Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-21
THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SH f EFT.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. - Interna
revenue. s35' 81; customs. $st0,695s5.
CHAIRMASsHIP or THE House DISTRICT COM
niTTEE.-The death OF Gen. AlpheusJ. Williams
will place Representative Blackburn, of Ken
tucKy. at the head OF the House committee on
the Dis rict OF Columbia. Mr.. Blackburn is
painstaking and conscientious public officer. and
withal good TREND Of the District of columbia
and its interests.
THE CITIZENS or THE DISTRICT are invited t.
attend meeting to be held at Wizards hOte
this evening, at O'Clock. to.take action in ref
erence to the death and funeral services OF
General a. :. Williams, late chairman CT the
District OF Columbia committee in the HOa,e OF
Representatives. The Washington Light In
fantry viii act as an escort in conducting the
remains to the depot. The funeral will take
place from his late residence. Sd street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. at O'Clock
tomorrow. Gen. sherman has ordered all the
regulars here TO report for escort duty at the
funeral. and he Will be present with his staT
The marine band will also be present.
SrEAKER RANDALL leaves for his home, in
Philadelphia tomorrow night TO spend the
holiday recess. He would have gone to-day
but for the death of Gen. Williams. whose obse-
QueS in this city he desires 70 attend
Mrs. WOLC0TT, widow of Gen. Wolcott. who
at one time was attorney general OF the state Of
ONO, is II be appointed 10 clerkship in the
War department Mrs. WOlcott is the only
sister OF the late secretary OF War Edwin H.
Stanton.
A COLLECTION or PLASTER CASTS of snakes
and reptiles cast by Mr.. Palmer and painted
by Mr.. Shindler, of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, have been transferred to the mIseam
where they Will attract much attention. AS no
living specimens are kept at the museum the
snakes now on eXhlbti0n there must soon live
TO visitors only in plaster.
COMMISSIONER. - The PresiCien; has issued
commissions to Joseph W. Davis and II. A. Hail.
recently confirmed by the Senate as justices OF
the peace for this District.
JAMES g. TRACEY has been appointed an in
ternal revenue 4auger Tor the fst district of
Texas.
SENATOR ECSTIS. chairman of the Sub-cor's
mittce appointed by the yellow fever commits
sion TO investigate the subject in New Orleans
and Vicinity, le,t Washington for that city last
Dlgnt. He Will be joined Dy the Other membei.S
Of the subcommittee in New Orleans next
week, and the investigation viii begin on the
2Gth inst.
CALLED ON THIS MISUNDERSTANDING Sher-
man. Representatives Clark t,owA Sampson.
and White und.} called on the President to-day.
Senator Kellogg and eX-MarShal Piikin: both OF
Louisiana also had interviews with tue PreSl-
dent. MI. Pitkin told STAR reporter that he
had no information that Jack Wharton. the
present marrhal for louisiana was to be Ollsted
II Wharton was removed. Mr.. Pitkin said, he
would take the position If offered him. but he
wanted II understood that he was not candi-
date for the place.
Mr.. GOBRIGHT's SEAsoNARlE Book.-Wash-
inston is certainly coming TO be city Of au-
hE-
who have written successful books are Mrs
SOuthwOrth. Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Denison. Mrs
Dahlgren, Mrs. Dorsey, Prof NewcOmb Prof
BARD; Major P0ore. Mr.. NOrdhoff, Mr.. Phillips,
bright. and others. Mr. Gobright this year
contributes volume specially aproEOs to the
holiday season. though It deals in genial and
IelicitOuS style with subject of perennial in-
tereSt, the nursery melodies Of Mot her ti0oSe"
His agreeable and atractively dressed contri-
button 10 the elucidatiOD OF the subject is ap-
prOprfately entitled Echoes OF childhood: Old
Friends in New costumes. For the Risen and
the Kissing Generation"
CONFERENCE.-The Senate In executive
session yesterday confirmed the following
nominations: 6. VI. I.ambertOn. or Nebraska
United States attorney for the district OF Ne
braska; Joshua Il. Hill, marshal for the eastern
district OF North Carolina: Washington &. Win
gard OF Washington territory, associate Justice
OF the supreme Court Of the United States for
that territory; Augustus 6. Cassard. OF New
Orleans consul at Tampico. Also. IA large num-
Der OF pOStDaSteTS.
FOR THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEuN.-Mr Clark
Mills is going TO Hampton. Va, to make plaster
casts OF the heads OF the 40 Indian boys ana 8
Indian girls who have recently come from the
YVES west inch IN charge OF Lieut. Pratt, as students or
the school at that place. The casts thus OBJ
tanned, representing the Sioux, Drickarees,
Ores fehtfeS and MandauS. will be placed in
me museum, ut the Smithsonian, along with
l., rricn
hampton. also obtained by Mr.. Mills 1t not
believed to be especially pleasant to have ones
heard buried in plaster and To breath through
StraWS: but tie Indians will doubtless be slis-
talned by the consoing thought that their
counterfeit preSentmentS in plaster will find
place In the finest exhibit OF American ethnology
LII the world. II they do not. they are still In
Darbaiism.
GEN MILES has written "A long letter. under
date OF December 18th. to senator Saunders,
chairman of the Joint committee to investigate
the proposition to transfer the Interior bureau
10 TIE war department. Gen. Miles recoIu-
mendS that the nOinadc tribes which are armed
ana Warlike oe placed under the custody Of the
war department, and that the army be used to
protect the peaceable Indians on reservations
from The lncuTsiOnS OF White men and to sea
mat thelr treaties are faithfully carried out
The CIRCULAR OF the Treasury department
directing the delivery free OF TRANSPORTATION of
silver dollars In multipeS OF 81 .0oo has been Pc
lssue9. as lHE STAR stated a month ago Ii
would be. This circular goes into effect Ian
i nars , iS next II was first issued in September
last. out resclnded few days after lis issu.
ance. as anticipating resumption
The L. s SHIP PORTSMOUTH arrived at New
York Yesterday afternoon from Havre. France.
she LETT New York last spring with goods for the
Paris exhibition. Four other L. S. vessels also
LOOK American goods 10 the eXpOsitiop-the
wyoming, the Supply. the Constitution and
the constellation. The Wyoming and the CON
oteilatlon returned Immediately after discharr
ing theli cafgoeS. The other three remained
over TO bring back goods undisposed of. II
belng found that two vessels could bring back
all these goods the Portsmouth was also ordered
nome without a cargo. The Supply and Consti-
tullon, the TWO vessels now at HaVre will sail for
nome In Il few days with the unsod American
exhibits. These exhibits will not make two
tuli snip loads. The sale OF more than three
snip loads OF the American goods which went TO
the exposition shows the favor with which they
are received IN Europe
The GOLOID DOLLAR.-At the request or Mr.
stephens. chairman OF the coinage committee
number of specimens OF the proposed gololi
oomar haSe been handed to the committee. Tho
uolaf contains ceDtlor3mTOas uf marc pO,d