Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-25
THE EVENING STAR.
DOU BILE SH E E T.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s399. SIS: customs. $4,000.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s399,64S.lS; customs, $275, ,249.25.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan tos
day to amounted s622,50O.
REPRESENTATIVE BROGDEN, of the House
committee on the expenditures of the Post
Office department, went through the dead let
ter division to-day.
PERsONAL.-Collector John L. Thomas, of
Baltimore, was on the floor of the House to-
day. ''..Col Vail superintendent OF the rail
way mail service, went to New YORK last
night, and will not return until Tuesday.
THE ANNUAL REPORT of receipts and ex-
penditures of the Treasury department for the
year 1878, is just being printed. Congress at
that time refused to authorize its publication
in order to ecOnOmlZe, but this Congress has
directed that it be issued.
THE NOMINATIONS sent to the Senate today
were: George W. Fish, of Michigan, to be re-
ceiver of public moneys at Reed City, Mich;
John A. Wright, of Md, agent for the Indians
OF the Lemhi agency, in Idaho.
THE BUTLER-CoRBIN CoNTEsT-The second
attempt to hold meeting of the Senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections today for
consideration of the Butler -Corbin South Car
DINA contested election case proved a failure.
Members OF the committee have been re-
quested TO meet at 10 a. m. on Monday.
THE REQUEST OF THE NEz PERCEs PRISON
ERS at Fort LeavenwOrth to be allowed to re-
turn to their old reservations in Washington
territory will not be granted. The War de-
partment does not. in the first place, think
they have been sufficiently punished for their
war last summer: again, the Indians refused
to 60 anywhere else than to their old home,
where they have made a large number of i'm
prOVemeDtS. 1T they were to be allowed 10 do
this they would be liable to arrest and trial by
the territorial authorities for the murders they
committed. This they would not stand, and
the whole matter would more than likely wind
up IN another war.
THE U. s. S. ADAMS, commander Frederick
Rodgers, left Panama on the 9th for the Sa-
moan Islands with the Samoan ambassador
and suite as passengers.
THE TALLAPoosA has arrived at Philadel-
phia.
CIVILIAN CLERKS employed by quartermas-
ters and superintendent of national cemeter-
les, are not liable to trial by court-martial
under the Rules and Articles of War, is the
opinion of Attorney General DevenS, just pro-
mulgated In War Department order.
EDUCATION OF NEz PERCEs.-While at the
Hampton naval school examination, Secre-
tary Sherman consulted with the authorities
there about sending number of the Nez
PerceS Indians there for instruction. The
authorities said they would take them as stu
dents at certain sum a year. As the War
department has no money appropriated for
such purposes, the state of affairs Will be pre-
Septed to the Interior department. and if ii is
willing to incur the expense out of its proper
appropriation. some fifty young NeZ PerceS
will be sent to Hampton.
PROTECTING TILE FLAG-Secretary Thomp-
son has, in consequence of the representations
by the Bureau of Navigation of the losses
injuries and extra labor through the loaning
of flags, directed that none will be loaned in
the future without the written order of the
department. He also directs that the depart
ment will cOnfine itself, in giving orders for
this purpose, to occasions of national ceIebra-
tons, and to others of general interest to the
public.
SHAD By THE MILLION.--The L. S. fish COM
mission steamer, Lookout, in charge of Capt.
n. c. Chester, is now lying at the foot OF
Eighth street with one million shad and one
hundred and eighty thousand herring eggs
Matching on board. These will be put in the
Potomac river opposite Georgetown on Mon
day. There were also put in the river at Free
stone Point and GlymOnt yesterday, one hun
dred and twenty thousand young shad and
fishing season closes that this number will be
augmented by several millions. At this rate
of stocking the river, with correct legislation,
tntre Is nO reason why tLe abundance OF nSn
should not become as gIeat as in former
times This action on the part of the commits
sion is giving great satisfaction to the fisher
men along the river.
No WAR WITH MOsES.-Informatio has
been received at the Indian Office from Agent
Wilbur, at the Yakama agency, that the
indian Chief Moses, who has been reported as
having collected thousand men and as being
threatening, is perfectly quiet and that there
is no war with him.
CONSULAR CHANGEs.-Mr. SevillOn A. Brown,
whose nomination as consul at Birmingham
was sent tOthe Senate yesterday, has filled the
position of chief clerk of the State Department
in 1864. Mr.. Gould, now consul at Brming-
ham. is nominated for transfer to MarSeilleS,
and Mr.. Spencer now consul at Genoa, is pro-
mOted to consul general at Melbourne.
Not A CANDIDATE.-WAsHINGT May 25,
lolS-Edttor OF Star: Your paper Of yesterday
publishes an article from the Baltimore amer.
icdR, stating that would be candidate for
Congress in the Richmond (Va.) district. Will
you not say IN your paper of to-day that have
not the remotest idea of running for the next
Congress. Yours truly
J. AMBLER SMITH.
THE RACES YEsTERDAY.-At Belmont park.
Philadelphia, Yesterday, MolIie Won in the
class, best time 2:27; and King Bee the three
quarter mile dash, time ] 20. Winners at
Louisville, KY, Yesterday were: Artful, mile
heats, in l:4414, 1:45&; Mahlstick, Louisville
cup, 213 miles, in 4:0715; Solicitor, two miles
THE JERSEY BORGIA.-Emma Bethel, who
was charged with causing the death of Mrs