Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-21
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. - Internal
revenue. S646, SO; customs, s5o6,s1,.1S.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan TO-
day amounted to So. 40.
THE PRESIDENT returned this morning at II
O'clock from his visit TO Mr.. Shoemaker at his
country seat near Baltimore.
THE GREAT FINANCIAL SPEECH by senator
Conkling, delivered at Syracruoe ". Y. re Gently
has been printed i'm pamphlet form by the re-
publican congressional campaign committee,
ard is being sent into Pennsylvania by the
thousands.
DEFEATED GREENBAcKERs.-Them most proni-
nent greenback advocates in the last Congress,
who voted to repeal the resumption act. who
have failed of election or renOminacOn are
Hewitt, of Ala: Hartridge and FELTON,. of Ga;
Eden and HartZell, OF Ill; Fuller. of Ind; Dur
ham, of KY; Ittner and Glover of Mo; Sayler,
Banning, Rice and Southard. OF Ohio; Douglass,
Walker and Pridmore, of Va, and Lyonde, OF
Wis.
SENATOR THURMAN, OF Ohio, is not in the city
as has been enormously reported. He is eX-
pected soon. but those i'm charge Of his resi-
dence do not know definitely what day he will
arrive.
THE OLD STORY is revived that Attorney Gen
eral Devens is to retire frcm the Cabinet to take
the Circuit Judgeship OF Massachusetts, and that
ney GeneraShip. The new feature OF these
transfer rumOrS is that Hon. Eugene Hale, OF
Maine, is to be Secretary of the Navy. Those
most directly interested in such matters, how
ever. give the story hat denial. Gen. DevenS
has no knowledge of his going out. Secretary
Thompson denies that he is 10 succeed DevenS,
and as this leaves no vacancy for Mr.. Hale. the
pursuit OF the subject need be followed no
further. Such rOOrbackS are always attendant
upon dullneSS OF the news market in Washing
ton.
HUNTON's CHANCES G0OD.-HOn. s. Chapman
Neale, of Alexandria, who contested with Gen.
Hunton the democratic nomination for Congress
in the eighth Virginia district. was in this city
yesterday. He says that all the diScOrd which
existed prior to the nomination among the
democrats in the district. and particularly in
Alexandria, has been healed, and that Gen.
Hurton viii have no serious opposition. and
will be elected by handsome majority.
VIOLATION OF THE ELECTION LAWS IN SOUTH
CAROIINA.-The President has not heard from
Governor Hampton, of South Carolina, concern
ing the alleged violations OF the election laws in
that state. The Attorney General has no Off
cial reports either from that state or any other
concerning ''OutrageS." The Attorney General,
however, has some information from South
Carolina. Recently, under his letter to District
Attorney NOrthrup, directing that there be a
strict enforcement Of the election laws, num-
Der OF arrests were made by the federal all-
thOritieS of persons charged with violation of
these laws. In retaliation for this the state au-
thOritleS have caused number OF republicans
in sumter county to be arrested on the same
charge. The Attorney Generals information is
that these republicans have done no harm what
ever, and that the arrests are apparently with
out cause. except as a TetaliatOry step for the
arrest Of democratic yolatOrS Of the law.
HONORs TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE ADMIRAL
PAULDING.-The following general order was
issued from the Navy department to-day:
1t is the sad duty of the Secretary of the Navy
TO announce to the Navy and Marine corps the
death, at his residence at Huntington. L. L. on
the goth instant, in the S1st year OF his age, OF
Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, the senior officer
OF the navy on the retired list, and the last SUI
viyOr Of the victory under Commodore McDon-
oGgh, sept. II. 1914. Rear Admiral Pauldfng was
born i'll the state of New YOrlA Dec. 11th, 1t97:
appointed midshipman Sept. 1st, 1911; passed
regularly through the intermediate grades, and
received the commission held by him az the date
OF his death July 16, 1862. During his long period
OF useful and hOnOrObe service he held many
important commands. both ashore ard ah)at.
ana was conspicuous Tor ability, zeal and tilel-
ity. On the day after the receipt OF this order
the flags OF the navy yards and stations, and OF
all ships OF war in commission. viii be kept at
halr-naSt from sunrise 10 sunset, and thirteen
minute guns win be fred at noon. from all the
navy yards. Il. w. THOMPSON.
Secretary OF the Navy.
THE TALKED OF EXTRA SEss1oS.-If the demo-
Gratis make an extra session OF Congress neces-
sary by failure to pass the appropriation bills in
order to have immediate control of both Houses
OF Congress after March 4th next, to pass party
measures, they Will Lay themselves open to some
harsh criticism. Under ordinary circumstances
they might plead as reason for refusing to pass
the appropriation bills that the amounts asked
for by The different departments are excessive;
but the estimates nat for money TO carry on the
government for the next fiscal year are so low
that 1t will be almost impossible to justly find
fault with them. The amounts to be asked for
viii be much smaller than have gone to Con-
ln DrQS haC otnl
this. Several OF his Cabinet officers after being
instructed by him to put their estimates down
TO as low notch as possible, have, after cutting
in every direction that seemed possible TO them,
gone to him with amounts that he has directed
to be reduced hundreds of thousands OF dollars
Ii Is stated that none OF the estimates will eX-
ceed the appropriations made by the last Con-
gless. Under these appropriations there are
several deficiencies which will have to be made
good. These will, OF course, exist the next year,
but as Congress would not provide for them
when asked it will have to make them good as
they occur, or increase the amounts asked for
by the heads OF departments. With such con-
ditiOn OF affairs it is hard to see even if the
democrats should desire an extra session, what
reason they can assign for making one neceS-
siiry unless they openly say ii is only to secure
complete control OF the organization OF the legs-
lative branch OF the government before the date
when 1t would come to them anyhow.
The talk this afternoon is that the democrats
will not try to force the calling of the 46th Con-
gress in extraordinary session by allowing any
important appropriation bill to fail, but to
pigeon-hole enough of the Presidents nomina-
tlons in the Senate to make special session of
that body necessary. Such contingency would
of course, be taken advantage OF. and the demo-
Gratis would then reOrganiZe the Senate and
elect those OF their own faith TO administer the
Senate Offices.
CHIEF BROOKS, OF the Treasury secret SER
vice, has returned to the city from five weeks
trip TO the Pacific coast.
RIVER AND HARBOR IIPROyENENTS.-Gen A.
A. Humphreys, chief Of engineers, e. s. A.. in
his annual report, mentioned in Saturdays
STAR. expresses the opinion that the following
appropriations by Congress may prOfitably be
expended in river and harbor improvements in
TINS Vicinity during the fiscal year beginning
July |, 1879: Improvement of Baltimore harbor
S1tO,0OO; James river, S1SS,0 900; Norfolk harbor
slW,oOO; AppomattoX river $4,000; Great Kan
aWha 100000; Little kanawha, S6S 21O; Wash
lhgton ana Georgetown, $244,00O.
DISASTERS TO AMERICAN SHIPPING.-The q.
5. consul at Nassau reports to the Department
OF State the following disasters to American
vessels during the prevalence of the hurricane
winch swept over the northern and western
portions OF the Bahamas from the 9Th to the 9th
OF september. The British wreckers ON the
18th ult. brought into Nassau the rigging and
a Sahn fo,,eI