Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-28
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

aSllngton news ana d0sS1p'
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue. s597, ,Oo3.Oi; customs, $337, ,S49.9I.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEyENs went to Phila-
delphia last night for a day or two on import
ant business.
A BILL was introduced in the House today
to change the name of the schooner Rooster
to Louise
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs-The Ply
mouth arrived at Portsmouth, Va, late Satur
day evening. The POwhatan left Norfolk
Saturday morning for st. Thomas.
APPOINTMENTS Ts-Commssioner General
Mccormick has appointed Messrs. E. d. Nor
gan, j. Taylor Johnston, Parke Goodwin John
H. Sherwood. ". Nj. Beckwith, J. w. PinchOt,
Robert Gordon, Charles s. Smith, II. q. Mar
quand and Robert g. Dun to take charge of
the American art exhibit at the Paris eXpOSi-
ton.
A NAVAL ORDER MODIFIED.-On the sug-
geStion of Representative Muller, of New
York, the recent naval erreqmr1ng that all
boys on the receiving ships shall attend divine
service on the ships will probably be modified
so as not to compel any to attend worship
against his conscience and convictions.
Is 1T A TRIPARTITE ALLLANCE?-Gen. But
Ter, Gen. Tom Ewing. and Senator Blaine had
a long and animated conversation to-day in
the House, which attracted the attention of
the galleries.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, at its meeting today, appointed
next Saturday morning as a time for hearing
a delegation from the citizens committee.
THE TRADE DoILAR.-The Treasury depart
ment has Information that over 1,O00,0O0 of
trade dollars have during the present month
been sent from San Francisco by express to
the eastern cities to be placed IN domestic
circulation. At the same time there is cOnsid-
cradle demand for these coins for export to
China. The gain as profit on shipping trade
dollars to the eastern states is three per cent.
Secretary Sherman has the matter under con-
sideratiOn, and it is probable that the trade
dollar coinage will, for a time, either be wholly
suspended or the Philadelphia mint will be
opened for the same coinage, in order to place
the eastern holders of bullion upon an equality
with those on the Pacific coast.
SECREIARY SHERMAN, in a letter to Senator
Morrill,, Says he has as4fe7sssselanged his opinion
as to the technical or legal right to redeem the
principal of the fiye-twenty bonds in legal
tenders, but that he has always insisted that
We could not avail ourselves of this legal right
until we complied in all respects with the legal
and moral Obligations imposed by the legal
tender note. to redeem, it in coin ON demand,
or to restore the right to convert il into an
interest bealing government bond. The Sec
consistent with his position now.
Mrs. SARA A. SPENCER AND DR. MARY
WALKER made arguments before the House
committee on territories this morning favor
ing women suffrage in Utah. Mrs. Spencer
wanted the polygamists of that territory dis
1ranchiSed
SILVER PET1TIONS.-Dan Voorhees, present
ed in the Senate today a petition Of 200 cit-
zens of Albany, MY, praying for the remonet-
IZation OF silver and the repeal of the resump-
tiOn act. Mr.. Ingalls, presented similar pet-
ton from 800 citizens of Kansas.
THE TREASURY PRINTING. - EX- Secretary
BristOW appeered before the banking and cur
rency committee today and made an argu-
ment i'll favor of giving the bank note COM
panies a portion of the work OF printing
government that since the work was taken
from the bank note companies the govern
ment is saving one-half of the cost.
Post OFFICE BANKS FOR RSAvINGs.-Repre-
sentative Waddell's bill to establish and
maintain national savings repositories as a
branch of the Post Office department, which
was introduced by him Friday and referred to
the committee OH post offices and post roads
OF which he is chairman, is, in many re-
spectss,. similar to the bills heretofore intro
duced for that purpose: In order to give com
plete and direct security to all depositOrs, the
credit Of the United States is pledged for the
repayment to the depOsitOr, or to his legal
representative, of every sum of money depOs-
tied. There is to be chief office at Washing
ton and the Postmaster General Is authorized
10 designate such suitable money order post
offices, at which the salary of the postmaster is
not less than $500 per annum, as the business
of the Postal Savings Depository may require
The rate of interests on the deposit shall not
exceed ) per cent per annum and shall on the
each year. be added and become part of the
principal. The aggregate amount Of principal
and and interest to the credit of any depostor
depOsitOr, whether remaining on deposit in
said depository. OF invested in bonds, for which
the bill makes provision, or in the in
the custody of the United States, be liable to
taxation under any state or municipal author
lty; and any such money shall not be liable to
Who the OF OF tHe
or by reason OF any debt due against the de-
positor or his legal representative.
BENJAMIN c. CARD, QuartermaSter. T. S. A.
stationed at st. Paul, Mimi, has sent long
official report TO the QuartermaSterG General
in reply to a letter dated December 21 1877
signed H.. j. r., making charges of official
wrong doing in regard TO the loss of the
steamer of Donald Cameron, on the Yellow
stone river, the building of forts there, etc. In
his report. QuartermaSter Card seems to effect
ually dispose of The charges.
RUMORED TROUBLE AHEAD FOR SENATOR
PATTERsON.-lt is rumOred that Governor
Hampton, of South Carolina, has forwarded
acquisitions for the arrest of Senator Patter-
son to the governors OF Maryland, Delaware
and Ohio. through which the Senator will pass
OH his way to Pennsylvania, to visit Hon 81
mon Cameron, in company with Col. w. H.
Moore, Mrs. P.s brother a banker from Lock
Haven, and Ma jOr John NJ. P0meroy of Cham
bersbnrg, Pa, who have arrived to assist i'm
the removal of the Senator. The friends of
the Senator think this action shows a want of
gratitude for his signal service lately rendered
IN seating South Carolina s favOrite son. Gen
NJ. {. Butler.
NOT MUCH DANGER OF AN INDIAN WAR AT
PREsENT.-A dispatch was received at the
War department this morning from General
Sheridan, dated Chicago, January q, and ad-
dressed to Gen. w. T. Sherman saving: {. L
have your dispatch of yesterday. l think the
report coming from the upper Missouri should
be taken with large allowance of Indian ex-
aggeratiOn. | think it extremely doubtful if
Sitting Bull has recrossed the line, and at all
events there is not much danger OF hOstilities
at present. will see that Miles is reinforced
as early as it is possible 10 do so.''
PERsONAL.-SenatOr ingalls, has returned
from Kansas, and occupied his seat in the Sen
ate to-day. - Ex-senator SAWYER, of South
Carolina, was in the Senate chamber to-day
- Murat Halstead and District Commits