Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-19
.919 WASHINGTON, c., MONDAY. AUGUST 49, 1873.
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue. s5S555.@: customs, $5Sl,63s.i0
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent loan to-
day amounted to 81 ,26l,oOO.
A MEETING of the joint commission on the
Washington monument is called by Mr.. Cor
coran to meet in this city Sept. 10th.
THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEE has just published text
book tor use in the coming congressional cam
paign. 1t is an elaborate volume. intended
tees. good deal of the volume is taken up
with review of Senator Thurman's financial
speech at Hamilton, Ohio, recently wherein
cial hog, tusk and tail. Quotations from his
utteranceS on the greenback question from
speeches made by him in the Senate are
printed in parallel columns with his recent
speech, and to one unacquainted with Ameri-
can politics, it Will prove puzzle and study.
Hon. Eugene Hale, chairman fthe committee
is expected so arrive in Washington in a few
days.
SENIOR ZAMACONA, the Mexican minister, says
he does not believe that any unusual Organiza-
ton is in progress on the Mexican side with
view to repeling invasion from American
troops. Minister Foster - now treating with
the government in Mexico, but no detiuite
arrangement had as yeJ been arrived at with
view to the use of United States troops in
pursuit of depredators taking refuge on Mexi'
can soil, and no permission had ever been
given for them 10 cross the border. There is
no desire to bring about war with the United
States, and All examination of the claims re-
jected by the commission would give an in
sight into the character OF the only persons
engaged i'll the effort to produce war Senti-
ment in this country,
CAPT. JOHN n. BoFFINGER, of st. Louis
well known here i'll connection with the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company, is in the city He
left st. Louis Il few days ago says there is no
yellow fever in an epidemic form in that
city, but that extra precautions have been
taken to prevent its introduction from river
points below.
The DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAM.
PA1GN COMMITTEE will cause to be published
in pamphlet form, and extensively distributed,
the correspondence between President Hayes
and Judge LOngwOrth, of Cincinnati, wherein
the former urges LongwOrth to allow his name
To be used as Congressional candidate on the
republican ticket In the 1St Ohio (Sayler'S)
dlStrlct-the object being to show that the
President violated his own civil service orders.
THE CHARG Es preferred against Postmaster
Loge at Cincinnati, in that he refused to al
low the clerks of his office to contribute to the
republican campaign fund, have been pigeon
holed with the endorsement mot proven"
Gov. Tom YOUNG, of Ohio, writes to friend
in this city that he will make the Congress
sional race in the I'd Ohio district if the repub-
licanS nominate him, all reports to the con-
trary nOtwithSta nding.
COMPETITIvE E EXAMINATION for the posi-
tion of third assistant examiner in the Patent
ofhce is being held at The Interior department
today. Thirty OF forty pc sons competed.
EXAMINER HEDRICK EXoNERATED.-The
commission, consisting of Messrs. Clark,
StOckbridge and Bowman, appointed by the
secretary of the Interior to examine charges
| made against Examiner Hedrick by Commits
sloner Spear. handed in their report to Secre-
t;try SchurL week ago. AT the Secretary s
office the evidence and report have been closely
examined and the findings of the latter ap:
proved The charges against MIR. Hedrick, of
Drunkenness of diSObedience to the rules of
the office, and of using the stamped envelope
OF the department for private purposes,
dence. aud they are dismissed. The
facts in regard to the last and most serious
charge were found to be that the examiner
had sent bonds to friends i'll South Carolina
in the Interior Department envelope, Instead
of in an envelope furnished by the Treasury
No loss to the government was involved, and
The The. Commission believe that it was done
with NO idea that there was anything wrong
about 1t. In view of his long services in the
department, and his value as an expert Of
fcial, Mr. Hedrick's exoneration is especially
satisfactory.
CONTRACT AWARDED. - Acting Secretary
Hawley, of the Treasury department., has
awarded the contract for earting dutiable
| recent advertisement, to Bernard Biglin, from
| pier "A to As, and to Messrs. Mcpherson and
| Brown the remaining districts, the parties
| being the lowest bidders.
| 1T IS MORE THAN LIKELY that as soon as
| the Marquis of Lorne, who succeeds Lord
| Dufierin, gets well installed in the governor
! generals chair of Canada, he will make quite
| an extended visit to the United States spend.
| ing most of his time in Washington, Philadel.
phia and New York.
| The SECRETARY OF STATE lat HoME"-
Deb Randolph Kem, Washington correspon-
| dent OF the Globe Democrat and the Philadel-
| phia Press, is now the guest of Secretary
| Evarts, at his summer residence. Runnymede,
! at Windsor, Vermont. MIR. Keim, in pri-
vate letter, says that while at Martha Vine
! yard he met Vice President Wheeler, also Sec
/ retary Sherman, who spent several DAYS at
that fayorite seaside resort. In speaking of
his visit to the Secretary of State Mr. Kejm
| says: The Secretary lives in great elegance.
| lie has three targe residences for the accom-
| m0datlOn OF lis lamily. and friends who may
! be his guests. Prof Baird was expected on
| Monday. MIR. Russell. the Secretary's private
| secretary, Was to arrive on Saturday. The
Secretary spends his mornings in attending
| to his large rails, and afternoons to driving
| not return TO Washington until sometime early
i'll September
NAVAL ORDERS. - Passed Assistant Pay
| master j. Goodwin Hobbs is ordered from
| the Despatch, European station, ON the report
| ing of his relief, and ordered to return home
| and report arrival; Assistant PaymasteI
! Henry Il. Smith is detached from duty at the
| navy pay office at Boston, and ordered to the
| Despatch, European station. per steamer
| luiholS on the 18th inst, from Philadelphia.
J THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONAL NoMISA
| TIONs are announced: Bradley Barlow green
| back, Sd Vermont; B. b. Lewis democrat 6tt
| Alabama, over q. w. Hewitt the present nom
| inee; Gen Williams democrat, lst Michigan
! renominated; b. F. Martin, democrat, I'd Wes
| Virginia, renOminated. The democrats OF the
| 5th district of North Carolina have unani
mouSly renominated Hon. A NJ. Scales fol
| Congress.
| SENATOR SPENCER positively declines to be
| a candidate for Congress from the fourth Ala