Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-22
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

" csoAAAS pOA NO"o Ouu OVoSlps
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. - Internal
revenue, s245,903.I1; customs, siO1, ,OH.ol.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent loan to-
day amounted to s45,e0O.
TIE PRESIDENT will leave here next Thurs
day morning to attend the fair at Gu nber .ane !,
Md. Mrs. Hayes ard Mr.. Webb c. Hayes will
accompany him. The party will return Friday
morning.
THE JOURNAL OF the second session OF the
House of Representatives has been printed. 1t
makes a volume OF l,s!9 pages, including the
index.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Representatives
Cl;rAe and Sapp, both Of Iowa, called on the
President this morning The Secretary CT State
also called, accompanied by party of gentle
men from Chicago.
THE GOVERNMENT BUYING GOLD.-The Treas
ury department has commenced the purchase Of
gold bullion at Charlotte, n. c., for greenDacsS.
The purchases average about 5000 per week.
The bullion is shipped to Philadelphia for coin-
age. Purchases in like manner will be COM
menced at Denver, Col, within the next few
days.
THE CABINET was in session about two hours
this afternoon. Most of the time was taken up
in discussion of the estimates to be submitted
toCongress for appropriations for the next fiscal
year. Several Of the cabinet officers had their
estimates prepared, hut some are to be yet COM
pleted. AS stated In yesterdays STAR, none OF
them will exceed the appropriations made at
the last session. Some OF them viii fan far
below.
Presentation. Carter II. Harrison, of Hi
nois, is as the Ebbitt house. Hon Rush
Clark, of Iowa, and Hon. Eppa Hunton. of Viz
gina are at the National. 80. .EX-GOv. Walker.
OF Virginia. is in the city. Hon. William F.
Sapp NJ. e.. OF Iowa, has returned from Europe
and is in the city.
SECRETARY SCHuRz.-Next Monday has been
finally fixed as the day on which Secretary
SchurZ will deliver his Boston speech. He will
deal especially with the question OF money in its
relations to the WOrkingmen. Invitations to
speak have been received by him from Pr0yi-
dence, II. l.; Cambridge. Mass; Buffalo, y Y:
Hartford, Conn; Philadelphia and other cities.
It is not likely that any OF them viii be accent
ed, not at present. at any rate.
SENATOR PATTERSON, of South Carolina is in
the city. For some weeks past he has been in
the west as chairman of the committee on terri
tories to investigate affairs in the Indian terri
tory. The investigation did not go on. owing To
tie absence OF Senator Garland, Who cannot
leave Arkansas during the prevalence OF the
yellow fever. The committee viii hold its next
meeting in st. Louis, November 1th.
HARD FIGHT FOR HERBERT-A letter re.
ceiyed here to-day from the I'd Alabama dis
trict, now represented by Hon. H. A. Herbert.
who has been renominated by the democrats
says: '''There is considerable opposition to him
(Eierbert) by the fusion OF the radicals and the
gfeenback labor party. We are willing to re-
Turn Herbert, and have hopes OF success, al.
though We Will have hard ii ght."
NEW SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY DE.
PARTNENT TAPPoINTED.-Secretary Thompson to.
day appointed Medical Director j. Winthrop
Taylor to be surgeon general Of the Navy and
Chief Of the bureau of medicine and surgery
Navy department, vice Surgeon General W,n
Grier retired some weeks ago. surgeon General
Taylor will enter upon his duties immediately
He is q native Of New York, a resident of New
Jersey, and has been in the service about forty
years, having entered it March 9TH. 1888. There
were large number Of applicants for the place
among medical officers of the Navy, many OF
them backed by strong influence. The Secre.
tary settled the matter by appointing Medical
Director Tay lor, who headed The iiSt OF officers
of that rank, which is only grade below the
surgeon genera ship. Thus the appointment is
III the direct line of promotion.
THE NEXT HOUSE. - Clerk Adams, of the
House, is daily receiving the material from
which he will make up the roll of the Forty
sixth Congress. Already he is in recent of the
certificates of election of members OF Congress
from Maine, oregon, Colorado and Vermont,
Thus far there are no duplicate certificates and
no contestants. The credentials of the mem
Virginia have not yet been forwarded.
THE CHARGES AGAINST HOUSE EMPLOYEES
The examination Of Klinck, the messenger in
the Clerks Office OF the House Of Representa-
tiyes, charged with purloining certain letters
addressed to the Clerk and other officials of the
House, came off before Commissioner Mills at 3
O'Clock this afternoon. Special Agents Hender-
son and Tidball have also arrested a cOlored boy
employed In the House post Office as a cOnfeder-
ate OF kl1nck'S, and ii IS understood have a
clear case against both. 1t is also understood
that the special agents in their report to the
Postmaster General will show that there has
been some careleSSneSS and irregularity attend
ing the delivery OF the mail at the Capitol dur
ing the recess, cOlOred boy being employed at
small compensation TO do the work OF a clerk
absent during most of the recess.
ILLICIT STILLS SEIZED.-Revenue Agent Trrm-
bull telegraphs from Versailles, H., to-day to
the commissioner OF internal revenue, that he
has seized two Illicit stills seven miles from
that place and captured two prisoners whom
he is conveying to Springfield,
DEATH OF NAVAL PAyMAsTER.-The Navy
department is informed that Paymaster Eman-
uel Mellach, L. $. n, died at Trenton. Y. J.,
Yesterday. He was native OF Austria, a resi-
dent OF New Jersey. and entered the service De-
cember, 1S61.
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION has lust re-
ceiyed an important communication from Fred
erick A. Ober, OF Beverly, Mass, the ell-knowr
naturalist, who has been engaged for two years
past (lndeT commission from the Institution
in exploring the natural history of the West
India islands. He has been remarkably success
ful in his work, and has transmitted to Prof.
Baird a large collection OF BIRDS embracing
many new SpecieS-SOme OF them exceedingly
rare and beautiful-unknown in the collection
at the Smithsonian or any other institution in
this country. Mr.. Ober has attained high
reputation as naturalist. and his report on the
fauna OF the West Indies, on his return the
coming winter, Will be looked for with great in
tereSt.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave Of absence granted
Lieut.. Col. Luther P. Bradley from headquart-
erS OF the Platte Is extended three months.
Leave of absence for seven months is granted
Capt. Ii. S. Hawkins, 9th infantry
NAVAL ORDERS.-Ifeut Wm F. Low from
duty on the coast survey, on the 31St inst, and
granted three months leave from November
1St. Lieut.. Daniel W. Davis from the TllScarora
and ordered to the receiving ship Franklin 9St h
inst Lieut.. John F. Wallis from the receiving
ship Franklin and ordered TO duty on the coast
survey.
THE [. $. :. POwHATAN left Boston yester-
day for New York.
DEMOCRATIC WORCESTERSHIRE democrats Of
the sixth Tennessee district yesterday renOmi-
mated Hon. John II. House for Congress ri
made speech, in which he said that in the
next contest between the two great parties
they Will divide upon governmental policy, and