Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-23

Emory, of Utah. They are principally that he
is under the influence of the Mormon leaders.
will not be reappointed. Among those men
toned as his successor is Gen. Chas: E. Ewing,
brother of Gen. Tom Ewing and brother-in-
law of Secretary Sherman. 1t is understood. in
this connection, that the passage of bill In
regard to MOrmOnism Will be recommended
after Congress recOnveneS by the Admintstra-
tion or by the Department OF Justice. The bill
is not to illegitimatiZe the offspring OF women
who are participants in poly9amy, but to pre-
vent further polygamous marriages. 1t will
provide for prosecution for polygamy without
documentary evidence thereof. Under the sys-
TEN of marriages through the endowment
house it is impossible under the present laws to
prosecute poygamiStS, as no records OF the
marriages are made.
A REVENUE OFFICER FIRED DON.-COmmiSSiOner
Raum to-day received telegram from Collector
Young at Raleigh, N. c., stating that general
deputies Sorrell and Morse have captured an
illicit distillery, with ten stands and two hun
dred gallons of beer; also that deputy in Mont
gomery has seized dstillery of an old offender
named CaIlcott. The proprietor was found at
his distilery, but he escaped, firing on the dep
uty and wounding his horse.
HOLIDAY FOR GENERAL EMPLoYEs.-The vari-
Gus departments will be closed at 12 tomorrow,
and at the same hours upon intervening days
between Christmas and New Year, upon which
days they will close entirely There will be
partial exception to this rule in the Navy de-
pafIlnenU WQeTp only Olo-ilal1 Jne IOTCe Will Ue
required in turn to be present from to II be-
tween Christmas and New Year. The clerks
were paid Off today
LEADING TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS to-day had
an interview with Assistant Secretary Hawley
and Commissioner Raum protesting against any
proposed change in the manner OF printing
revenue stamps on tin foil tobacco wraps. Mr.
HaWley and Gen. Raum assured them that the
department would consult the wishes Of the
trade in this matter
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEvENs left the city last
evening for Boston to be absent until January
1st next, or perhaps day earlier. Before
leaving he said that no selection for District
Attorney had been made.
THE COMMISSION of Colonel Farrow, q. S. at
torney for the district OF Georgia. will expire in
February next. He will not be reappointed.
The name most prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the subject of his successor is that
OF Hon. John S. Bigby, formerly republican
member OF Congress from Georgia.
THE PRESIDENT will leave this week. probably
Friday. for Philadelphia, where he will meet
General Grant.
THE TREASURY HOURS between Christmas
and New Years will be from 10 to instead of
from to 12, as in the other departments.
ANOTHER GILLIAN vIcToRY.-The following
ton from the Chilian consul general at Panama:
"On the 9th of November bloody and stub
born battle took place between the Chilians
and their allied forces. The Chilians remained
masters OF the field, occupying the town Of
Tarapaca. A revolution has broken out in the
province of Moquegua, Peru. 1t is led by Gen.
Chocane in favor OF Pierold. Intelligence re-
ceived from La Paz, Bolivia, announces that a
revolution has taken place on account OF the
recent defeat, the leader being NJ. Nunez del
Prado.'
A BEQUEsT DECLARED VOID. - The United
States Supreme Court yesterday made a decis-
ion in the case of j. j. KaiA, bishop, agt. E. G.
Gibboney, executrix, &C. This was a suit to en-
force bequest made in the last will and testa-
ment of Malvina Mathews, of Wythe county,
Va, to the Roman Catholic bishop of Wheeling,
or his successor to be by him held in trust for
might belong to at the time Of her death. She
died member Of the Roman Catholic Sister
hood OF ST. Joseph. This court holds that since
the bequest in controversy was not made to the
bishop OF Wheeling personally, but to the bish-
Opric. and since the community for whose bene-
fit it was intended is unincorporated and had no
legal existence, the validity Of such bequeSt can
only be sustained on the ground that iC is gift
for charitable uses. This however, does not
clearly appear to be the case, and since it has
been repeatedly held by the courts of Virginia
that chancery courts have no jurisdiction to
uphold charities where the objects are indefinite
and uncertain the decree of the court dismisSing
tlle uAll vi tuG pldlIltlu UtlOW Is WIN
costs. Justice Strong delivered the opinion.
TEST CASES IN THE U. S. SurREAE CouRT.-A
motion was submitted by Senator Edmunds in
the Supreme Court of the United States yester-
day afternoon to advance upon the docket the
case of Augustus d. Juilltard VS.. Thomas S..
Greenman, which now stands No. 779. This is
a test case brought in order to obtain the Opin-
ion Of the Supreme Court as TO the validity OF
the act OF Congress OF May 81, 1875, forbidding
the further retirement Of the so-caIled United
States legal-tender notes and requiring them to
be reissued and kept in circulation after their
vance the case Of John Niles VS.. The United
States. which is an indictment for Digamy in
the Supreme Court OF Utah and which involves,
among other questions the right of the prose-
drawn as jurors as to their practice of or belief
in the Divine origin OF polygarny and to exclude
for bias those found by trierS to observe such
practice Or entertain such belief.
EX-GOVERNOR HENDRICKS, OF Indiana, is in
the city stopping at the Riggs House. He is as
sociated with Hon. Stanley Matthews, of Ohio,
and ex-senator Scott, OF Pennsylvania, as coun-
sci in the celebrated c. C. and I. C. railroad
case which is pending before Justice Harlan, Of
the supreme Court, as circuit judge. Judge
HOadley, of Cincinnati, who is also here. is con-
nected with the case in some way. decision
is expected very soon.
ARMY ORDERs.-Major Frank Bridgman pay
settlement OF his accounts. and will then return
to his station. First Lieut.. j. W. Mae Murray
1st artillery, is detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at Union College Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
AT THE CABINET MEETING this afternoon Sec
retaries Evarts, Sherman, Thompson and Post
master General Key were absent. The city post
mastership was referred to, and the names Of
Gen. Boughton and Mr.. Joseph Williams were
mentioned. in addition to those who had previ-
ously applied for the place. There has been no
selection made.
Presentation. T. A. Hendricks is at the
Riggs House. 1t is given out in quarters
likely to know, that Mr.. James r. Young, OF
this city, is to be assistant secretary of the
national republican committee. ....Mr. s. NJ.
Fassett, the photographer, it is understood has
been appointed to a position in the New York
custom House: Gen. G. X. Warren, y. S.
A., is at the Ebbitt House. Senators Allison
and Beck, and Recorder Sheridan, of this city,
were registered In New York last evening.
Capt. C. Mcclure, U. s. A., Ludwig Gethe-
Inns, OF Sweden, and Amos Broadnox, OF New
York, are at the Metropolitan. Hon T. C.
Theaker, OF New York, Judge Hugh l. Bond, of
Baltimore, and Col. j. r. Pophanl, of Richmond,
are at the National
WITH REFERENCE TO THE PROPOSED NEGo-
TIATIoNs for commercial treaty between the
United States and Roumania 1t is ascertained
that Secretary Evarts has instructed Minister