Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-27
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

lHE EV ENlNG SIAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s293, 356.1S: customs. 1898, ,2S3.S7.
THE SUBSCRIPTION to the four per cent loan
today amounted to s26S,l50
WASHINGTON A. CLARK of South Carolina,
was to-day appointed by the President to be
an honorary commissioner to the Paris Expo
sitiOn. He was nominated by Governor Hamp-
ton.
THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO BE
CLOSED ON DECORATION DAY.-Col. Rogers.
the Presidents private secretary, to-day sent
the following letter to the heads of the differ
ent departments: Sir-I am directed by the
President to say that the several departments
of the government will be closed on Thursday,
the 30th instant, in respect to the memory of
those who fell in defence of the Union, and to
enable the employees to participate in the COM
memOrative ceremonies of the day.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
today were Senators Plumb, Allison and
Hubbell Williams (Wis..) Aldrich, Stone, Rob
lnSOn, West, Bayne, Shalenberger, Rainey,
COnger and Foster.
The HOUSE this morning adopted a reSOlu
tiOn to adjourn from Wednesday next to Fri
day-Thursday being Decoration day.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
met at 10 o'clock this morning and remained
in session three hours. Members are reticent
as to what was done, other than that gene
rallnterchange or opinion was had as to what
scope the investigation should take. The re-
publican members, it is understood, favored
the brOadest inquiry, while the democrats
favored limiting the Investigation to any new
evidence on the subject of Presidential frauds,
but not to go over any old ground or take up
subjects which have heretofore been sub
jected TO Congressional investigation. The
committee will meet again on Wednesday,
SENATOR WALLACE occupied his seat in the
Senate today He received the congratula-
tions, of many Senators on his success at the
PlttSbufg convention.
EX-GOv. CHAMBERLIN, of South Carolina,
began an argument before the Senate COM
mlttee on privileges and elections today in
favor OF COrbin, who contests General NJ c.
Buffers seat in the Senate. Gov. Chamber.
lin will conclude his argument tomorrow.
BILLS APPRovED.-The President today
approved the act making appropriation for
the current and contingent expenses of the
Indian department., and for fulfilling treaty
StlpulatlOnS with various Indian tribes for the
year ending June 30th, 1879, and for other
purposes also the act for the relief of set
tiers on the public lands under the pre- emp
ton laws.
Hon. ALEXANDER FL. STEPHENS has an
nOunced himself as a candidate for reelection
to Congress from the Augusta, Ga, district at
the next regular congressional election, and
mas telegfaphed 10 his friends in Georgia to
that effect.
THE SAILING of the steamer Glenlogan from
New York for Brazil has been postponed until
zuela, Will al3O sail on that day.
MOVEMENT OF u S. NAVAL VEssELs.-The
Tennessee, flagship of the Asiatic station, ar
rived at Villa Franche May 18th, on her re-
turn to the United States. The TallaDoOSa
arrived at New York yesterday.
The MEDICAL MUSEUM. Secretary Nc
Crary announces that the Quartermaster's
department is authorized to transport to the
Medical museum at WaShingtOn such oh
lectS as may be turned over to its officers for
mat purpose at any military post or station,
by officers OF the army.
SILVER CERTIFICATEs.-The Bureau of En-.
craving and Printing has delivered to the
Treasury sl926,00O of silver certificates, and
is engaged in completing the order.
THE HOXIE-REAM WEDDING. - Chas. p.
Shaw, esq.,, of New York, today called on the
clerk of the Supreme Court of the District, and
took out license to sOlemnize the rites of mar
rage between Lieutenant Richard Leveridge
HOxle, OF Engineer corps, U. S. A., and Winnie
Ream; The ceremony will take place at the
church OF the Ascension at O'Clock tomorrow
evening, and will be one of the most interesting
affairs of the kind ever witnessed in WaShing2
ton.
VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER, MRS HAYES,
Mrs. Woodwork, Miss Fannie Hayes, and Mr..
Dickinson, the Vice Presidents nephew and
private secretary, have been spending a few
days at Martins, on the Lower Saranac Lake
n. Y, trout fishing. Friday Mrs. WoOdwOrth
and daughter caught several weighing in the
aggregate over twenty pounds. It is their in
tentlOn to remain in the woods for a week or
daughter. and Mrs. Woodworth, of this city
Will probably remain about week Malone
A BILL TO CONSOLIDATE INDIAN AGENCIES
has been agreed upon between Commissioner
Hayt and Gen. Scales, chairman OF the House
committee on Indian affairs. 1t is proposed to
reduce the number Of reservations from s. to
y, and the number OF agents from 20 to g. The
number OF acres OF land now occupied
duced to about .250, 000 There will be l3 900 0OO
acres restored to the market, leaving to be
sold In trust for the Indians nearly 100000
acres.
acknowledgements Potter will de-
liver the oratiOn before the literary societies
OF ROANOKE college, Virginia, ON the 18th of
June Senator Wallace has returned from
pennsylvania, and denies the Statement tele-
graphed hence that he will interfere i'm Speaker
Randalls denomination, as he has no such in.
tentlon and never said he had.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN THE INTERIOR
APARTMENT-Ihe Lunch Hour Abolished
The following circular has been issued by the
interior department: at having come TO the
knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior
mat the permission, heretofore allowed the
employees OF the department to be absent for
hall an hour at monday for luncheon. has
been SO far abused by a portion of the en-.
plOyes as to interfere with the public busi-
ness; it is therefore ordered: that hereafter
employees of the. department and bureaus
thereof VIII not absent themselves from their
respective offices during office hours excent
upon permission of the officer in charge pr
chief clerk and then, only upon official bust
ness or private business of such nature as to
lmperatiyely require absence between the
hours OF a. m. and p. M
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