Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-28
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS o-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, s2l9,6sO99: customs. s396,S92. Is.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day. $401.SOO
BILL APPRovED.-The President lay ar
proved the bill authorizing the Commissioners
of the District to refund certain taxes erron-
eously collected.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
today were Senator ChriS5iapcy and Repre-
Sentatives Burchard and Robinson of Massa-
chuSettS.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS of the House will be
held tonight to take action on the Senate res
0lutlOn to adjourn sine die on June 10th.
PERsONAL.-Gen. Butler and Senator CoDk-
ling had long conference together in the
cloak room OF the Senate to-day.
GENERAL L. Fl. PELoUzE, assistant adjntant
general of the War department. is lying dan
gerousy i'll at his residence in this city.
THE PRESIDENT will leave here tomorrow
afternoon at 5:15 o'clock for Gettysburg, Pa,
to be present at the decoration ceremonies the
day following. Beside the President the party
will consist of Secretary McCrary, Postmaster
General Key, Attorney General Devens,
either Secretary EVartS or SchurZ, Col. Bach
elder, Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing McPherSOn and Representative But
Ter, OF Massachusetts, who is to deliver the
Grafton.
GENERALS Sherman and McCoOk. and Col.
TOurtellOtte will leave here for New York to-
morrow, TO attend the grand military parade
iii that city on decoration day.
IHE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE dis
posed of large amount of unimpOrtant busi-
ness at its meeting t0day. The committee
agreed to report favorably House hin to All,
nTtT 10 20 70 of l,f
stitIte se Sfnte,aLH ti me ireasufv 10 con
in asSaW pf1nnS aSiStont " vi ",SSSSia ~
Initad states unnSo hif fnr 10 -, VI tI tho
Surrties If Jnbn aS enortd Fa @ ol
ably to the Senate. A bin repealing section
2,917 of The revised statutes fixing a Standard
that may be impospd nv law i on vinecar in
ported from foreign counfrieS IN he c0IIactna
a. berahE ronano naI a Oe ana the same
The committee made an adverse report on tie
Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the
treasury to deliver to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition certain Cancelled plates of fractional
currency to be held as objects of interest
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THE HOXIE-REAM WEDDING-This interest.
ing event comes off at the Chnrcb of tho
Ascension NJ o,o1ooI, thio .,t ou.Gn u ,a r,io
,':s,s n'io ' 90 y eiooh tiiis evening" 1he
high regard in which both bride and groom
the richest and most. tasteful description,
ahH aa1a, iii muietude OF ways. Miss Reams
inn % ,,S; nave united IN an offer-
Wenoroi M JILL. hhimuG anu eAq!lslte beauty.
the occaSnp wbicb bas mas han MI,ten set poem 1or
Inhnss cboir IN: 3 IN ,,id, Gnlii tle orgahlSt or ST
partv po i0 the Altar T1 nv t5 SoS aS sle en- pfl4
chnre6 The ~ a oy rn te c"lr &c 81 t ST. onns
'"",, M! hT loiio"lhs aIe soiile vi the verses;
fing, helS: your glad carrillODS,
,foI Two iona heartS made one.
me ne 9d, oId story telling,
In PARADISE begun.
Take then. this gift most precious,
and hs TO TO ner ner hind XIII Ia ana true;
May God be good to you.
house after the marriage The welded connie
VIII only have time to change their apparel in
citv for iai an 'sG .lan Dy MhlGh they leave the
''n '''"-- ~ -" u"Se'
THE TH.DDErs SrrvFNs Esr,rr Sr,r
Tho Sunram.. Co,,rt - no.+,..' -
atfr,oI ,mr n.piIno ., Houit ol iehnsylVahla' has
the case OF the Southern Pennsylvania rail
Gu Godu company VS.; tne executors OF ThaddeuS
H.evehs rs deceased Inc elect of this is to re-
vi sio,On made by SAID company; and to
secure the erection OF the asylum at Lancas
ott, oet, "a, TO Which the residue Of his estate
10 De devoted.
S,rnnrS N.ppI.Cr Eos,,;oh,o
IDn.N u,In. A'E'.r asnlohaoie circles
at the west End were agitated last evening
by the intelligence of the reception of a tele.
gram from Ensign Fremont of the navy stat.
ing that he was married in New York yester
day, to Miss Anderson of G street. northwest
This event was totally unexpected. II is he.
lieyed here that the young couple happening
to meet in that city, (the groom being abOut
to sail for Paris, where he is ordered On duty.
and the young lady with her mother having
also engaged passage for France,) they. with
out consulting friends, concluded to marry at
once and spend their honeymoon abroad, The
bridegroom is a popular Young officer of the
navy, the son of General John c. Fremont
1t will be remembered that Gen. FremOnt-the
path fnder-married his wife, Ca daughter of
the late Senator Thomas IT. BeDtOn3 nnder
somewhat similar circumstances.
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THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING
DIsCUssED,-Mr Morrill, calIad IN in tho Ca,,
ota fo dav his hi1, ~ ,a..;S sIu up III Ino oen
lion vi new nre PROOF building for the Bu-
hi ,yas ,SG GrSt ttat ne naa ANNOUNCED When this
the measure. He believed that greater ePbpose bpSss
had existed in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing than in any other branch of the GOV
eminent. Mr. Thurman said that he had re-
Gently cOnyersed with Mr.. Mcpherson the
new superintendent of the bureau. He he
lieved that the bureau is now prOnerjv man
aged that great reforms and saving have heen
effected during the past year The numbar of
new impressions made in the bureau dnring
the past year has been over OOO Oe0 MI
Thurman said he had become cnnWincad that