The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-03
w a ASHINGTON.
Sherman Not Satisfied.

National Associated Press to the Star.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The following
is from the National Union, the Admis.
tration organ, OF this date:
"The sanguine expectations OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury as to the ease
with which the country can attain to
specie payments are scarcely confirmed
by the events whioh are happening in
the commercial world from day to day.
Failure after failure 10 announced, and
no one has ever shown more clearly than
Mr.. Sherman did in speech delivered
some eight or nine years ago how natur-
ally and necessarily such disasters are
connected with a contracting currency
and an increasing unit OF value"
Fencing Them IM.
In order to protect members Of the
House occupying the outer circle o
seats in the Hall OF Representative
from the intrusion Of persons admitted
to the floor by courtesy Of the House, an
iron railing, topped OF by curtained
screen, Is being placed In position. This
10 done in conformity with resolution
adopted by the House on motion Of Mr..
Hartenberg, oil New Jersey.
Senator COnkling's COMMITTEE for the
investigation OF our relations with Mex
ico met yesterday mprning. Senators
MaXey and Eaton, the only Democratic
members OF the committee. were absent.
Malicious Destruction.
Some inebriated and malicious indi-
viduals went into the office Of the CLERK
OF the Senate yesterday, and with. a
bronze mat tch.boX made a comp etc
wreck OF beautiful French. plate mir
ror. The face.glass Of a marble mantel
clock Was also smashed into atoms. Not
satisfied with this, the same party broke
u number OF revolving ona,rs and COM
nitted other damage. Suspicion points
strongly to some Of the employees, and 1t is
not improbable that there will BE- several
vacancies in the CLERKS ofice before
many days.
Mrs. ChIsOlra,
recently of Kemper County, Mlss., and
whose husband and o daughter were as-
sasslnated in that County some time
ago, yesterday applied t,r nine-hun-
dreG-dollar clsrkship in the Registers
Office in the Treasury.
Mexican Troubles.
The following dispatch was received
at the War ONCE late yesterday after
noon:
"CHICAGo. Jan. 2, 1878.
General L. u. Townsend, Washington, D.. G:
"The following dispatch received from
General POPE Is respectfully forwarded.
''P. II. SHERIDAN,
"Lieutepant General"
The following, dated Ell Paso, Decem-
bar 81, is just received rom Col. Hatch:
Sci PAso, Dec. 81.
"John Pope, Major General:
"Hase just returned from the towns
below here. lind all quiet. Peace and
confidence is being restored. Many OF
hose who had fed Tor fear of the rang
ers are returning to their homes.
"HAToH.U
BY order Of General Pope, General
Ha!oh is making thorough inyestiga
lion OF the recent troubles at San Eliza
,io, which resulted in the capture of the
Texan Rang.rs and the assassination
OF Howard. The Government has AL
ready obtained much information rela-
i've to the participation Of Mexicans iu
hese outrages.
The Cincinnati Post-Office De-
CisiOn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The last de-
eis,On in The Gazette.W able matter il
simply to the effect that Pos masters
who had agreed tO receive the Gaz tie
and perform service in payment of sub
scripti0n became regular subscribers,
while those TO whom the papers were
sent without any such agreement are
not.
The Agricultural Department..
Professor Peter Collier, OF Burlington,
w., has been appointed Chief Chemist
Of the Agricultural u Department., vice W.
NJ. Nc Murtrie, who has resigned 10 take
charge of the interests OF the Depart.
ment at the Paris Exposition.
No plan OF aoIivn Tor representation
by the Agricul ural Department, at the
Paris Exposition. has been agreed upon
by Commissioner LeDuc and his
assistauta, but lhey are busily engaged
drawing plans and devIsing schemes
ur such representation as soon as the
pace is allotted the department.
South Carolina Politics.
NEW YORK. Jan. .3-rhe POSTS WASH
ingtuu SPECIAL says: "Advioes received
rom South Carolina represent that Rs-
puDlicans throughout the State have
determined to revive their party organ
zati0n, and not TO let the State pass
H0pelessly into the hauds of The Demo-
lCT ais. In tWO Or three c0uD.iax iaxt