Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-12


THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPRoPRIA-
TIOSs will meet in this city November 18th.
THE U. s. STEAMER TALLAPOosA arrived
at Portsmouth, N. H., yesterday.
SECRETARY THOMPSON arrived homs last
night and was on duty at the Navy depart
ment this morning.
MARsHALs MILEAGE.-The Attorney Cen
eral has given an opinion that marshal is
entitled to full mileage on each writ served by
him, when such travel IS actually performed.
FRIENDS OF SENATOR Don CAMERON ere
exceedingly exutant over last Tuesdays
work in Ohio. They have now grounds for
believing that the next legislature Of Penn.
Sylvania will be republican, and that Senator
Don Will be his own successor in the Senate
after 1879.
SECRETARY SCHURz pronounces fabrica
ton the alleged interview with him on the
subject of the recent elections, published in
morning paper.
ENGLISH OPERA.-The first operatic treat Of
the season occurs week after next beginning
with the 2lst inst, when the Hess English
Opera Company will appear. This organiza-
ton is very strong, comprising Abbott, Mon
taeue, Seguin. Castle. &c, with full chorus
during its engagement here, Faust Mignon,
Chimes of Normandy and Bohemian Girl
ARMY ORDERS. - The superintendent of
mounting recruiting service has been ordered
TO cause all dsposable c0l0red cavalry re-
cluits to be forWlrded TO Trinidad, Colorado.
sr assignment 10 the 3,h cavalry. Leave of
absence for fouT months is granted first Lieut..
Thomas Drury, 2iSC infantry. Leave for two
months is granted Captain G. Fl. Burton.
Infantry. Major Beekman Dt Barry, depot
commissary Of subsistence at New York, will
proceed to Utica, n Y. on temporary duty
upon the completion of which, he will return
to his station.
Mr.. JOHN G. THOMPSON teiegraphs us from
Columbus, Ohio. to day, as follows:
The statement published in THE STAR and
sent to the Cincinnati Enquirer to the effect
that Gen. Ewing had said that /, as chairman
OF the democratic state committee, tried to
defeat him to get him out of Thurman's way
IS faiSe In every particular, and don't believe
Gen. Ewing every made any such statement"
1t may be stated here that this charge
Originally came m from 9Ia the west Tae Cineia
the authority of Gen. Thomas Ewing, that
Senator Thurman, through his lieutenant,
John u: thompson, tried by ways that are
put him out of Thurman's way to the Presi-
deney, is, as Grant said to Admiral Porter,
almost enough to destroy our confidence in
human nature
MISS PHGBE COZzENs, of st. Louis, the
handsomest advocate of woman suffrage in
the country is in the city. She brings her
father, the genial Major Cozzens, along. Ac,
compahled by another lady, who looks more
strong minded than she does, and by the
major. Miss Cozzens went up to the White
House to day with a Dig bundle of papers
under T her I arm and wanted to see the Pfes-
dent, but he had gone to Georgetown She
then started over towards the War deplrt-
ment to ''see McCrary."
PEEsONAL-Mr Justice Clifford. Of the Z.
S. Supreme Court, and wife have returned to
Washington, and will remain for the winter
TT their old quarters, the National hotel The
venerable Judge is in his usual excellent
heaith: me- -. Speaker Randall is expected III
Winchester (Fa) iar neAt week. - Cot j.
q. Peiree, proprietor of che Imperial hotel. is
1u!te III =. .Representative Garfield c.'ied
Auditor MeGfeS Of the " Post Vi oiiics Dart. Dart
meDt, has RETURNED from Ohio ....Jnise
I;yIGpr p1, Is bach back from Indiana, ard is now act
ant Secretary of the Interior. has returned to
the city from brief visit to his old home
New 1Olk.
ISAAC P. JACOBS. OF Brooklyn, n. Y, has
been awarded the contract for the construc
fl0n OF the llfe-saying station houses at Long
Branch and Wreck Pond, n. j., at s. $50 each.
GEN. kRYsANowsKI, of California, has been
appointed special agent of the Treasury de-
partment at Panama to look out for the ir-
and from California via the ISthmus.
Miss ISABELLA CARTER "a sister OF Special
Agent Carter, OF the Interior department., who
recently died of yellow fever while Ynvesiigat.
Ing timber depredations in the South) has been
appointed copyist in the Land Office.
A CASE UNDER THE POSTAL TREATY.-It
will be remembered that the Spanish postal
authorities recently addressed Il communica
tion to the Post Office department complaining
OF the return OF certain packages of illustrated
papers as unmaiable under our customs laws
An explanation of the matter was asked and
the suggestion was made that if the final
decision was made that such matter could not
be admitted as mailable Spain would appeal to
the international arbitration provided by. the
universal postal treaty where two nations
diner IN the construction which they place
upon its provisions. The Treasury depart
me N after due consideration, has determined
10 ADMIT unsealed packages of newspapers or
perl0dlcals from foreign countries not exceed
ing III IN weight FL @ pounds ounces; The circular
OF June ls, 1878, TO this effect will be reafrmed
Without lis subsequent notifications The
Post once department will communicate this
decision to the Spanish postal authorities.
THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY
Color Sergeant H. Woods, of Chichester, Eng-
land, has Won two games from a. C. Lunt, In.
dependence, Kansas; L. T. Brown of Gran
perry, n. j. :, has won two games from Color
ssV sgs OF GlhMshester England
uu.
has won game from W. j. Berry, of Beverly,
Mass, making the score: Great Britain, i2:
United States 9: drawn, 3 This leaves s.
games still undecided.
A DETERMINED EFFORT will be made to
defeat Speaker Randalrs reelection to Con.
gress from the Sd Pennsylvania district. He
Is to he charged with having been the person
most responsible for the Ohio gerrymander
by which vancouver the democrats sorrow
1uly admit that they lost more than they
gained. His defeat, too, would leave the 46th
congress without any acknowledged leader of
ability, and for this reason his district will
receive especial attention at the hands Of the
republican congressional campaign committee.
SAYLER WILL CONTEST IT.-The Cincinnati
Enquirer announces editOrially to-day that
Milton Sayler will contest his successful CON-
petitor's seat in Congress. The majority
against SaJler is 763 votes, but it is understood
that the contest will be based upon what is
claimed TO be the illegal employment of super
Vls0rS OF election by the republicans. 1t will
be remembered that Judge Hoadley, when the
question OF the appointment of such supervi-
Sors was conte mplated by Judge Baxter, hold
ing the U. s. district court in Cincinnati
argued that the law itself was uucOnsitu
honal. The court ruled otherwise and th
supervisors were ordered to be appointed
The republicans made their appointments
but the democrats, coinciding with Judg
HOadley's view of the case, refused to max
any appointments.