Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-06

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the tour per cent. loan to-
day to amounted 81, ,l73,350.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day, were Secretary Schurz, Postmaster
General Key, Senator Kellogg, and Repre-
sentaiiyes Neal, Lapham, Hayes. McCOOk.
Hubbell, Hunter. Robinson, of Indiana, and
Keifer.
A NUMBER of citizens of Alexandria were
at the White House today seeing about the
pOstmastership down there.
NOMINATIONs.-The President sent to the
Senate the nominations of a number OF post
masters, also the following: Harvey Carpen
ter, of Nevada, to be receiver OF public
moneys at Eureka, Nevada.
THE President has not been officially no
tilted of the adoption of the resolution offered
in the Potter investigating committee yester-
day, calling on him for letters written by Sen
atOr Matthews in behalf of AndersOn'S appli-
cation for office. When he receives such mott
ticatiOn he will send to the committee all the
letters he has received in this immediate con-
nectiOn, of which there are number. They
will not aid materially in the Investigation, as
they might be read from the house top without
to the President under cover of Mr.. S. A. Gus
tin, the Presidents stenographer.
DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF THE ANDERSON
MATTHEWS BUsINEss.-The letter introduced
before the Potter committee yesterday, writ.
len by James E. Anderson to Hon. Stanley Mat
thews, enclosing the Weber agreement, has
given the democrats this theory concerning the
connection between Senator Matthews and
the witness ARderSOn:-Packard had become
OTely grieved over his treatment by the ad-
miniStratiOn, and was endeavOring to collect
evidence to blow it out of water" at it WERE
and was relying on certain damaging dOcu-
mentary evidence, which he believed to be in
existence, to bring scandal upon the new ad-
miniStraton: in his PacKard's) endeayOr to
9PpnmnISb he nj
to Anderson, because the latter, from the part
he played i'll the state canvass, was valuable
aagxiiliary to help him; andersen instead Of
cinnati and told Senator Matthews of Pack
ard plan. and at the same time told him that
with his (Matthews) assistance and co opera
very documents that Packard HeSSa WSs 81 SEEK ee
ing; that Matthews. advised him Can
drs ddeTson2 ito to e back to Ne% Orleans
and to enable Anderson the better to accom-
plish this purpose he gave him a letter to Gen.
Harlan, member of the Louisiana commits
New Orleans and did forward to Senator
Matthews certain documents, including the
Weber and Nash agreements, and when he
had thus gotten out of Packard's reach these
papers ne claimed his reward. and in con.
slderatiOn OF this service solely, Senator Mat
thews tried to assist him to a place in the pnb
lie service.
SECRETARY MCCRARY, accompanied by
Gen. MeIgs, made a visit of inspection to the
Arlington cemetery this afternoon.
THE RESUMPTION REPEAL BILL VIRTUALLY
kILLED.-SenatOr Voorhees, to-day made an
effort to call up the House bill to repeal the
resumption act and the vote thereon indicated
quite cOnclusively that financial legislation for
the session is nlShed. Upon a motion as to
the order OF business, there were three bills
antagOnlZing one anOther-the army bill the
river and harbar bill, and the resumption re-
nl t.ll 70 rIfn pI-ntN
question whether the army bill or the river
and harbOr bill should be AIKEN up and the
Senate voted to take up the army bill Then
the friends Of the resumption repeal law an
tagOniZed ii against the consideration of the
army bill, claiming that if it was not taken up
today 1t would not be at this session. A square
vote was reached. and by yeas 35 to nays %
the Senate decided TO 60 on with the army
bill; thus practically defeating the resumption
repeal bill
AN INTERESTING WEDDING.-Mr. and Mrs.
Simon Wolf have issued cards for the mar
rage OF their daughter Florence and Mr.
Fred. GOtthold on the evening of the 18th, at
Z, O'Clock, at the Temple. on Sth street. After
Marini's hall. The wedding will undoubtedly
be one of the most interesting events of the
kind ever witnessed i'll Washington.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.-It is thought at
the War department that there is no very
great danger OF a general Indian war in the
northwest threatened day or so ago. Under
orders Generals Sheridan, Mcdowell and
Howard have ceen putting the troops as fast
as possible to the scenes Of disturbance This
has had most salutary effect, and the Indians
begin to see that to start on the war path
means almost immediate annihilatiOn At
the beginning of the NeZ PerceS war of last
summer most Of the troops available for In
dian service were drawn eastward by the riots
and could not be made available in force for
its Immediate suppression. This year the
condition of affairs is different, and the Z. S.
forces are being promptly used for the dis
cOuTagement OF hOStilitieS on the part OF the
BannOckS and other dissatisfied Indians.
SENATOR GORDON, of Georgia, who is to
deliver an Grafton at Evansville Indiana, on
the Fourth of July, has been notified that he
days OF the revolution, but to choose any topic
that suits him.
GRAVES OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS
The Secretary of War has transmitted to the
Senate communication from Quartermaster
General Meigs, in which, with reference to the
recent report OF the Senate military committee
fav0ring the purchase of the ground near Co
lumouS Ohio, on which number of cOnfed-
crate prisoners were buried, he submits list
OF other places where confederate prisoners
are buried and an estimate of the expenditure
thai would be required to purchase and en-
close the land and mark the graves The esti-
mate IS Tor the purchase OF prison cemeteries
used during the late war. $4,000; for enclosing
placed at the graves, s9i, 500; total, $2l4, 500.
The number OF prisoners dying in captivity is
stated at nearly T,OOO and the number of
burial places 10
A CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED from New York
summOning the leaders of the national party
to meet Peter Cooper in Washington June 10,
In order that strong appeal may be made to
Congress TO pass the bill repeating the reSuup-
tiOD act.
GENERAL SHERMAN in a letter to the Ninth
Army Corps at Springfield, Mass, says: ~
approve highly OF these army meetings and
banquetS, for there is real danger that silence
OF our s0ldlerly masses may again, as in 1851,
be miSconStrued. Men who filed the ranks OF
our northern army were of the most indus
triOuS class, who now again are so immersed
III business matters as not to hear or heed Yio-
lent harangues OF another kind. Therefore
hope you Will have at Springfield a full repre-
Sentation OF the old ninth corps. and that you
will speak right out and to the point that the
enemies OF our country may not again commit
the fatal mistake OF rushing Into civil war
The INTERVIEW between the President and
Governor Wade Hampton on Monday was, it
is stated, brought about that the latter might
intercede with the President for the pardon of
penitentlary who We're convicted and SEN
fenced during the kukluX prosecutions in
South Carolina a number of years ago. Gov.
Hampton has reason TO believe, aud so repre-
sented to the President, that the persons in
whose behalf he smoke wora enr yiarp5 Fhnut