Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-22
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s20l 0T7.22: customs, $3t6,l794S.
SENATOR BLAINE's DESK was adorned with
| a choice basket OF flowers today.
REPRESENTATIVE BRIDGES, of Pennsylvania,
who has been quite i'll for several weeks, was
in his seat in the House to-day.
CAPTAIN WM. NJ. WEERRY, 9Th infantry has
| been ordered to this city to complete certain
| records of the war, under the instructions of
| the commanding general Department OF West
| Point
| CHICAGO WHISKY CAsEs.-The Attorney
| General addressed "a letter yesterday to the
| District Attorney at Chicago instructing him
| 10 proceed at once in the prosecution of the
| whisky eases.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieu. Commander c. f.
| Goodrich ordered to duty at the torpedo sta
tiOn, Newport, r. l., 18th February; Lieut.. C.
| {. Cornwell to duty in the Asiatic station, via
| Europe.
| CONFIRMED.-The Senate, in executive ses-
| sion yesterday, confirmed the nomination of
J. M. Edmunds, to be postmaster of Washing
! ton.
| THE SENATE COMMITTEE on railroads met
| again to-day and heard Messrs. Jacobs and
| OF Washington territory, for the construction
| OF the Walla- -Walla road.
| THE NOMINATION OF j. p. LOGE 10 be post
| master at CINCINNATI was confirmed in eXecu-
tive session yesterday, and motion to recon
| slider entered A member Of the firm of Leas-
| angOOd of Cincinnati, wholesale dealers in
| Oilcoth. has filed charges virtually claiming
| that LOge is not honest. and that he endeaV-
Ored to defraud the firm of Leasang00d while
| a merchant At Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and
| customer OF the firm.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA WHISKY WAR-Col
Wagner writes to the Commissioner of Inter
| nal Revenue from GreenVille, S. c., that hear
| ing that GOV. Hampton had called for and re-
| ceiyed information from citizen of Union
| county concerning the recent affair there be
| tween revenue officers and the militia. he
| waited on the Governor in company with the
| Us. Marshal and the Revenue Collector. and
vas shown written accounts of the affair.
! ished the Governor with the fd"te. but came
away impressed with the conviction that Gov.
| Hampton would avail himself of any preteXt
| to avoid the promises he made some days ago
III reference TO sustaining the officers in the
! execution of their duty. Gov. Hampton com
| planned that the officers who had the trouble
with the militia We're low people, and express
| Ell a SurmlSe that they might have first pro
| vUked the difficulty with the militia. He said
| he had written letter to the President about
them. and Wagner proposes to write the Com
| missioner. giving some account of the charac-
| ter or the men so aSperSed.
IN FAVOR OF THE HEATHEN CHINEE.-A
| meeting of the Senate committee on foreign
| affairs was held this morning. and hearing
| was given Prof. WelleS Williams. 4 gentleman
| who has passed many years i'll China as an at
| tache OF the American legation, interpreter,
&c Prof. Williams spoke in favor of uniim-
| He IS said 10 have taken a missionary view oi
| the benefits which, in his estimation, would
accrue from free Chinese immigration.
ANOTHER ATTACK ON REVENUE OFFICERS
| IN South tAROLINA.-The Commissioner of
| Internal Revenue has received information
from Revenue Agent Wagner. Of South Caro-
lima, that while Deputy Marshal Pitman was
laws from Greenviilr, s. c.. to Malhalia. by
| order of Judge Bryan. for the purpose of Civ
| ing hail for his appearance. while waiting To
| make change Uf cars at Seneca, three men
| appeared and assaulted the deputy, throwing
him down and holding him there, calling to
NE prisoner to make his escape. which he did.
| with death, abused and cursed in the pre- Sence
of number of by-standers who had gathered,
but who rendered him 40 assistance to pre-
vent the rescue and escape of his prisoner.
THE PRESENTATION of the statue OF William
King, of Maine, to the Memorial Hall of Con-
gresS was begun In the Senate to-day Sena-
tors Halnlin and Blaine made the presentation
| speeches.
No VOTE will be obtained on the Matthews
| resolution in the Senate today. Senator Cock
| erill has yet to finish his speech, and MeSsrs
Randolph and Lamar are to follow. A vote
may be obtained late tomorrow on the resolu-
| ton.
| CAUCUS OF THE SILVER MEN IN THE House
The Congressional advocates of a greenback
currency. the repeal of the resumption law.
/ hp IN a i2at tin, ,f hal =,
| ing last evening in the rooms of the judiciary
committee. Representative Buckner was elect
ed president Representative Phillips, of Mis-
souri, secretary and Gen Rice, of Ohio, treas
urer Gen. Butler made speech. in which he
| said that he hoped the legal tenders never
would be redeemed in gold, that they were
| now equal III value to gold, because the pledge
of the United States was upon their face to
redeem them. A finance COMMITTEES and an
| 1t waSagreed that in case the President vetoed
the silver bill to insert the Bland bill in every
appropriation bill passed by the House
THE NEW YORK PETITIONS. cores
! pondent writes to us correcting the paragraph
in this column yesterday. that the New York
| petitions presented by Senator C0nkling YES
terday. were from laboring men against the
| RECOMMENDATION OF silver and praying for the
| repeal of the resumption act" The petitions
were in favor of the reconciliation of silver
and the repeal OF the resumption act AS to
the petitioners being labOrerS he says the
| petitions were signed by merchants, manu-
| facturers. officers and trustees of savings in
| StitutiOns, professional men and laborerS but
| large ma j0rity were farmers
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL. - The Earl of
| Duierin, Governor General of Canada. ar
rived in Washington yesterday, and will be
Sir Edward ThorntOns guest during his stay
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THE FREED
MEMS HOsPITAL.-We learn from one of the
| trustees OF Howard University, that it has no
! connection whatever with the management of
! the Freedmen's Hospital. 1t owns all the
! buildings and nearly all the spacious grounds
! occupied by the hospital, and also the steam
| engine and pumping apparatus. All these it
! rents to the government reSerying in the
lease, ds port of the compensation, the use of
| the pumping apparatus sufficiently to keep the
! tank in the university filed from which the
| houses of the professors are supplied. The
| trustees have never protested against the re-
| mOyal OF DR.. Palmer, in ease there should ap-
| pear sufficient ground. They have Simply
| requested Secretary SchurZ and the President
| not to make a change without the ampest
| reason, because DIR. Palmer is also the dean
| OF their medical faculty. lectures gratuitously,
| and affords valuable aid to the medical stu.
! dents by their admission 10 the hospital and
because they have always had reason to con
hde in his integrity and ability. Secretary