Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-08
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s32S ,O-1.gS: customs, $A7, ,sl6.6j.
THE SENATE by vote of % to 81 agreed to
day to adjourn until Monday next.
THE SENATE RAILROAD COMMITTEE met
again to-day TO hear the conclusion of Judge
StOTrs' argument in behalf of the Southern
Pacific road.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
today were Senators Cameron of Wis, Chris
tiancy, Dorsey, Garland, Mcdonald, Conover,
Sargent, and Representatives Townsend of
Ohio. Hart, Evans of Ind. CalkinS, O'Neill.
Needer, SlemOns, and Williams.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. ID. Delahanty. from
the receiving ship Independence, and placed
on waiting orders BOatSwain VIM A. Cooper,
from the Wyoming, and ordered to the navy
yard, Washington: BOatSwain Peter II. Smith
the nayy-yard. Norfolk, Va; Acting Boat
swain John II. Brown, from the navy yard,
Norfolk, and ordered to the Wyoming.
HONORARY COMMISSIONERS TO THE PARIS
EXPOSITION have been appointed by the Presi-
dent as follows: Andrew D. White, New York !;
Levi P. Morton, New York: Geo. w. Childs,
Pennsylvania; w. II. H. Davis, Pennsylvania;
A. l. Coolidge. Massachusetts; Frederick
Smythe. New Hampshire; Frank Mward.
hentueky; James ii. Smart, Indiana; Alfred
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lima; Edward Cawles, Ohio: Benjamin E. Gal
lup. Illinois: E. III. Knight, District of Column
M GIa: WIN; Seligman, California; s. I. Merrill,
TOuner, Arizona Austin Savage, Idaho; Wm
Hayden, Utah. Eugene A. Smith and James
Blrney. of Alabama, and j. B. Simpson and
Ashbiel Smith, of Texas, were appointed to-
day.
THE BILL for the classification and registra-
ton of third-cl mail matter, as it is pro-
+l1,,fs sfrl,, &c.
fOrmity with a schedule of amendment agreed
upon by the Post Office department and many
leading publishers, has been printed in pam
phiet form, and numbers OF the pamphlets
were received at the y. D. ID. to-day for dis
TlbutlOn To congressman and newspapers.
r. c. BADGER, l. S. attorney for the eastern
district of North Carolina, has tenderC his
resignation to the President, to take effect
upon the appointment of his successor.
CONFIRNATIoNs.-The Senate, in executive
session yesterday, confirmed the following
nominations: Henry W. Hilliard of Georgia,
TO be Minister to Brazil; Adm B. Underwood,
Mass. Collectors OF cuStOmS-FtZ j. BabS0n,
Gloucester, Mass; John \. p. Allen, New
I Bedford, , Mass; Charles B; March2nt, Edgar
tor, Canada: Edward Ferguson, pension
agent AT Milwaukee, Wis. Frederick Solo
mon, OF st. Louis, L. S. surveyor general for
The MILITIA OF THE STATEs-The letter of
the Secretary of War to the Vice President,
giving an abstract of the military force of the
tnltee states, shows that in the states OF Del.
aware, North Carolina, Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri, Wisconsin, and Minnesota there is
no enrolment of the militia. No returns have
been received from the states of Colorado,
Ala bama, Georgia. Virginia, and West Vir-
einia. In Florida there are 81 commissioner
rnp mi SiND Dnsl
officers or privateS. New York has the largest
organized militia, u. 10: Arkansas comes next
with ll,1C0, Pennsylvania with 10,3f, and Ohio
with 9,5&S. The organized militia of Louisiana
is only Al, and of Kentucky 80. The organ
lied militia of Maryland is put at l.2S7. and the
number of men available for military duty, un-
organized, is put at &,;44.
ARRIVAL OF CARPENTERS HISTORICAL
PICTURE.-Nlr. Frank b. Carpenter, the painter
of the First Reading of the Emancipa.
ton PrOclamatiOn,' will arrive this evening
in charge Of the painting which the generous
sented to the nation. During the past summer
Mr.. Carpenter has spent much time retOuch
ing the picture, and it is said by those who
that he has greatly improved it,. The histOri-
cal value OF the painting no one can doubt.
The price paid by Mrs. Thompson was $4,000.
THE WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY EXAM
INATION.-In the examination before the House
District Committee yesterday into the affairs
of the Washington Market Company. Mr. R.
n. Elliott appeared, not on behalf of the stall
owners as stated, but on the part of the CHI
ton 7. Clark, Columbus Alexander, John G..
Hardness. Charles EdmOnstOn, and John L.
sentaa hI me marHet COMPANY We're repre-
OrdWay, superintendent, and the secretary of
the company, with others. The District Com
mittee express the determination to make
Col. BOB INGERsOLL made an argument to-
day before the House naval committee, IA
yoring the payment of the claims of several
iTon-clad contractors.
THE MAILS FOR THE SoUTH.-A delegation,
consisting OF the postmaster at Baltimore the
assistant postmaster at Lynchburg, Mr.. Abel,
of the Baltimore sun, Mr.. Fulton. of the
AmercdR, and others, had an interview with
the Postmaster General to-day, in reference to
The schedule arrangement on the Virginia
Midland road, which causes mails going from
baltimore TO the southwest to be delayed
about Il hours at Charlottesville. The Post
master General had to leave for the Cabinet
meeting before much headway was made.
with Mi. Bailey, chief clerk OF the railway
mail service, and Mr.. Barbour receiver of the
Virginia Midland road. The latter explained
that the schedule arrangement now in force
on his road was made necessary by the Sched-
ules by railroads still further south. He pro-
lnl>tu 10 NTlte 10 the managers OF these roads
and to try TO enter into some agreement with
them by which the delay at CharlOtteSv lille
may be Obyiated.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE of the Senate COM
mittee on appropriations will meet at the
Freedman's hospital tomorrow at 10 a. M, to
continue its investigation into the affairs of
that Institution.
JUDGE KELLY, who has been detained for
several days from the sessions of the House, is
quite i'll al his residence in this city,
PERsONAL.-Hon. Casey Young of Tennes-
see, was taken seriously i'll yesterday in the
House of Representatives, and is confined to
his room by threatened attack of menn-
gifts.
1HE INVESTIGATION OF DOORKEEPER POLK.
The committee on reform in the civil service
resumed the DOOrkeeper Polk investigation
to-day. Most of the time was spent i'm the ex-
animation of the dOOrkeeper's books The
chief clerk, Mr. Charles voorhees,. explained
the manner OF keeping them. lit appeared
that the law allowed ffty-three employees but
there were sixty three in the books but the
number in excess of these allowed by law were
paid by those on the regular roll. James F.
Edwards, of Missouri, teftified that he was
swOrR in and placed on the $1,000 roll, but
when he came to receipt for his pay he was
,yiN only