 this
end when any contract is lawfully sub-let, a
copy OF the contract shall be filed in the Office
OF the Second Assistant Postmaster General.
and the Auditor of the Treasury shall be nOti'
fed OF the fact of such filing. And for the bro.
lection OF SubcOntractOrs the amount due
them IS retained out of the amount due the
original contractor. Numerous copies OF con.
tracts, sent in pursuance with this provision.
are being received at the Post Office depart.
ment. Most OF them are contracts awarded to
the Inland Transportation Company.
AMONG THE MANY HANDSOME AND COSTLY
PRESENTS made to Bishop Keane, in Rich.
mond, yesterday, was magnificent chalice
sent him by Madame De Frevere, widow of the
late Peruvian minister. This chalice, which
was taken to Richmond by Rev. Father Barot.
II, cOnSecrated last Saturday, and used for the
first time yesterday at the conservation SER
vice, Is OF solid gold, about sixteen inches in