Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-15
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enlle, s639. eco. .O2; customs. s495, ,s26.Es.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Jnternalr rev.
enue, $685., ,66o02; customs. s495, ,s26.ia.
WHO is TO BE POSTMASTER OF WAsHINGToN?-
Ex-senator Conover is mentioned in connection
with the choice OF successor 20 Judge EdmundS
as city postmaster. To-day there were paper
postmastership, bearing the names Of Major A
c. Richards, the former financial clerk of the
office; Thomas L. Tullock. the present deputy
Joseph Williams, of South Washington, an
Col. S. $. Sfuoot.
THE SENATE, in executive session to-day, con
f1rmed the nominations OF a number OF post
masters.
THE TAR-double-sheet-of Saturday contain
ing corrected list, up to date, of the residences
In this City of T. S. Senators and Representatives
in Congress- can be had at the counting room,
for two cents each.
THE PUBLIC PRINT1NG.-Senator Conkling to-
Gay presented a proposal from Franklin Rives
of Washington, to print and bind the debates of
Congress, and memorial praying that the con-
tract be awarded TO him. He offers to print
what is now known as the Cong1'esstondt Rec,
C,d, in same style and numbers, and under all
regulations now governing this printing, the
government to furnish the paper at the rate OF
one and four-tenths q 4-1O) mills per printed
page of the book edition, and for binding the
same sixty cents per volume. Referred to COM
mittee on printing.
Ute CHIEFS COMING TO WAsHINGToN.-Secre-
tary SchurZ yesterday received the following
dispatch from Gen. Adams:
LAKE CITY, Dec. 13.-Gen. Hatch having taken
charge of the prisoners and of the arrangements
for the chiefs to go to Washington, and there
being nothing to do for me at Los Pinos, left
that place, and am ready to return to my first
Office duties. Further instructions will reach
me at Manitou, and there will advise OF my
opinion as 10 further negotiations with the
UteS, by letter. CHARLES ADAMS.
The number Of Ute chiefs to be brought to
Washington will be about thirteen. No arrange
mentS for their leaving for this city nor for the
trial of these Ute Indians have been made yet,
Secretary SchuTZ having heard nothing on these
subjects from Gen. Hatch.
THE OFFICERS of the signal corps called in a
body to-day to pay their respects to Secretary
Ramsey. The officers of the other departments
of the army paid their respects to the new Sec
retary OF War last Saturday afternoon.
In UNIFoRM.-The watchmen of the Treasury
department appeared to-day in uniform-blue
gold cord around it. This innovation was
ordered short time ago.
THE STAR APPRESIATED-On of the officers
of the L. S. S, Wyoming, writing from Gibraltar
to relative in this city, says: 60 You can little
imagine how STAR is appreciated on board this
Ship. No other paper draws the same amount
OF interest, and the fellow holding or receiving
one of the latest date is not allowed to read 1t
all to hfmself,-he has to read it aloud"
THE House committee en post offices and post
roads adopted resolution this morning calling
upon the Postmaster General for information
relative to the lottery question, and instructed
their chairman to introduce the same in the
House.
In THE Z. s. SUPREME COURT to-day the case
of HetZeIl against the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road Company, was affirmed with costs by
divided court FollinsDee against the Ballard
Paving Company, and the Ballard Paving Com
pany against Mulford; both cases dismissed.
THE ONLY NOMINATIONS sent to the Senate
to-day, except postmaSterS, were:-Wm. C.
Marshall, to be collector of customs at Belfast,
toms at Saint Mary's Ga; John A. Wright, OF
Nd, Indian agent at Fort Hall agency, Idaho.
PROPOSED STATUE TO REAR ADMIRAL DUPONT
Mr.. Bayard, in the Senate to-day, introduced
bill to appropriate $40, ,0O0 or so much thereof as
may be necessary, to be expended under direc-
tion Of the Secretary OF the Navy in the prepa-
ration of the base and pedestal for the proposed
statue OF the late Rear Admiral Samuel Francis
Dupont, of the U.s. navy, to be erected in the
circle at the intersection Of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut avenues, Washington city.
In FAVOR OF INDIANAPoIIs.-Judge Martini
dale, editor Of the Indianapolis Journal is in
the city to attend the meeting OF the National
Republican committee in this city on Wednes-
day next, and to urge the claims of Indianapolis
as the place for holding the convention. Post
master w. r. Holloway, OF Indianapolis, is here
on the same business.
EX-Gov. PINCHBACK, of La, is in the city.
To-day, to a reporter of THE STAR, he said that
he had charged that there had been considerable
intimidation and bull l-dozing at the recent cleo
tion in Louisiana. in Madison parish; that
since he had made the charge his attention had
been invited to data which constrained him to
believe that he had made mistake.
INvIoLABILITY OF TEEGRAMs.-The Senate
committee on pri' ileges and elections to-day
had before them MI. Smith, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Office at Topeka,
Kansas. He produced the kilograms that were
sent by Senator Ingalls, and from him to other
persons during the contest for the election of
Senator in Kansas and asked to be excused
from producing the others demanded by the
committee. Mr. Smith said he felt at liberty to
turn over the Ingalls, kilograms because the
Senator had given his consent thereto, but he
didn't want to deliver up those from and to
parties who had not so consented. The
committee will hear arguments tomorrow
ON the right and power OF Congress to
compel the delivery OF Geographic correspon-
dence. 1t has been rumored that proposition
was being entertained for the taking of this
question before the Supreme Court in order that
1t might be finally decided, but a member OF the
committee said to-day he had heard nothing OF
the kind. He added that the comnlittee would
tion, the committee decided to change the char
acter OF their demand upon the telegraph COM
paDy by modifying it. Instead of a regular
drag net" demand for all kilograms sent and
received from January to July, relating to or
connected with the Kansas Senatorial election,
they reduce the time from January to March
and name the parties who sent and received the
dispatches they want.
THE CoLoRED ExopUs.-Senator Voorhees, to-
day submitted resolution for the appointment
OF special committee OF five to investigate the
colored exodus from North Carolina into In
diana. Senator Vance will be on the committee
and perhaps Senator Lamar The object OF the
resolution is to see whether the movement OF
colored men into Indiana has any political pur.
pose in II.
EDUCATION IN THE ARMY.-Brevet Major Gen
eral A. Med. McCook, in charge of education in
the army, has submitted to Secretary Ramsey a
consolidated report OF the post schools for the
month OF october, 1879. The report shows that
at number OF posts there are no teachers, it
being almost impossible to procure them under
the present system. General McCook will rec
ommend that proper number OF teachers b
bar IL md