Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-07


| ufy themselves before their constituents.
| After further discussion Mr.. Reagal's
amendment was rejected.
MIR. Eden moved to make the amount 10 per
! cent. Rejected.
Mr. !.apham moved to strike out the clause
txnHi Wmch imposes tax OF one dollar on agricul-
Mr. Buckner moved a further amendment
| providing that One-half of one per cent. of the
SOnded PONG !a ae6t shal be set apart for sinking
| Mr. Lathrop offered an amendment declar-
ing in explicit terms that the government of
the District OF Columbia was municipal cor
| pOratiOn. Adopted
! THE BILL PASSED.
| The bill was then read third time and
passed as amended, the opponents of the bill
not being able to obtain the yeas and nays
| on it.
| The TARIFF BILL.-HOn. Fernando Wood
expects to call up his tariff bill as soon as the
| Dill to provide form of government for the
District OF Columbia is disposed of.
1T HAS BEEN DETERMINED, it is said, to
make change in the office of pension agent
| in this city. General Witcher, of West Vir-
| glnla. Will very likely be Mr.. COX'S successor.
| General Witcher served in the southern army
| during the late war.
APPROvED.-The President this afternoon
approved the Pacific railroad funding bill
A FEW of the clerical force of the Patent
Office who lost their places owing to the ex-
haustion OF the appropriation for that office
have been restored. None of those formerly
| placed on the rolls again until further ap
preparation for that specific work is granted
| by Congress.
| a BOARD OF MEDICAL OFFICERS today be-
gan examining physically at the Treasury de-
partment applicants for cadetships in the U s.
revenue marine. The number of candidates
| Is about forty.
EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SILVER
CERTIFICATES of the denomination of $40 for
issue in this city were received at the Treasur-
er'S office to-day from the Bureau of Engrav-
| ing and Printing. These will be the first GER
| tlhcateS issued here. Very few silver certifi-
Gates are being paid out for silver deposited,
there being hardly any demand for them. The
| principal channel through which they will
come into circulation will be in the purchase
OF silver bullion. The bullion for coming pur-
is Purehaseda by the department with the
whom the purchases are made prefer to be
paid in certificates instead of in silver on ac-
count OF the latter's bulk. The certificates of
ena the larger GER denGmInations are are the most in de,
| be made to New York tomorrow to be used
principally for bullion purchasing.
Mr. LAMPHERE EXoNERATED.-The sub
committee OF Mr.. GlOVer'S committee investi.
eating the charges preferred against George
n. Lamphere, assistant appointment clerk of
me % Treasury, by Mr. Langhorn, yesterday
charges are not sustained by proof, and that
| tney De dismissed. Mr.. Glover has addressed
note TO this effect to the President. Mr.
ment clerk under Mr.. Vance. The arrange
| cerned.
AT THE CABINET MEETING TO-DAY the
principal topic under consideration was Mex
lean affairs on the border. No new movements
on the part OF the government were deter
termined on. Secretary McCrary showed sew
two from General Ord, indicating that affairs
were assuming more peaceful aspect. 1t is
th0uglt here that the prompt action of Gene
raj Ord has resulted in frustrating the schemes
OF the LerdO reVOutiOniStS.
GOING BACK ON THE DOLLAR OF THEIR
DADs.-It seems strange, but it is true, that
the least demand for the standard silver dol
lars is in those very sections of the country
where the people literally hOwled for them
| Nothing would satisfy them but the Siver bill.
Inc passage OF the bill was followed by wall
because SILVER was only paid out for gold
Now that silver is being paid out for green
PACKS they DO not appear to want the dollar
1neiy cEeG M tor This is shown by the fact that
OF the new coinage for greenbacks, while New
York had taken $73,65O; Chicago only $1,000
against a, ar Philadelphia, $s2l, $50, and st. Louis
$l,765 to Baltimore $3,5O2. Even Washin Stnn
taken $SS,OOO ~ ""'i'is
The PosTMAsTERs' QUANDARY.-The decis-
| ion OF the Attorney General that postmaster
has no right to seize and open letters on sus
piciOn that they contain unmailable matter,
leaves the Postmaster General in a quandary
as to what effect shall be given to the lottery
tickets, etc., are unmailable. Unless letters
under some circumstances can be seized and
opened, how can the transmission Of such un-
master knoacs that unmailable rstciass
matter, as lottery schemes or .obscene
matter, is being sent, he can stop it. The
next point to be ascertalned is precisely
when the postmaster gets beyond mere suS-
piciOn and belief and commences to know
with sufficient certainty to justify him in
interfering with the mails.
Is the New York State Association
| Political?
Editor Star:-In your issue of Yesterday
your reporter is lead into error evidently by
some things which were said by me in con-
ing Of The New York ASSOCIATION the Sh
say says the association is probably political, for
the reason that New York democrat was re-
reporter asked me last Saturday what the OBJ
| lect OF this association was? / told him that,
H0m conversation had with prominent
this gentleman had told me that a democrat,
however high his standing, would not be ad-
a9 n do not wish to be in
| soclatiOn injustice. hope the time will come
when employees of the government will be ac--
| corded the same rights as all other citizens,
| even to that of joining political associations
| openly, honOrably and abOve-bOard.
| I---.--.----. p. III. E.
| NORTH CAROLINA TOWN ELECTIONs-Fatd1
| Riot i'm Weld0n.-The municipal elections i'm
| North Carolina Yesterday resulted generally
| in favor of the democrats. At Weldon, usual.
| ly democratic, the republicans were success
| ful, but a contest will be made on the ground
| OF fraud. A riot was one of the features of the
day at Weldon, in which the leader of color.
ed assaulting party was killed and others on
Dotn SIDES Were wounded. Ex-Mayor Emery
miltary company was telegraphed for to Nor
folk, va, as there were indications Of a fresh
outbreak. Inc presence of Virginia military
on the opposite side of the river, it was
dhonght' however, might hold the rioters in