Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-21
THE EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS STO-DAY.-Interra al rev.
enue, s414 ,Sss. s.2s; customs. s49O,S 1854 II.


enue, S414, %; customs. $49O,ss4 Il.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. refunding
certificates to-day amounted to s1O7,s9O.
CoMMIss1oNED.-The President t3-day signed
the commission of Arthur l.. Thomas, OF Penn
sylvania, to be secretary of the territory CT
Utah.
AT The WHITE HoUsE.-Senators Ingalls, and
Logan and Representatives Voorhis Hawley,
Baker Nnd.), Davis Ull.) Townsend and Ewing
called on the President to-day.
DISTRICT DAY POSTPONED WEEK-Chair-
man Hunton, of the District OF Columbia COM
mittee, to-day made motion, which was
granted, assigning to the District committee
the floor on Monday next, after two O'Clock, for
the consideration of District business. To-day,
under the rule, belonged to the District, but the
committee, not being ready to report, unani-
mously directed Mr. Hunton to ask for Monday
next.
NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.-Mr
Joyce, Of Vermont, this morning offered bill
looking to an additional amendment to the con-
stitution forever prohibiting the payment to
d1Sloyal persons OF any money for property de-
Stroy ed In the late war.
REV. MR.. DE LA MATYR, the greenback men,
ber OF Congress from Indiana, today of1iciated
as chaplain OF the House, and opened the pro-
ceedings with an impressive prayer.
CONSSikNCE.-1uc IulTu duulGOr received This
morning a $50 note enclosed in a registered
letter from New Orleans, dated April 14th,-s20
to be credited to quartermaster's department.
and $50 to Comm1ssary department. The letter
was signed &C."
Mr.. A. B. HURT, of Mississippi. has been an
pointed clerk to the House committee on post
offices and post roads.
BILL FOR TIE ISSUE OF BILLION OF GREEN
EG-RpnrQSpntativo 10
in the House petition embodying bill to issue
ten hundred millions "a French billion) of green
backs, and to authorize the Secretary Of the
treasury to loan to the James river and Kama
Great Western canal s5O, ,oOO, 900, Florida Coast M
canal s12 00O Fort st. Philip canal $40 900 900
ROCK Island and Hennepin canal s1s, ,OOO, 900, Os,
Sandy railroad $5,OOO,OOO Niagara Ship canal
Sl4,OoO,o o0O and for railroad to connect the
Mississippi with the Pacific coast an amount
not yet determined. The loans are to be made
on bonds OF the several companies, payable in
fifty years, without interest for five years. and
at the rate OF three per cent. per annum after
wards.
PERsoNAL.-The wedding OF Miss Kate n
Goodall and H. c. Townsend takes place next
Wednesday morning at O'Clock.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DBCIsIoN-A decision
was rendered to-day in the United States Su
preme Court in the cases OF the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway Company against the Canon
Clty ana san Juan Railway Company, involv-
uons 10 the use and occupancy of the Grand
canon OF the Arkansas for railroad purposes.
The DEGREES of the circuit court are reversed,
granting an Injunction against the Denver and
Rlo Grande Railway Company, but the order
dissolv1ng the Injunction granted in its favor
in such suit the cou beiaw beHpsr w rsoen e
nlZe The PRIOR right OF that company to use and
occupy the Grand Canon for the purpose OF con-
Canon City and San Juan from interfering with
that company In such use and occupancy and
construction. Justice Harlan delivered the
oplnlon Cnler justice Waite dissenting.
AN AVALANCHE OF BILLS IN THE HousE-The
republicans made no opposition today to tn,
Introduction OF bills. and a perfect avalanche
OF them were introduced. Nearly all the Oil
bills OF the last session were retntroduced. A
many as fifty different financial schemes were
offered. To-day's grist Of bills will be sunicienI
10 keep Congress busy for year or more, even
OF those offered by the republicans were To-.
pensions. Very few In the nature OF war claims
were onered, and this crop Of bills Will prob
ably soon die out.
POLITICAL ECONOMY IN BEIGIuM.-Mr. VIII
son. the United States consul at Brussels, in a
dispatch to the Department of State, reports
TIE s meeting Of the Belgian Society OF Political
the United States was freely discussed. More
or less desire was manifested to return in Eu-
rope to the protective policy under which the
United states now enjoys 80 large share of
prosperity. The significant problem that form.
ed the staple OF discussion was how to overcome
dne ne almost Almost ooundless resources. agricultural
deemed practicable to aff1x q high tarIfT on
American products. The large increase of ex-
ports from the United States can hardly be
checked by any restrictive measures A reduc.
ZION OF wages seems the last resort.
SIAN AND GIN. GRANTING, sickles. U. s.
consul at Bangkok, Siam, In dispatch to the
Department OF State, describes the gorgeous
style in which the letter of the Supreme Kinp
OF Siam to General Grant was prepared. I1
cOntalne0 an Invitation from His Majesty to
ex.PIesident aa Grant to visit the kingdom as the
cased In Royal purple satin. The consul further
announces that the project of sending an en-
6assy from Siam to the United States has been
finally agreed upon.
WAR WITH MOONsHINERs.-Deputy Collector
W. r. Cooper, at Moorsonville. Monroe county
sends the following telegram to Commissioner
Ied Magm Imy ralqing party Of eleven men was
lery, on the headWaterS OF Cit1co creek. Deputy
collector VIM Lindsay, OF the 1st division, was
shot In the arm, breaking it abtve the elbow
In the seizure and destruction of the distfllery.
Mill Williams, Jason Millsaps and John McEl-
sCS aIS suspected as Jne aSSa1l1ng party. We
started out on the 18th and DESTROYED four dis
tllerles and made two arrests.
oENT BACK TO SITKA.-Capt. Brown COM
mandlng the Alaska, which was sent to Sitka to
protect the white residents against a threat
ened outbreak on the part of the Indians
Ieacned victoria last Thursday on his return
ne reports to Secretary Thompson that he
1ound at Sltka no outbreak on the part of the
Indians, and no indication OF any. on the con-
trary, everything was peaceable and he did not
see anything that would warrant any apnre
hension; The whole outlook OF affairs was so
peaceable that he felt warranted In returning,
alter investigating the condition of affairs. ia
guard against any possible danger and not to
leaVe The place without protection, Secretary
thompson has directed Capt Brown to return
10 Sltka and remain there until relieved by the
Jamestown, which Will leave early in May for
San Francisco
DESTRUCTION OF SzEGEDEN-Mr. Ball, T. g
consul at Budapest, In a dispatch TO the De
partment OF State, reports that he was at Szeg
eden on I he night OF its destruction by a flood
Szegeden was the third city in Hungary in Inn
portance. IL contained 1000 houses Of which
only about 800 escaped destruction. The houses
were bu11t mostly OF SUM- dried brick and offered
Dut Feeble resistance to the flood, sinking dOwn
at the first encounter and burying all within