Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-04

THE APPOINTMENTS of w. III. Tucker and
Leicester Chapman, of North Carolina, as
honorary commissioners to the Paris exposi-
ton, were announced to-day.
THE BLUE BOOK just issued shows that there
are $3.50 civil employees of the government
SENATOR MATTHEWS addressed the Senate
today in answer to the speech of Senator
Christiancy, favoring the funding bill of the
judiciary committee. He took the ground
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with those of other creditors, that Congress
could not, without danger to the principles of
law, anticipate any of its rights.
GEN. PHIL. Cook in his speech in the House
to-day defending Polk said the man on the
soldiers roll who did three years service with
the Boston Independent company should be
commented for had not the people OF Boston
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SECRETARY SHERMAN was before the House
committee on banking and currency to day
and continued his statement as to the FEAST
bility of the resumption of specie payments
on the date fixed by the resumption act. He
was questioned closely by General Ewing and
others, but met every objection urged with
prOmptneSS. One of the committee says that
Sherman is a man OF wonderful resources"
The Secretary,s views, Today were merely an
fore given before the finance committees of
each branch of Congress.
SILVER IN C1RCULATIoM.-Total amount
standard silver dollars coined to March 3lst,
$l,0Ol,5O0. Amount exchanged for gold at
Washington, $6.Si7; Baltimore, $i,196 New
York, $9l,5OO: Philadelphia, $27,9iS: Boston,
1851 Cincinnati, $9,75S; Chicago, $l4,09l; st.
Philadelphia, $21, ,S95. Total, $l90,5l7. Amount
on hand, $SlO9S3; Total amount of fractional
silver coin issued to March 3lst, S3S, S67. 49, as
follows: For fractional currency destroyed.
~, ,53S, ,62l.S6; for currency Obligations, Sill
0g4.5S: for fractional currency redeemed.
$l!S,Z2S.56: : amount on hand, S5,559,O6l.06.
BLAIR WHooPING EN- UP-Montgomery
Blair was at the Capitol to day 'whoOpingup''
his scheme to put the President out of his Of
flee. He seems quite confident that it will
succeed; He says that the governor of Mary
land will transmit to the Senate and House the
resolutions of the legislative assembly of
Maryland, that they will be referred to the iu-
dietary committee in each branch of Congress,
and that bill looking to legislation giving the
supreme court jurisdiction will be unanimous
ly passed in each committee. And" he
added, "a good many republicans will vote for
the bill, and there is no democrat that dare
vote against it, MIR. Blair is evidently sincere
In this belief, but it is doubtless the result of
impressions left on his mind after talking
with prominent democrats in the Senate and
House. The trouble is though, that while these
democrats talk sweet to his face, his name is
coupled with sulphurOuS eXpletives when out
of earshOt. Just now the democrats seem TO
be more agitated over the question of how to
save doorkeeper than how to get Pres
ident.
THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE.-Immediately
after the Patent Office fire, when the injured
models were lying in confused mass, it was
estimated that $4,000 would restore those
capable of restoration, and this number was
placed at 10000 Over 1900 have now been
restored, and the appropriation is exhausted.
for 1900 more to complete the work and to
build eases to receive the models. This small
sum should be appropriated.