Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-11
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington NEWS and GOSSIP.
GOvERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY-Intern:
revenue. s3l5,2l5.s5; customs. si96, 1923.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to
day. amounted to sl.922.e0.
COIN IN THE TRLAsURY.-At the close OF
business today, the amount OF coin in the
Treasury was $2ss,0CO,OCO, and the currency
balance, $l0,075,000
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
inspired by the outlook, will now distribute
Thu mans financial speech broadcast. Here
t9iore It has only been sent west and south:
Hereafter it will not be Disseminated against
with reference to sections.
ARMY RATIoNs FOR THE SUFFERERS
missary General Merely to-day ordered five
Thousand rati0ns to be sent from Chicago to
the sufferers at Canton, Miss. More will be
sent If necessity should require.
GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET, the ex confeder-
ate brigadier general, has been commissioned
a revenue agent. He is assigned to duty in
the district of fGeorgia and Florida, vice Agent
Spencer, transferred to Louisville.
STANDARD SILVER DoLLARs.-Up to noon
today orders for one hundred thousand
standard silver dollars had been received at
the Treasury department.
Observation-Disclosures j. d. Harvey, OF Chi
cago, is in the city Oh official business. Mr..
COrcOran has returned to the city. " Mr. w.
P. Fishback, of Indianapolis, formerly editor
and proprietor of the IadiandpOlis Sentinel,
is in the city, visiting his son, VIM. o. Fish
back, the correspondent of the st. Louis Re
publican.
SHRRWD PARTY OBSERVERS say that the
strength OF the greenback clement as shown
by the recent election in Maine, indicates that
the next House VIII be organized on the green
n n md hat
viii get the Speakership, and that the eastern
democracy must get to the rear.
HON. j. C. S. BLACKBURN, of Kentucky.
will make one or two speeches in the Cumber-
land tMd) district in behalf of the demo
cratic nominee.
The GREENBACK FEVER IN NEW YORK.
Hon. Nick. Mueller, M. c., of New York, is in
the city. He says that the country districts
nave caught the greenback infection, but that
IT'S V0te WIZ not nave any perceptlble effect in
the city districts.
ACTING POsTMAsTERs IN FEvER-STRICKEN
C1T1Es-Mr. j. B. Water has been authorized
by the Post Office department to act as post
master at Holly Springs, Miss; likewise Mr.
J. S. kn0wlton at Memphis, Tenn, and Rev
w. c. McCracken is in charge of the post
office at Grenada, Miss
HON. CHARLES NJ SHELLEY, of the 4th Ala.
bama district, now in this city, is very san
guine OF success. There is no unknown quan.
tity in his district in the shape of a greenback.
labor party, and it will be a square issue be-
tween democrats and republicans. Although
in his district, he is, nevertheless, confident of
majority OF not less than 5000.
TAXING TINE BY THE FoRELoCK-The col
lector OF internal revenue at Cairo, ILL.,, has
applied for and obtained permission to move
his Office to some other place in the district in
case the yellow fever should spread there.
THERE HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED under the
auspices Of the Secretary of the Treasury
A0 page volume, in which is collected all the
laws of the United STATS relating to loans
and the currency, including the coinage acts
are quoted from the act of April 2. 1892, estab
nshlDg mint and regulating the coins Of the
Unlled states up to and including the acts OF
me late session OF Congress-.
THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE Rooms do not present the lively
appearance to day they had in by-gone days
after an election, particularly in Maine, wher
the result, like the handle of lug, has TO
twenty years been all on one side. There wer
no dispatches received by Secretary Gorham
who returned here last night, to indicate tina
the result is over cheering for the republi
cans, and though the morning dispatches to
the associated press still left the matter of
Hale's election in doubt, there is no hope in
III.
Supervising Architect Hill says that all the
stone quarries in the state are in Hales dis
trict, and that some days ago he received ad-
sons that Hae would be dsfestea
as the StOnema:O OnS' league had pronounced
against him. From henceforward the vigi'
greater than in the past. TIE best speakers
in the party will be sent into Wisconsin, Mich.
igan, Illinois and Iowa, to endeavOr by the
force OF reason to stem the greenback tide,
which threatens to sweep the country.
CAPTURE OF ONE OF THE ALLEGED MUIR.
DERERs OF Coll EcToR CooPER.-Collector
Cooper this morning telegraphed to the Com.
Addison Wilson, one of the murderers of
John Cooper, has been arrested and is con.
hned IN the Grayson county IN. c. JAIL" The
asen esred OF zee
each for the capture of young CoOpers MUIR
derers, the state of Tennesseea like reward
and Collector Cooper 800 for each of the mur.
dc. erS.
A SPECIAL BOARD of which Rear Admiral
Wyman is president, is in session at the Navy
department for the purpose Of examining
Lieut.. Commander Chas. w. Tracy for promo.
fion. Examinations of candidates for promo.
tions will be made by this board until the
meeting OF the regular board of examiners,
which VIII occur as soon as the order has been
issued by the Secretary.
ARMY ORDERs.-COl. Thomas L. Crittenden,
18th infantry, Is detailed as superintendent of
the general recruiting service in place of Col.
John E. Smith, 14th infantry, who is, at his
OVID request. hereby relieved from the detail
made recently. Col. Crittenden will relieve
Col; Stanley present superintendent, October
l, 1878.
TIE U. 8. PRACTICE SHIP CONSTELLATION
arrived of Annapolis on the 9th inst. Com.
mander How iSOn commanding reports that
he will continue the exercise and drills in the
bay between Annapolis and the Patuxent
river, until near the end Of the present month
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS IN THE SourH.-Rc.
ports have been received from the south that
the indications for business from Richmond
10 augusta and Savannah for the fall are very
encouraging. The crops in Virginia and the
Carolinas and Georgia are good, and the peO.
business.
SAMUEL M. HARRINGTON, who for number
OF years was leading member of the bar of
wilmington, DEL, and who was secretary of
state under Gov. Cannon, died at Wilmington
yesterday after lingering illness.