Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-09
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue. $}49 1O2.24; customs. S475, A7.0i.

revenue. $349. 9.lU2.24; customs. $40. o.441h.
Mr.. GLOvER's INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
spent this morning 0ver-hauling the govern
ment printing office.
COMP Amt OF DIsCOURTEsY.-Sneaker Ran
dali was absent to-day, and Representative
Blackburn, of Kentucky, occupied the chair.
The republicans complain that he rode rough
shod over their side of the House. and treated
Gov. Pound, OF Wis, whe yainly endeavnred
TO get the floor to explain a pending motion,
with parliamentary diSc0urtesy.
PERsONAL.-GeB. N. P. Chapman now of
California, Is in Washington for dag or two,
and is stopping with Col Hosmer i. and l4th
streets. He is looking in fine condition.
personal explanation with reference to state
ments in the speech OF Gen. Garfield recently
delivered in the House to the effect that letters
had been written to those living in his district
to return him (the Judge to Congress. Judge
Kelley replied that the only letter ever
written was one by Charles Foster. of Ohio:
that was written because the impression h I'd
got abroad thai in consequence of Kelly hav-
ing made soft money speech in Youngstown,
wards him and it was limited that as Presi
Dental candidate Mr.. Hayes wanted Kelly's
denomination defeated. Kelley said that
Foster wrote letter calculated to allay this
apprehension he wrote it as a friend of Pres
ident Hayes Mr.. Foster explained that Judge
Kelley. i'm addition. wanted him to stop overin
Philadelphia, be Serenaded, and make the an
nOuncement publicly in speech that PreSi-
dent, then GOV. Hayes, had no wish to have
kelleys renomina ion defeated.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS. TRANSFERS
AND APPOINTMENTS were made in the Interior
Department today. The promotions are the
result of the recent competitive examination
in the Indian office: VIM. Nj. Leeds, n Y.
chief clerk, ($2,C0O) promoted from Sd class !;
Palmer A. Roberts, =. Y, 18th IS, promoted
promoted from I'd. Also. the following promo
tons; Dewitt C. Marshall, y. Y, to Sd class: {:
Geo. S,oh H. h Sh"u!1ers : n Y, I'd class; Edward \;
Morell. \: Y. 1st class; Jas. II. COmpt IN,
Chic, lSt class clerk in Pension Office, transfer
from the office of Indian affairs: Henry j.
transfer from Pension office; Samuel Bates.
Mass, 1st class clerk in General Land office,
transfer from office of Indian affairs; Edwin
Il. Hanna, Kansas. I'd class clerk in Indian Of
flee: tlansfer from General Land office: JOS
Nj. Young. s. C.. assistant messenger i'm Pen
sion office ($72u)
ANOTHER VESSEL FOR PARIs.-At the re-
quest of the Commissioner General McCOr-
mick. the Secretary of the Navy has directed
that another vessel, the Constellation be de
tailed to carry goods to the Paris Exposition.
She Will leave Annapolis in a few days for
New York where she will be loaded She will
be commanded by Captain Greer.
THE [. $. PENSION AGENCY OFFICE has
been busy place this week. and has daily
been thronged with needy pensioners. The
pay ment has been made with great rapiditv-
something near 5000 persons having been paid
III person and by mail.
THE ENTIRE FORCE in the construction de-
partment of the Norfolk navy yard will be
suspended tonight, the appropriation for
March having been exhausted.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL and Mrs Kew
left this morning for Annapolis Nd. to pay
Il visit to their son. who is in the Naval acad-
emy. They will return Monday morning next.
While in Annapolis the Postmaster General
and his wife will be the guests of Colonel j. o.
T.. BurnSlde, whose family is temporarily re-
siding in that city.
A RETURN POSTAL CARD.-The House post
Office committee has agreed to recommend the
adoption of a double. stamp return postal card.
The purpose OF this is to permit an answer to
be returned on the same card.
COMMISSIONER TO PARIs-The President to-
day appointed Frank Wilward, of Kentucky.
to be an honorary commissioner to the Paris
exposition.
GEN. BUTLER AND UNIoNTowN PATRIOT.
A UniOntOwner wrote recently to Gen. Benz.
F. Butler, describing himself as a ''patriot, not
Politician and asking for assistance to OBJ
endorsed as follOws:- Respectfully returned.
do not believe that patriot stands the
slightest chance a OF getting office now Where
Upon Upon sald patriot in letter to President
slghs, I'VE are drifting to anarchy"
ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieut.. A. w. Greely,
9TH cavalry, acting signal officer, is appointed
to attend as inspector ON certain public
able, for which First Lisut. F. c. Graugan' at
Fort Nhlpple, Va, is responsible; Major j. F.
Farley, ordnance department, is detailed as a
member m OF the board appointed to assemble
the Sd Of April next, to recommend a maga-
zine gun for the military service, in place of
Capt. j. H. Rollins, relieved.
AS Soon AS SECRETARY EyARTs returns
from New York, Bayard Taylor, minister to
Germany, will receive his instructions. He
will sail soon, but the exact date has not vet
been fixed upon. Jehu Baker and VIM. G.
Goodloe are expected here next week to
receive their instructions.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICES
AND POST ROADS will next week take m the
bill providing for the classification Of mail
matter and the rates of postage thereon. The
rates pleserlped Dy the bill are cents for each
cards and drop letters. The other features of
the bill do away with the registration of news
papers sent in bulk through the mails.
MCGARRAHAN ON THE WITNESS STAND
The Senate committee OIL public lands met in
the room OF the committee Oh patents today
and began the hearing in the case of William
McGarrahan- who desires Congress to instruct
the commissioner of the land office to rectify
clerical error in his patent to the land of the
New ldrla Mining COmpony. Matt Carpenter
and and jeremiah Wilson appeared as counsel for
McGarrhan, and Judge Jere Black as counsel
for the New ldria Company. A large number
OF spectators were present. Counsel for Ne
Garrahan informed the committee of the status
OF their clients claim, and without any argu-
ment presented the official records of the iiti =
CATION which has taken place on the matter
McGarrahan then took the stand, and was ex
amined by Judge Black in relation to the pro-
ceedings taken by him in the contest of his
claim in the courts and elsewhere.
MARYLAND LEGIsLATURE.-In the Maryland
senate yesterday, there were numerous peti-
tiOns for local option. In the house, a bill was
for third reading, to repeal the
law known as the Eastern Shore senator law,
bill to establish a second criminal court i'm