Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-25
THE EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS STO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, s311 ,795. .35; customs. S63O,370 40.

THERE will be double sheet STAR or Sc
columns Issued on Saturday.
CAuCHT IN A CYCLONE.--In a report to the
Navv department of the passage of the u. s.
steamer Essex from MOntevdao, Uruguay, 10
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Commander w. S. Schey,
OF that vessel, states that a storm arose on the
evening OF the Sd Of August and lasted until
noon OF the 10th, handling his vessel very
roughly. He gives ft as his opinl1n that the
ship was In the outer circle OF a hurricane OF
great diameter, travelling to the south ward and
eastward. Heretofore the mariners have held
tnat the latitude in which the Essex was
moving was never troubled with cyclones, but
commander Schley's report seems to overthrow
this theory. The report was referred to the
photographic and Signal Offices for tnforma
tion.
THE TA1LAPOOsA arrived at the New York
navy yard yesterday afternoon from the east
ward.
SECRETARY SHERMAN will go to Ohio short
ly before the election next month, and remain
until after the election is over.
PERsoNAL.-Gen. Sheridan, register of deeds,
is in Ohio on a VISIT and will make one or two
political speeches In that state before the cam
paigD closes. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett has gone down the river, to Norfolk, for
saG, shs Geege Alfred
theater in st. Louis last Monday evening. 49,.
Gen. II. II. Bingham, OF Philadelphia, is at Will
lards. -. M. de Hegermann-L LindencrOne,
G. Menocal, U. S. n, were registered In New
York last evening. John Henry Puleston,
member OF parliament for Devonport, England,
and who was agent In this city for the state of
Pennsylvania during the late war, sailed In the
steamer Pennsylvania from Liverpool on Satur-
day last, for Philadelphia, on brief visit to
the United States to Investigate subjects CON
nected with agriculture In America in it's re-
lat1on to British interests.
Office department is preparing the proposals
for carrying the mails In Ohio, Indiana North
and South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee, which
will be published in November. and the OPEN
Ing will be In February next. The mail service,
under these proposals, will be about double, as
on all routes where the service row is weekly
1t will be semi-weekly, all semi-weekly service
will be Increased to tn-weekly, and all service
to country towns and courthouses will have
daily service.
READY FOR SEA- Commodore Nicholson,
commandant Of the New York navy yard re-
ports to the department that the Shenandoah
is In all respects ready and prepared for sea.
THE ANTI-PoLYGAMY LAw.-The attorney
general has not directed the district attorney
at Salt Lake City to vigorously prosecute all
cases growing out of violations OF the anti
poly gamy law, which may be presented at the
term OF the Z. s. court which meets next month.
No special instructions OF any kind In regard T.;
this matter have been sent that official. The
district attorneys and federal officers, to do his
duty.
SECOND LIEUT.. G. S. YOUNG, 7th infantry, has
been ordered to report to the superintendent
general recruiting service to accompany de-
tachment OF recruits under orders for the de-
partment OF Dakota. On the completion OF
this duty he Will rejoin his proper station.
NAVAL LORDERs.-Commander oscar F. Stan
ton, to command the ship Constitution, Oct.
1st, relieving Commander T. 81. Baker, placed
on sick leave. Lieutenant j. s. Phelps, 1r who
was detached from the Pensacola, Pacific STA
ton, 14th August last, is placed on waiting Or
Chaplain D. IL Trlbou, from the receiving ship
Wabash, and ordered to the Boston navy yard
The Freedmcn's Bank Investiga.
ton.
STARTLING REVELATIONS PROMISED.
Senator Bruce, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee to investigate the affairs OF the Freed
mems bank, is still in the city, and is pressing
with assiduity the work assigned him. To-day,
to reporter Of THE STAR, he said that mas
mucn as he was the only member OF the inves-
tigatiDg committee at present in the city, he
mouth; "but," said he, "when we do make our
report there will be startling revelations, which
cannot now speak OF. Now, there Is one great
trouble find our experts have In balancing the
books, and that Is that just when they reach
that point which ought to lead to some import
ant developments they flnd that three or four
pages of the ledger are torn out. What want
TO do Is to induce Congress to buy the Freed
mems bank building and the property up to the
corner OF 10th street. II such q sale can be
effected viii guarantee that an additional
dividend OF twenty per cent. will be paid to the
banks creditors. With the thirty per cent.
already paid, and the twenty per cent addi-
tonal which 1 anticipate the bank will pay,
the payments will aggregate total of nifty per
cent and that is all think ever will be paid
What ought to be done by Congress is to buy
the building and discharge the three commits
s1oners. who have for years been drawing a
salary of $4,000 per year. II the bank creditors
get the fifty per cent. that Is, the twenty per
cent additional / hope to secure for them,-
they ought to be satisfied, for / feel confident
they will get no MORE"
ALDERMAN THOMAS MCSPEDDON is the latest
prominent withdrawal from Tammany. He
says he has always been governed by the ac-
ttOn OF the national and state conventions OF
the democratic party, and that it is now too