Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-15

territory: Z. P. Wooloner, of Montana. and II.
{. Bennett, of Utah. This completes the list
OF assistant and honorary commissioners The
Wyoming and Constitution at New York have
their cargOes aboard and will sail at noon to-
morrow for Paris. The Constellation, the last
of the vessels detailed for carrying the Amer
lean exhibit, Will sail at noon Saturday, the
23d, also from New York. Commissioner Gen
eral Mccormick left last night for that city,
accompanied by his wife, and will sail for
inst. The New York and Washington offices
Will De Kept open one week after that da e,
when they win be finally closed and the clerks
Loter.-The following appointments as hon.
oIary con nmissiOners to the Paris exposition
have Lot been before announced: C.C:P: Myer
lup, Illinois; Edwin COwles, Ohio; w. A.
Moore, \. c.; Frederick Smyth. ". II. These
appoinI ments were made, prior to those an
We're not announced until this afternoon.
Alter q complete measurement of the pro-
duce IN bond to be sent to Paris, it has been
ascertained d that the Constellation, which was
ordered to take over all left by the other yes
sells, will be unable to perform that duty. An
other vessel, the Omaha, will be detailed, and
Will take over all that is left. The Omaha is
now on her way home from the South Pacific,
and Is expected to arrive at Fortress Monroe
daily, where She will be met by orders to pro
ceed to New York and take on board the re-
mainder of the exhibit. This makes six YES
sells ordered to ParS-the Supply, the WyOm-
ing. the Portsmouth, the Constellation and the
omaha.
Two MORE SOUTH CAROLINA MOONSHINERS
RESCJED-T The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue received another dispatch to day
from Collector BraytOn, at Easily, S. c.. say
lng:- Two more l. 5. prisoners escaped to-
day from PickenS county jail Governor
Hampton telegraphS that he has offered a re
ward of 800 for Redmond arrest"
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA
at the invitation of the Union League Club
will be made when he finds it convenient.
1hls Will not he, 1t is thought, before the first
part of April.
ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLICATIONS which
the present rules of the contract Office of the
L. .. ID. in reference to tie bids OCCASION the
Postmaster General has established new and
more simple rule to applytO all future lettings.
IL Is TINS: :" In all Instances IN which there are
ties in the lowest bids for mail contracts it
shall be determined by lot in such manner as
the Second Assistant Postmaster General
shall adopt. between such tie bidders to which
rule is also given special application to the
case of the conflicting tie bidders for Cali
fOrnla route, discussed yesterday and noted
in THE STAR. Nichols and Salisbury. the
rival bidders for the contract, have, however
agreed to perform the service Jointly.
SECRETARY THOMPSON will be accompanied
on his trip to New York by Rear Admiras
Howell and Scott and party Of friends.
THE House Set aside private bill day to-day
and proceeded to consider the Field ID can
massachusetts, election contest. 1t is under
stood that Gen. Butler is to make a speech in
favor OF the claims of Dean, the democratic
contestant.
PERSONALLY. A. CrOffutt, the "Graphical-
tiles man of the Grophic is stopping at the
Riggs for few days. ..'. Geo. Alfred Town
send started from New York some time ago to
do up the Mexican silver mines for the Gin
cinnatii Enquirer. He got as far as Savannah.
Ca, when the gOut struck him, and he is now
G3rraled in that city nursing his feet, ''''Gen:
rhlilp A. Cook, Of Georgia, who has been laid
up some time with intlammatOry rheumatism,
was in the House today. '''' Col. Vail, super
intendent of the railway mail service went to
New York yesterday, on official business.
ALL THE MEMBERS of the cabinet were pres
ent at the meeting today. No business OF im-
pOrtance was trans tcted.
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY says that
the report that he has decided to sell a llr; e
amount of four and One-half per cent bonds
at par in gold is erroneous He has made no
such decision.
it is not positively known that D0Orkeeper
Polk is to be bounced yet that he will be is no
less the opinion of certain members of Con-
greSS than of about twentymen who are eager
to take the reins of the doorkeepershp in
hand: Caucussing and Lobbying, for his pro
Spect1yely vacant Office is already being Wig
OrOusly carried on. The lObbies of the hotels
reSOunded last night with the hum of talk as
to the coming man. Congressman are being
called on by aspirants, and almost as much
cOmmOtiOn exists as when new officers are to
be elected for the House, from the Speaker
down: The principal candidates to succeed
Maryland Gen. FieldeS, of Virginia: Major
Slringfield, of North Carolina: W. H. French,
late tally clerk of the House Col. Fitzhugh OF
Texas; S;s John H Patterson E. F Keightley, Of
Hickey, OF Tennessee: and VIM. GOOdell, of
Illinois, Carter HarrisOn's man. 1t is also
stated that Duffy and Coryell, the principal
The above list does not, by any means, include
all who want to fill vacancy which does not
at present exist but it is sufficiently complete
generals and captains The latest can
didate for the honor is Col. Rich, a constituent
OF representative Glover, of Missouri.
Ldter--ROugh on the Cdndiddtes. - The
House committee on reform in the civil ser
vice, bya vote of a majority of the members
to-day agreed to make report favOring the
abolition il. Of the office OF Doerkeeper, aud vest
charge of the floor. The members of the
committee decline to make public how the
patronage is to be distributed.
AUERBACH's "LANDOLIN," as translated by
Miss Annie B. Irish, the translator to the De-
partment of the Interior is i'm active prepara
tion by Henry Holt & Co. Miss Irish Is trans
lating from the authors advance sheets and it
is said succeeds most admirably in preserving
Auerbachs style.
ECONOMY IN PUBLIC PRINTING-The com.
mission, composed of representatives of the
different departments, appointed in conform
ity with House resolution to examine into
the subject Of the public printing for the de-
partments, with view to reducing its cost
without impairing its efficiency, will report
that 1t is unwise in their opinion to attempt to
specify minutely and exhaustively the num-
Der and kinds Of documents to be sent to each
department. They think that sample copies
OF every bill. report and other printed pub
lie document should be furnished to
the heads of the departments, and that the
latter should then be allowed considerable
latitude in deciding how many of each kind of
document their respective departments will
require.
THE LITTLE DEFICIENCY BILL.-The Senate
committee on appropriations to-day consid-
cred the small temporary deficiency bill, re-
Gently pa sSed by the House. Assistant Secre.
tary Hawley appeared before the committee
In relation to a small appropriation for clerk
hiring in the Treasury department. COmmis
sl0ner Williamson, of the Land Office was
also questioned by the committee in regard to
the necessity for additional clerks in his de-
partment, and the laws about pre.emptiOn of
land in the territories where timber depreda-