Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-09
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

W WaSnlngt0n NEWS anu 0OSSlps
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. Internal
revenue. s4o4 1863. 16; customs. 47s, 1855.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted TO $11s.s0o.
CONGRESSMAN JOYCE. Of Vermont is i'm city.
He is the only member of the House pension
committee Of the 45th Congress who is re-
elected to the 10th Congress.
REPRESENTATIVE BEN WILLIS, of New York,
is in the city. He was defeated for the 18th
Congress by the banker, Morton.
THE STANDARD SILVER DOLLAR-After the 1st
of January newt, as an aid to the resumption of
specie payments, it is very likely that the
Treasury department will send to parties de
string II the standard silver dollar in quantities
of $1,000 and upward, free OF trans sportation, in
exchange for like sums Of greenbacks deposited
with depositary banks.
THE FOLLOWING ORDER has been issued by the
War department: "As the practice of designat-
ing military posts varies in the several military
divisions, and in order to secure uniformity in
this respect division commanders are author
lied, at their discretion. to name and style all
posts permanently occupied by troops, or the
occupation Of which is likely to be permanent,
Forts, and to style all points occupied tempo
rar1ly, Camps"
MORRISON ELECTED IN THE 1ITH ILLINOIS
D1s1RIcT.-The following dispatch was received
here this afternoon:
HGtef'oo. H.. Nov. 9th, 1S1S.-W. o. Fishback
Washington, ID. CT am elected by 1.S26 ma
JoTity. W. X. MORRISON.
This settles the 18th district of Illinois demo-
cratic. In the election in 1876, Mr.. Morrison re-
ceired 4.00. majority. His opponent this time
was Jehu Baker. minister TO Venezuela. who did
not enter personally into the canvass at all, re-
manning at his diplomatic post OF duty.
TIE FOREIGN MINISTER'S resident here most
OF whom have been absent during the greater
part Of the s'lmmer.and autumn, have either re-
turned or are returning TO their winter quarters
The EngiiSh. paraguayan. Chinese, German.
Belgian. Portuguese. Dalish, swedish and
BRAZILIAN ministers are all Eere. Baron Blame
the Italian minister. IS on his sea voyage back
10 this country. The Mexican minister and the
Japanese minister will soon return, being only
temporarily absent. Two new faces viii ap-
pear this winter among the diplomats These
beiong TO the successors of Count HoyOs. the
AGstri1-llunSarian minister. and Marquis Man
tlld, the spanish minister.
PERSONAL.-Rev. Dr.. s. s. Mitchell formerly
pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church in this city is in town. the guest of Hon.
j. ". Thompson. THE steamer Mosel upon
WHICH Nr. &. :. N0yeS was q passenger from
Europe. arrived at New York this morning
MI Jos Nimmo. chief of the Bureau OF Stats
tics has returned to the city and resumed his
official duties NM. c. A. Piisbuly, whose
genial letters from Maine will be pleasantly
remembered b. the readers OF THE STAR has
returned TO Washington after seven months
stay in that state, and Will shortly resume his
winter relations with number OF southern
newspapers. Mr.. Benedict. agent of the
ADAMS Express company, has received the first
inStalment of game and fish from Colonel w H
Clarke and the party nOw hunting and fishing
at ocean City. Mr.. Walter Paris. the we'll
known artist. is in town for a brief visit en-
'c"fe 1rom Colorado TO New York, where he is
now established
PENNSYLVANIA STATUES FOR THE CAPITOL.
The commission appointed to select statues OF
two eminent Pennsylvanians TO be placed in
the Capitol. met in Philadelphia THURSDAY
when the question OF selecting the artists 10
carve the statues of Robert Fulton and Peter
MuhenDerg. were settled. Gen. Cameron Of
Tered resolution debarring from competition
ali but Penney lVdnla artists, which was agreed
70. ard smut out several competitors. 1t wa
decided to adopt Mr.. Howard Roberts model O
Fulton and Miss Blanche Nevin's model Of Muh-
lenberg.
CAPTAIN GEO. BROWN, commanding the L. S.
s. Alaska, reports the arrival Of that vessel at
Valparaiso, october 1st, from Talcahuana, and
would sail for Callao at which place telegraphic
adyiceS have reported her arrival. The health
OF the officers and men Of the Valparaiso is good
The English iron-clad Triumph, recently from
England. was at Callao waiting the arrival OF
Admiral H0rnDy in the Shah from San Fran
cisco, in which latter vessel the Admirals flag
would be transferred TO the Triumph and the
Shah would sail for England. The Chilian
squadron. consisting of irOn-clads and wooden
ships, We're in the harbor in Semi-commIs-
stoned state. Of the many merchant vessels in
port not one carries the American flag.
AN OLD BOURBON. "a kernel' too says he
knows what did il, that .it was Glover and his
ID smelling committee, which laid bare the
| secrets of good deal OF democratic rascality.
which should have been hid, not only under u
bushel but under thousands OF bushels" one
satisfaction, however. he said was that Glovers
constituents failed TO endorse him, and now
Prof. j. h. ii. Wilcox Will have to earn a living
somehow e,se tnan as committee hanger-on.' u
ANOTHER NoTARY.-The President to-day ap-
! pointed 4. G. jenkins to be a notary public for
the District of Columbia.
RELIEF OF YELLOW FEVER SUFFERERs.-Sec-
| retary thompson has received from the officers
! and crew OF the L. 5. $. Constitution at Havre,
France, the sum of S2G0.31 for the relief of the
| yellow fever sufferers.
! IN ANERIClN ENGINEER ENGAGED BY BRAZIL
TO IMPROVE HER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES time since
/ d m Pedro. Emperor OF Brazil, addressed an
| autograph letter to Capt. Fades, expressing a
desire TO secure his services in the Improvement
! OF the water highways Of that empire The
| prosecution OF his present enterprise OF deepen
1 ing the channel q; the mouth OF the Mississippi
preciuded r.;1 @ MS acceptance. The government OF
/ Brazil having anticipated Such a contingency
! instructed Senior BOrgeS minister az Washing
/ ton. TO request Capt. Fades TO nominate some
competent engineer, giving the Minister au-
| thority u engage his Servic s. Col W. MilneI
| Roberts was nominated by Mr. EadeS and was
| accordingly written to by SenOr BorgeS Col
| Roberts was at Puget Sound, completing the
| surveys OF the Northern Pacific railroad, OF
which he Is enG1neer-in-c chief. Col Roberts came
| east, and AFTER conference with Senor BorgeS
| accepted the position, with salary of 100000
| per annum for three years. II his term of ser
| vice required should be less than three wears
| the compensation to be SIS, 900 per annum Col
! Roberts has been actively engaged In his pro
| lesSlon for forty years, and has two sons each
In charge OF engineering work on important
| railroads. He is president OF the society O,
! civil Engineers. also member of the ROYAL In
| Stitute Of Civil Engineers of Great Britain
! During the illness and absence Of Capt Eades
| III Europe he was in charge for one year of the
! St. Louis bridge: also, under the Government In
cEarge OF the improvement of the Ohio river
| membt of board Of engineers who designed the
| keOkuk bridge over the Mississippi river. Al nd J
member OF the commission of enpineers in 1874
| charge d with the investigation OF the practica
! bility CT the problem OF opening the mouth Of
| the MISSISSIPPI by means Of jettfeS, COlope
! Rohel IS will immediate close up his relation:
| with the Northern Pacific railroad, and depart
| for Prazil at the earliest practical moment
| WRECK OF AN AMERICAN VESSEI.-Tne Ameri
! can consul al Nassau reports to the Department
! OF state that the three-maSted schooner s. F
>e.tury, OF Bangor, Maine, struck on Crooke
| lS.s q, Bahamas, on the morning Of the 18th O
/ seq ember, while proceeding from San Domingo