Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-21

SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to s102a.s0.
TIE CONSCIENCE FUND has been incTeasefS q
by the deposit with the Treasurer OF the United
states OF the proceeds of draft for that am )unt
forwarded by al unknown person i'll Phiiadet-
phia.
CONGRFsSMEN arrive in Washington quite
Slowly. and although the session is less than
two weeks of, there are not over thirty men,
berS in the city, and these principally from the
south. Ii Is not believed that the grand rush
win be made On this city until after Thlnksglv-
ing day has passed When, with their stomachS
iuil OF good turkey ard thelr heads filled with
praise, Washington will have within it the two
hundred and ninety-t1Ipe members of the
House and SeVenty-SiX members OF the Senlte.
provided. always Senator Sharon can spare the
nlne from his private business 10 take up the
cares Of state.
THE House COMMITTEE on APPROPRIATIONS
he'd its first meeting to-day, a quorum being in
attendance. The bills TO be first considered are
the Pension. Military Academy and Forti;ica-
tiOn bills and these win be assigned to sub
committees at once. The estimates for the next
fiscal year are, with hHt one or two exceptions.
within tie amounts appropriated b. Congress
Tor the present fiscal year. The estimate of the
Post Office department is increased, owing TO
the law requiring third-claSS matter 10 be regis
tered, and the War department is increased 10
reimburse II for the clothing and camp and gar
rsGn equipaGe ii issued 10 the yeIiOW-fevef Sut-
feIers. Four members of the committee have
failed to be returned TO the 18th Congress
Messrs. Foster, Hale, Durham and Hewitt.
Presentation. Thomas Bayne, member OF
Congress FROM Penna. is at the Ebbitt. -
Hon. ". Ward, member OF Congress OF Peansyi-
vania. is at the Riggs house. ....Col. FIJI
gerald. editor OF tne Philadelphia Cty Iea.,
IS at the Riggs house. go. EZ-C Collector OF IN
feTHal Revenue WeitZcl. OF Cincinnati is af the
tbhiLt house. He is settling his accounts with
fhta 81 n1
rcf. tax collector OF the city or BrOoKlyn is AZ
the Ehbitt. He was at one time 81 .20n CLERK
IN the ordnance department. He was one OF
the few who resigned and now receives for his
services $4,000 Fer year.
REPORT on THE ARKANSAS 1I0T SPRINGS-
superintendent Kelley, at the Hot Springs.
Arkansas, in his annual report, which has beaa
received at the Interior department. SAYS that
the INST duty which he performed was the re-
mOval of three or four hundred destitute people
OF nearly every nationality. many OF them d!5-
eased and some OF them worthless and daSDa-
rate characters. from the west Sl0pe OF Hot
Springs mountain, where they We're destroying
timber and shrubGery and polluting the springs,
10 another location. where. through the aid Of
guests and citizens. comfortable barracks have
been erected Tor the sick ald destitute and free
baths provided The superintendent ha~ adoat-
ed as the rate OF water rent for the srrinrs s.
per tue per month. This charge has seemed
satisfactory 20 bath owners and il is recon-
mended that the rent be retained at this
amount. he reports that the terrible tire wnicn
visited Tie Springs during the year. burned
nearly all OF the business portion OF the town
Mr.. VIZ. Z. CHANDLER left here at noon t.
day for New Han pshre 70 eat his Thanks giving
dinner at home. lie was Very much in a hurry
when TEE STAR reporter met him. and regretted
tGat lie haGn Jin'e tOr long chat. ..I0r NAV
say, though. said he. that Hayes is a poo.
tuSS and that congresses much in lttle-ii3t->
thm i" pGJro. Then MI Chandler bounced in
IL rs one-h0Tse shay and was driven 10 the
depot or the baltimore and Potomac railroad
Wee a newspaper man asked him why he
diun give thanks and eat his turkey in wash
thgton. lie replied that if he remained here he
would have TO give thanks under the Pre- ,ident,s
proclamation, and that he preferred rather ID
humble himself under the Proclamation OF tho
governor OF New Hampshire.
THE I. s. SLooP oF-HAR GUARD. Lieut.. Con-
mander Francis NJ. Green commanding, arrived
in Hampton Roads Tuesday f0rty-ejglr tIavs
from Bahia, Brazil. The Guard has Dean en-
gagged during the PAST year On special ser.ice
making soul dngS for telegraphic purposes an
astronomical observations between Lisbon and
the east coast OF South America.
A NuABER OF PICTURES by foreign artists were
sent from this country to the Paris Exhibition
by their owners, and they now find thetnge.ya,
unaDie to regain their property without paving
the customs duties a second time. Appeals have.
been made to the Secretary Of the Treasury. but
lie las no power to remit the payment.
GoDIovE S. ORTH's SEAT TO BE CONTESTED.
Senator Mcdonald. OF Indiana SAYS that Me
Cahe who ran against Godloye s. Orth In Ind-
ana for Congress, will contest the latter's seat.
The senator says that McCabe has accumulated
evidence which VIII blow Orth out OF water
one or the charges which Will be made against
hrth Is that twenty-five OF more students al
tending college in his district voted for hin
although they were not residents of the state
MISsoURI'S DOUBLE SENATORIAL ELECTION
The Legislature OF Missouri will, when IL con-
yeneS in January next, elect a successor TO
Senator ID. II. Armstrong. The latter was ao-
pointed during recess of the legislature fo
succeed Senator BOgy, OF Missouri. who died
The term for which senator Bogy was elected
would bave expired March sd 1879, so that the
present legislature VIII not only elect a short
term senator to I'LL out Senator Boys term,
but will also elect q senator to serve for six
years from the 4th OF March next.
THE ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT in the case OF
carey W. Miller, of Indianapolis, Ind, the bank
emcezzief, has been grossly misrepreSented BY
dispatches from the west. These DISPATCHES
state that the President directed the district
attorney not TO prosecute Miller and had there
by interfered with the grand Jury who were in
Festigating this case. An examination of the
oifc:al records shows that the friends of Miller
applied 70 tie President to issue him pardon
to save hifn from criminal prosecution. This
was done after the bank from which Miller was
accused OF embeZZiing had been paid the amonnt
ioSI Through uili. 1HlS request Tor pardon WAS
endorsed by large number of influential peo-
pie OF Indianapolis. The President. while he
thought the case presented to him might Justify
the exercise of executive Interference con
cluded 10 postpone action until a further inyes-
ugaton could be had. SO he simply through
Attorney General DevenS, Instructed the dis
trct attorney not TO present MillerS case to the
grand jury Tor the present. Such action in all
manner OF cases is taken almost every day
throughout the country. The President in
, ,ended @ go interference and did not Interfere in
the least with the Indianapolis grand Iurv.
That body still had the same right to fnvestigafe
the case as il would have had ii it had been
formally presented TO Them b. the district at
tofEey.
MIR. IosHIDA kIYOSARI, the Japanese Minis
ter left Washington yesterday for Japan, on a
leave OF absence after Il continuous service in
Washington OF four years.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Comnodore II. W. Snufeldt
to hoist his flag on board the Ticonderoga at
Norfolk, Va. Command r Alf ed Hopkins to
the Norfolk navy yard, 3Oth inst, Assistant
surgeon f. II. Green to the Naval Academy
ASS slant Surgeon j. NJ. Steele to the New YOr
naval hospital for instruction preliminary n
promotion. Assistant Surgeon c. F. Hibbeft to
the receiving ship Franklin at Norfolk. Va
Assistant Sui geon j. II. Tanner from the Wa
bash at Boston, and ordered to the New Yor,
naval hospital for instruction preliminary t.
promotion.
COMMODORE SHUFELDT will leave tomorrow
for Norfolk TO join his vessel. the Ticonderoga.