Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-29
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue. Sgt, ,&26.55: customs, s46l, ,937.27.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
will vote on Monday on the matter of the dis
tributiOn of the Geneva award
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
were Secretary EvartS, Vice President Wheel
er, Senators Burnside, Wadleigh, Oglesby.
Rollins, Ferry: Representatives kidder, Wig
g1ntOn, CaOell, BrOgden, Pugh, Allenberger,
and Gen. Sherman; also Peter Cooper, of New
York.
RUTHERFORD PLATT HAYES is at the White
House with one of his classmates, to spend a
weeks vacation from Cornell. Webb Hayes
leaves this evening for Ohio.
THE VIRGINIUs INDEMNITY-The President
sent message to the House to-day transmit
ting the correspondence with reference to the
indemnity demanded of Spain by this govern
ment for the seizure of the Virginius and the
execution OF her officers.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPRoPRIA-
TIONs has stricken out of the joint resolution
apprOpriating $4,000 for the improvement of
the grounds south of the Capitol, so much as
required the employment of the poor to do the
work.
NEW COUNTERFEIT NOTE.-The secret ser
vice to-day received samples of the first coun-
terfeit ever issued on the new series of 1875.
1t made its appearance in Lynn, Mass, in the
shape OF s. notes purpOrting to be an issue of
the POcaSSet National Bank, of Fall River,
Mass. 1t is one of the most miserable cOun,
terfellS ever attempted to be palmed off on the
public and can deceive none but those who
are extremely ignorant of the general appear
ance OF paper currency.
UNLESS AN INCREASED APPROPRIATION Is
PROVIDED for the Interior department, fur
ther discharges in the land, patent and Secre
tary's offices must be made. The appropriation
bill reduces the amount previously assigned
the Interior department by $3.50, of which
S2S,260 comes from the pension bureau, and
$4,000 from the patent office.
THE CONTRACT for mail service between
New Orleans and Galveston has been awarded
to Mr.. J; H. X. Hall, of this city, whose bid
was $4,000.
NO BUSINESS OF Importance was transacted
at the Cabinet meeting to-day.
OWING TO THE DEPLETION of the appropria-
ton for restoring the Patent office models the
persons thus engaged are being discharged
hourly as the specific work of each is com
pleted. Only few will have employment by
the first of next month.
A BOARD, consisting of Lieut.. Col: r. I.
Dodge. Maj. r. E. A. Grafton, Capt. A. C. NJ.
Pennington and Second Lieut. E. w, Casey
VIII assemble at st. Louis on the I'D to test
ing too! invented by j. l.. BuSkett of st.
Louis, Mo.
A REPORT OF THE INTERESTING DEBATE on
the District government bill in the House of
REPRESENTATIVES yesterday afternoon will be
found on the third page of this paper.
THE REMAINS OF THE LATE JOHN E. LEO
NARD, member of the House of Representa-
tives from Louisiana, who died recently in
Cuba, arrived at New York yesterday in the
steamship Saratoga, from Havana. The body
was taken to Westchester,. Pa, the former
burial, accompanied by the joint Congress
lonal committee appointed to attend the fu
neral.
COMBINATIONS AND REJECTIONs.-The Sem
ate in executive session yesterday confirmed
the following nominations :-Glenni W. ScO-
field, OF Pennsylvania, to be register of the
Iifeasury Ire IS 3 @ Geo w. Roosevelt, of PennsyIva-
lass, OF New York, Indian agent for the Yank-
ton agency, Dakota; VIM. F. Benjamin. regis
Ter OF the, land Office at Rosebury, Oregon;
Johns. Florida; j. H. Bartlett, collector of
customs at Little Egg Harbor, N. j.: First.
Lieut.. Chas: A. Woodruff, of the 7th infantry,
of captain; ChaS p. Ramsdel, of Petersburg,
Va, to be U. s. marshal for the eastern dis,
trict OF Virginia; Andrew Smithers, to be
postmaster at Dover, Del.
The Senate rejected the nomination of Rob-
ert M. Reynolds, of Alabama, to be First Au-
dltor OF the treasury, vice David w. Mahan,
resigned and that of Jos. w. Huston, of Boise
City, Idaho. to be U. s. attorney for Idaho.
THE BLIND-The House committee on ed
ucatiOn and labor have agreed to- report favor
ably upon the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Willis to provide a fund of s25O,OOO in
Cnlted States bonds, the interest on which
shall be paid to the trustees of the American
or I'M ha0es Tor 6f the the Blind and
throughout the country engaged in the educa-
cation OF the blind.
BILLS APPROvED.-The President has ap-
proved the act to authorize the granting of an
American register to foreign built ship for
the purpose OF the Woodruff scientific eXpedi-
tlon around the world, and also the bill max
ing appropriations for Notifications and other
W0fkS or defense for the fiscal year ending
with June, 1879.
MR.. BLAIR's RESOLUTION To COUNT TILDEN
lN.-HOn. Montgomery Blair's resolution, as
passed by the Maryland house of delegates
Yesterday by a vote of yeas 46, nays 2S, in
StructS the attorney general of Maryland to
exhibit bill to the United States Supreme
Court setting forth that by reason of the
fraudulent returns made from other states
and allowed to be counted due effect was not
gwen to the electoral vote of Maryland. and
praying the court to make the revision con
temPlated Dy the electoral commission law
ana upon such revision declare that Hayes
and Wheeler were not, and Tilden and Hen
dflckS were elected President and Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States
OCEAN CABLES.-The House committee on
foreign affairs has unanimously agreed to
recommend the passage of Representative
MOnroes bill relating to telegraphic COM
munlcatlOn between the United States and
i0felgn countries. 1t Is general in its charac-
ter. and gives the right to lay cable to both
cltlZens OF the United States and foreigners
SUBJECT 10 certain specified conditions
QUARTER MILLION FOR THE INDIANs.-
The Secretary OF the Interior and Commits
slOner OF Indian Affairs recommend an an.
preparation OF $250,0OO for providing stock
cattle, farming implements. Sc, for The Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Sioux Indians. The
Secretary says an effort should be made to
encourage industry among them, and the
INDIANS are anxious that the government
should fulfill its promises.
PARSONS NOMINATION.-In the executive
session OF the Senate, yesterday afternoon, a
motion was entered to reconsider the vote re-
lectlng the nomination of Parsons for U. S.
District attorney for Alabama.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL, in his cOmmuni
cation to the House yesterday, in response to a
resolution asking him whether, in his opinion.
the annual appointments of ten cadets at large
mage Dy the President respectively to the
Military and Naval Academy have been in