Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-21
THE EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal
revenue, s3ls,2l31O; customs, s}29, ,7s407.
The SENATE adjourned to-day over Wash
ington's Birthday until Monday.
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs Hayes left here a.
half past three o'clock this afternoon for Bal
tImore 10 attend the fair of the Methodist
Camp Meeting Association.
Mr. WM. F.. CHANDLER is preparing another
open letter. which. il is said, will be tarterthan
any previous production of his facie and caiS
tic pen.
MASTER WM. =. CONWAY. one of the sur
viyOrS of the Huron disaster has been or
derrd TO the Wyoming. which will carry goods
TO the Paris exposition next month.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-
day We're the Attorney General, Gov. McCOr-
mick, Senators Burnside, Howe, Plumb and
Dawes. and Representatives ONeill. LOring
Townsend, Crapo (O), Ittner and Stuart.
CONFERENCE.-The Senate in executive
session Yesterday confirmed the nominations
OF John ). WiIcher, of WeSt Virginia, TO be L.
;. marshal Tor the territory of Idaho ChaS.
Silent, of California, to be associate Justice of
the supreme court of the terrtsry of Arizona.
Col. o. l.. SHEPHERD, /. S. A., who for
merly commanded the 18th infantry, but has
been Oh the retired list since 1870 has been
placed under arrest ut Newport, and will be
tfIed by court martial for embcZZlsment 1t
seems that while he commanded a brigade in
the army OF the Cumberland he was made
trustee Tor monument fund amounting to
some 5000. He used the money, and. his
speculatiOns having turned out badly. was un
able to repay it when demanded. He has re-
peatedly offered his pay account to cover his
indebtedness To the fund. but it has been de
cllned by the trustees, who wanted first
mort tgage on his property for the full amount
OF the fund: This he could not give, as all his
real estate is heavily mortgaged, and he is, in
the opinion of his most intimate friends. a
tired list for the support of his family. Col
Shepherd was in command at Fort Adams
two years during the late war.
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION met
again yesterday afternoon at Willard hail. A
paper on the - Needs of American Forestry"
was presented the President. and discussed
by MesSrS. Brewer. Saul WeltZ and Hoyt.
Other papers of interest We're read respecting
trees, one by Green {. Neatly. of Burlington,
Iowa. on Diseases of Forest Trees" one BY
+; X. Price on 'Sylviculture," and one by M.
Thompson on ''FOrestry.,' A memorial to
Congress was adopted, asking aid i'm refOreSt-
ing stripped land and further to provide for
the means OF sending commission to observe
carefully and fully to report upon this subject
in all lis bearings. Prof. Brewer of COnnec-
ticut: DR.. +. A. Warder, Ohio, and Mr. j. A.
Saul, District of Columbia, We're appointed a
committee 10 present the memorial to Con
= IL
Ject to the call of the chair.
WHISKY WAR IN TENNEssEE.-The Commits
siOner of Internal Revenue has received a
communication from Collector Woodcock. of
Nashville, Tenn, in which he glyeS a detailed
account of a successful raid in that vicinity
by revenue officers, in which they CAPTURED
1Our prisoners. He fears warm work in Jack
the operation of Illicit diStillerieS is part of
their invaluable rights and thinks that
some valuable lives may be lost.
EN-CONFEDERATES APPOINTED ARMY OF
FICERs.-ln response to a Senate resolution,
the Secretary of War has informed the Senate
committee on military affairs that since July
y, 1856, three persons have been appointed to
the army who were i'll the military service of
Deb. W. Gardiner and VIM. b. Davis, ap
pointed assistant surgeons by the last admin
IstratlOn. and TheO. MOSher, ir. appointed
second Lieutenant I'D infantry by President
Hayes. The Secretary states that the depart
ment was not aware at the time the appoint
ment OF MeSSrS. Gardiner and Davis were
made that either of them served in the con
appointed under authority conferred by the
act approved March 3. 1877. The committee
submitted the communication 10 the Senate.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE TEXAS PACIFIC
BIILs.-The subcommittee of seven members
of the House committee on Pacific railroads.
charged with the preliminary consideration of
the various measures respecting southern
trans-continental railroad communication to-
day reported to the full committee substitute
Tor all The pending bills. The substitute en-
bodies all the main features of the bill intro
duced by Representative Stephens of Georgia
IN aid OF the Texas Pacific railroad company
1he subcommittee propose as a new feature
provision that the 100000 acres of land i'm
Arizona and New Mexico heretofore granted
10 the company shall revert to the United
half
of the proceeds of the sales together with all
the net earnings of the road and the amounts
descriptiOns,to be retained in the United States
treasury Tor the payment of interest and the
creation of a sinking fund. The full commit
tee Will probably act upon this report tO-mor-
Tow.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Leut. Geo. b. Livingston.
ordered to the receiving ship Franklin at
way, to the Wyoming.
On THE RESTORATION OF TIE FRANKISG
PRIVILEGE, the vote i'll the Senate Yesterday
was:
YeGs-Messrs Allison. Beck Burnside, But
ler, Cameron pa, Chahee, ChriStiancy COnk
ing, Conover. Dawes, Dorsey, EdmundS. Gar
land. Grover, Hamlin, Harris Hoar. Howe,
ngallr G9hRstSn nrae Jones {Fla kirkwood
Withers.
NdyN-MeSSrS. Bailey, Bayard, Booth, Cam
erOn (Wis.), Cochrell, Coke, Davis In), Ea
ton. Eustis. Ferry, McCreery. Mcmillan. Mer-
rimon, Morrill,, OgleSby, Plumb Sargent.
salisbury, Voorhees,. Wadleigh, and Wallace
The amendment allows the franking priyi
lege to the President, the Vice President and
Senators and Representatives and Delegates
III Congress TO the amount Of two ounces of
written or printed matter. In this shape the
bill was passed.
The WYOMING AT NoRFOLK.-The Navy de-
partment has received information of the arri-
val Of the Wyoming at Norfolk this morning.
EnsignS w. L. Whitfield and j. o. Nicholson
have been detached from the Minnesota and
ordered 10 the Wyoming.
CHOLERA N ARABIA.-COnSul General
Schuyler reports to the Department of State
that there is great mortality from cholera
among the pilgrims TO Mecca. There were at
that place, between the 2ith of December and
the I'd of January. IS7 deaths from cholera and
al Jeddah, the port OF Mecca, between Decem
Der 18th and January 9TH, l24 deaths Ii is
To be feared that, with the return of the pil.
grimS to their homes, the disease NAV reach
COnStantinOple, where its ravageS would be
incl eased by the present widespread suffer
ing.
REPRESENTATIVE FIELD TO BE UNSEATED-