Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-14
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, $685., ga; customs, si1s,7o449.
Mr.. HORACE ENGLISH, Of Alexandria, has been
appointed postal route agent between this city
and Petersburg, Va.
LOOKING AFTER THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
sHIP.-MesSrs. John T. Mitchell and Georg
HILL jr.. of Georgetown, and one or two others
were at the White House this morning.
ARMY ORDERs.-Upon the recommendation of
the regimental commander the following trans
fers in the 4th artillery are made: I'd Lieut.. VIM.
Crozier from company F to company NJ I'd Lieut.
Walter S. Alexander, from company NJ to CON-
pany F. Captain j. II. Coster, Sth cavalry, aide
de-camp, will report in person to Lieut.-Col.
Roger JONES' assistant inspector general, presi-
dent of the Retiring Board convened in this
city November 1st, 1872 for examination by the
board.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assistant Paymaster Frank
Pnnkett as assistant to the paymaster at the
navy yard Washington. Assistant Paymaster
+. Ii. Clark to the receiving ship Wabash
Passed Assistant PaymaSter S. d. Hurlbut from
duty in charge OF stores at Honolulu, and Or
dered to return home. Assistant Paymaster
Arthur Peterson to the Palos, per steamer 9th
December, relieving Assistant Paymaster ]. W.
Littletield, who is ordered to return home and
report arrival.
GOLD AND SILVER IN INDIA.-The L. s. consul
general at Calcutta in his dispatch to the De-
partment OF State, dated october 9th, 1879, pre-
SentS very full reports of the operations in sill
yer and gold in India. The secretary OF the de-
partment of finance in India remarks that the
amount of coin in actual circulation does not
exceed fifty or sixty millions sterling. The rest
of our heavy tmpOrtations is believed. he says,
to be boarded in the shape of coin and personal
ornaments There is practically no production
OF gold and silver in India. Silver mines have
been opened, but are now abandoned, Temporal
rily, perhaps. The reports of biologists indi-
cate the presence of gold in southern India, but
as yet operations are mainly confined to pros
pecting. In various places gold is washed from
the sands OF the rivers, but no appreciable guam
tity is found. The use of the precious metals in
arts and manufactures is unimportant.
THE vANDAL1A arrived at Key West to-day
from Vera Cruz. All were well on board.
COL j. o. BRoADHEAD, of Missouri, who is now
in this city, is talked of in his own state as an
available vice presidential candidate on the
democratic ticket.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS SUCCEssoR.-A telegram
from Detroit Michigan, says that Governor Cros-
well yesterday afternoon appointed Fernando C.
Beaman L. s. Senator to fill the unexpired term
OF the late Senator Chandler. Mr. Beaman Is a
native OF Vermont and was born in 1914. He
studied and practtced law and was judge of a
probate court in Vermont for four years. He
was a presidential elector in 1856 He was
elected as Representative from Michigan to the
Thirty-seventh Congress and subsequently was
elected to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, For
tieth and Forty-tirst Congresses.
THE POST OFFICE WAR ON LOTTERIES.
the representations of numerous affidavitS of
special agents of the Post Office department
Postmaster General Key has arrived at the con-
pIuSjOn that all lottery pOmD9DipS and
agents are doing fraudulent business {" within
the purview Of his statutory powers concerning
''schemes to defraud the public" He has, there
fore, commenced the issuance Of special orders
to postmaSters at specified cities. directed by
name against all persons known to be concerned
in the lottery business, forbidding the postInaS-
ter to pay any postal money-Order or to deliver
any registered letter addressed to the persons
thus named. The mOney-OrderS and registered
letters are to be returned to the senderS and the
letters are to stamped with the word Haudu-
lent" In view also of the fact that most of the
persons engaged in selling lottery tickets are
doing business under assumed names, the de-
partment has also issued instructions for rigid
enforcement OF the existing regulations which
require pOStmaSterS to send all ordinary mail
matter addressed to names that are known to be
fictitious to the dead-letter Office The special
orders issued are directed to the postmasters at
New York city In regard to the following: 80 Will
ly Barrow alias 7. J; Commerford, alias Thomas
j. Hayes & Co.; "W. K Porter & W. X. Creigh-
ton, alias B. H: Porter & Cos "Ineodore
Zsoch; .' 3. Nathan & Co.; ;" 90 B. Frank Moore
alias N. A. Dauphin ~ q" Williamson & Co.. alias
Nathan coa coH all ADVERT adversisins New York @ eity as
their post Office address. To the postmaster at
Louisville, KY, in regard to "T. J.Commerford,"
alias the Commonwealth Distribution Compa-
ny" and to the postmaster at New Orleans in
regard to IN. A. Dauph1n"
LIEUT.. JOHN A. H. NICKELS, U. S. N, was mar
ried in Richmond Va, yesterday afternoon to
Miss Nealie Parker, belle OF that city. The
,,IaC fJ,a
brides uncle, Col. Thos. j. Evans, and was wit
messed by about $50 guests, including 1t Bowles,
U. $. n, also Of this city. The bride is one
OF RichInond's most beautiful and amiable
performed by Rev. DR.. Sledd, OF the Cente-
nary Methods church. The bride looked
bottle-green silk travelling suit. There were
many handsome bridal presents. After sump-
tuous repast the bridal couple left on the after
noon train for this city, and have rooms at the
a bridal tour to Niagara Falls and the northern
cities, reaching Boston next month"; where they
will make their home, the bridegroom being STA
TONED at Boston navy yard. The bride Is
granddaughter of the late Col. Stafford II. Par
ker, and niece OF John Henry Parker, formerly
OF the United States and confederate navies.
DR.. FELTON,, who represents the 7th Georgia
district in Congress- has written letter of about
a column, In which he cuts loose from the dem
ocratic party. He says that nine-tenths OF the
Intelligent people of Georgia win sustain him In
this course. He reviews scathingly the domi-
nant element Of the party, and lays particular
stress upon the course OF the northern and west
ern democrats in unloading everything upon
the South, and blaming that section for every
thing. He also refers to the attempted political
legislation OF the last session, and says that
it was not the attempt OF the South,
but OF the northern and western demo
Gratis. The southern members reluctantly
agreed to support the repeal of the election laws
and Of the law authorizing the presence of
troops at the polls. This, he says, is a good
instance of the course that has been pursued,
for, although the south did not lead in the at
tempted repeal, it has to bear all the blame. DR..
FELTON, is one OF the independent" southern
members OF the House. He has, however al
ways acted heretofore with the democratic
party. His letter is quite unexpected, and will
doubtless create something of sensation. What
gives it more significance Is the fact that both
he and Mr.. stephens have always been on the
most intimate terms, and generally hold the
same views In political matters.
How THE REPUBLICANS CAN CARRY INDIANA.
Judge Tyner, assistant postmaster general, says
that If the republicans of Indiana will agree
upon leader and stand by him they have
good chance OF carrying the state next fall. The
trouble is that there are too many who want to
lead, and hence good deal OF quarreling.