Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-05
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s352, ,39l.75: customs. s57S,447S.
SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 the four per cent, loan to-
day. $4,000
PERsoNAL.-Bret Harte is in the city; he
called on the President to-day. ''''Deputy
QuartermaSter-General James A. Ekin, ar
rived in the city last night and is staying at
the Ebbitt MIR. Mcclure editor of the
Philadelphia Times. is in this city.
EDUCATION OF COLORED PEoPLE.--Senator
Bruce to- day introduced bill for the endOw
ment of the Lowery Industrial Academy at
Huntsville, Alabama, and to accept donation
of buildings and lands in aid OF the same: The
man, and is designed for the education of the
cOlOred people. The bill provides for the per
manent Investment of 100000 from the sale of
public lands.
INDIAN FUNDs.-At the meeting of the Sen
ate committee on territories this morning fur
ther consideration was given to the question
of the jurisdiction of the committee in the pend
ing investigation into alleged corrupt uses of
money by Indians in holding on to land grants
as against territorial legislation. While the
committee is about equally divided as to the
legal right into the premises. it is believed
probable that majority will favor the power
to overhaul these charges.
eating house for the benefit of the poor in the
District, made convincing argument before
the House committee on the District of Column
bia this morning. in favor of material aid to
her very Iaudable charity: so convincing that
the committee unanimously decided TO offer a
resolution giving her fifteen hundred dollars
to be paid in weekly installments of one hun
dred dollars EACH
IMPROVING THE DOLLARS.-A change has
been made in the coinage OF the silver dollar
The muchly abused eagle is still there, but
below the general surface of the coin. The
Goddess of Liberty's head on the the othe"
side has also been depressed, to prevent con-
slant friction and wearing away. The dies
are working better now than at first. cOnSe
quently the coins issued lately have smoother
appearance and are of much finer finish than
those first turned out at the mint.
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. - The
President has Cancelled the commissions of
ChaS. +. Adams, c. C.. Housed. X. 2. Buckland,
George w. Smyth and Daniel Chadwick as
directors of the l. p. railroad. New commits
SiOnS will, however, be issued to them read
ing, that they serve until the next regular
election Of directors of said company, and
until their successors shall be appointed and
Qualified instead of until their successors
shall be appointed and qualified as the origi-
nal commissions read.
THE TREASURY PRINTING.-The committee
on banking and currency of the House to-day,
by vote OF six to three, decided to recon-
mend that the printing of all the Treasury
notes and securities shall be done by the bu-
reau of engraving and printing, and that there
shall be no distribution of the work among the
several bank note companies.
PRIVATE MAIL CARRIERs.-FOr some time
Mr.. John j. Herman, of New York city, has
been collecting the mail of about four hun
dred brokers and merchants of New York at
the Maritime Exchange, on Pine street, and
post office or any OF the letters being late
handing them into the postal cars, at the
depot, for small compensation. The exist
ence of such an arrangement has been
brought to the attention OF the Post Office de
partmeHt, the Assistant Attorney General for
which decides that the business is contrary to
law, and cannot be carried on. By this deci-
sion any one who pays messenger for taking
letter or package to the post office or to a
postal car at the depot is competing with the
United States, and liable to pay the 800 fine.
THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY.-Rear Admiral
Rodgers, superintendent of the U. S. naval OBJ
ServatOry, has perfected arrangements for Cb-
serving the coming transit OF Mercury on the
9th OF May.
Mrs. EMILY HEBRON, of Cincinnati, who
spent several months recently at the White
House, was married in Cincinnati. Yesterday
evening to Mr.. Swan Parsons, of Columbus
Mrs. Hayes and her son Burchard witnessed
MIDsHIPMEN.-SenatOr Maxey introduced
today bill revising section lob of the re-
vised statutes as follOws:-" There shall be
allowed at the naval academy of Annapolis
one mldshlPman m t,sh I9 for every member or dele
the District of Columbia, and ten appointed at
large: provided however, there shall not be at
any one time more in said academy appointed
at large than ten sc.
SENATOR r. E. WITHERs is still confined to
his room in Alexandria, by the diseased condi-
tion of his eye. The Gazette, of that city, says:
The disease from which he suffers is infiam-
nation OF the cOrnea. and there is danger of
the entire loss of the eye. In any event. the
Senator will be compelled to keep his room for
several weeks longer"
CONTESTED SEATS IN THE HOUSE-The
House committee on elections has dismissed
the Oregon contested election case of Mellow
ell tdemOcrat against Williams (republican.)
The sub committee. to whom was referred the
MISSISSIPPI contested case of Lynch (republi-
cam against Chalmers (demOcrat), the sitting
member, reported unanimously that the eyi.
dence submitted to them was insufficient to
give the contestant the seat. The full'cOmmit.
the subcommittee and decided that 1t was
now too late 10 take additional evidence i'm the
case, and it was therefore finally disposed Of
Monday, the Sth instant was fixed fJr hearing
the argument in the South Carolina contested
case of OCOnOr against Cain, the sitting meni
ber. The object of the contestant in this case
is TO secure a new election, claiming that the
previous election was fraudulent. MesSrS
Harris, Turney and ThOrnburgh were appoint.
ed a subcommittee to consider the Alabama
contested case of HarralSOn against Shelley
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.-A private meet
ing of the republican national executive COM
mittee was held last night at the room of Col.
GOrham, Secretary of the Senate. Ex-senator
Logan presided. There were present eX-Sena-
tor L. Chandler, of Michigan: Hon. Eugene
Hale, Of Maine G: c; Gorham, of California
}. A. Hubbell, of Michigan: n. A. Phillips of
Kansas: MIR. Page, of California Mr.. Wait,
OF Connecticut; Mr.. SinncksOn, of New Jer.
sey; MIR. Strait, of Minnesota; W. E. Chand-
Ter, Of New Hampshire; Charles Foster, of
Ohio: Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas: ex-Sena-
tOr NeSt, OF Louisiana, and others. The OBJ
lect OF the meeting was to consult informally
about the organization of the party for the
approaching fall campaign. 1t was decidedt to
ask the republicans in Congress to reorganiZe
the Congressional committee and to make
arrangements for an earnest fight to carry the
next Congress. There was free interchange
OF views, but no other definite action was
taken.
CAPT. ARMIES AND LIEUT.. SPENCER-The
Secretary OF War has submitted to the Senate
for the consideration of the committee on