Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-03
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTs To-DAY.-Internalr reye-
hue. 1864. .4145s; customs. s452, 1852. 81.

nue.. 1864 .4145s; customs. s452, ,352.s4.
AT THE WHITE HousE.-Secretary Evarts,
Postmaster General Key, Secretary Schurz, Gea
Tyner, and Mr. Schaefer. of New jersey, We're
among the Presidents callers to-day.
ADMIRAL AMMEN has completed the paper which
he will read i,efore the New York Board of Trade
on the subject of inter-oceanic canal communt-
cation. The paper will be read on the 11th and
will be a valuable addition to what has hereto
fore been written on the subject.
NOT OFF THEIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mcneil, at the Shoshone agency, telegraphS to
Commissioner Hayt that none of the Arrapahoe
Indians were off their reservation at the time OF
the outbreak, and consequently could not have
taken part in the war;
PERsoNAI--Mrs Mary Clemmer, who spen
nearly three months in New England this year,
has returned to the city and is at her home on
Capitol Hill. Mrs. Clemner was the recipient OF
many pleasant attentions dang her . stay TN IN
weak to be out of doors much. There is
rumor that the English mission has been offered
to ex-PresIdent Woolsey; OF Yale college.
tered in Paris, on Saturday. -. BaltimoreanS
propose to erect bronze statue OF Bishop Whit
tingham. Gen Dodge, who ought to know,
says jay Gould is worth more than s20,oOO,oo0.
They say Cyrus w. Field is considering the
propriety of monument to the memory OF j.
fscariot. of unpleasant memory. Col. Dun
in Philadelphia last evening. Miss c. L.
Ransom, the artist, will leave Cleveland this
week for Washington, where she will spend the
winter Dion Boucicault, the weli-known
actor and dramatic author, has arrived here to
spend month in securing the restoration of his
health. He says Washington is the pleaSanteSt
city in the country at this season.
THE PURCHASE OF BONDS FOR THE SINKING
FUND.-It is probable that the Secretary of the
Treasury will from time to time, as the surplus
tional purchases Of six per cent. bonds for the
sinking fund. This fund is now in arrears over
fifty-one million dollars for previous years. The
amount required for the present year will be
about thirty million dollars. If the revenue
of the government keep running up as at pres
ent the requirement for the sinking fund for the
fiscal year can be easily met. and something
may be done toward making good the deficit.
A GOOD WORD FOR THE ARMY. RANK AND FILE
In his annual report, Gen. R. B. Marcy, inspector
general United States army, says: at affords
me much qualification to be able to give attesta-
tion to the fact that the inspectors reports for
the past year show concluSively that the officers
of the army are habitually temperate, and not
The rank and file are enlisted from much more
respectable classes than l have ever before
known during my A years of military service,
and the troops generally have evinced most
commendable spirit"
THE RESIGNATION of Captain Arthur W. Allyn,
18th infantry, L. S. A, has been accepted by the
President to take effect April Sd, 1880.
THE CRUISE OF THE TICoNDERoGA.-A cable
dispatch received announces the arrival of the
T1conderoga, Commodore Shufeldt commanding,
at Alden from Zanzibar. She was to leave in five
days for Muscat the Persian gulf, and Bombay.
All were well on board.
THE CONSTELLATION Capt. Henry Nelson,
sailed from New York last Saturday on her way
to Europe, taking out new detail of officers
and men for the Trenton. She will bring back
the present detail Of the Trenton.
THE LATE SENATOR CHANDLER.-An eXecutiv
order issued by the President says: "The sad
intelligence of the death of Zachariah Chandler,
late Secretary of the Interior, and during so
many years Senator from the state of Michigan,
has been communicated to the government and
to the country, and in proper respect to hi
memory hereby order that the several eyecu
tive departments be closed to public business
and their flags and those of their Dependence
throughout the country be displayed at half
mast on the day of his funeral
This morning, by order of Sergeant-at-ArTn
Bright. the Senate chamber was draped in
mourning, as mark of respect to the deceased
Senator.
A REFRACTORY INDIAN CHIEF SHOT DEAD
Some time ago report was received by Com
missioner Hayt, from the Ponca reservation in
the Indian Territory, that Big Snake, chief of
band OF the Poncas, was freely 1ndulging In
threats to kill the agent Mr.. Whiteman, who
last summer had caused the arrest of Big Snake
and his Imprisonment for month at Fort Reno
for brutal and disorderly conduct, by which he
had made himself terror to all the Indians and
the agency employees. Upon receipt of the news
of his threats of vengeance his rearreSt was Or
dered, and a detachment of soldiers from Fort
Reno were employed to effect 1t. A telegram
received from Agents Whteman to-day an
nounces that Big Snake forcbly resisted arrest
and aIv was shot dead by soldier. The occurrence
caused considerable excitement among the In
dians, but it was soon qu1eted, and at last ac-
counts there was no fear Of further difficulty.
NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN FLEET.-Rear Ad-
miral Howell, commanding the United States
naval force on the European station, reports to
the Navy Department, under date of october II,
on board his flagship the Newton at Villefranche.
court-martial cases of the squadron, sailed on
the previous day for Boston. The Enterprise
also sailed On the same day for Naples and the
East. The Quinnebaug would sail for the west
coast of Italy on the 20thinSt. The Wyoming is
detained making necessary and important re-
pairs to her boilers, and the Newton awaits noti-
Constellation, when she would proceed to Glib
raltar to exchange officers and crew. The health
OF the squadron remains excellent
THE JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT, except Judge Hunt called on the PTesi-
dent this afternoon at 2 O'Clock. This visit is
usually made upon the reasSembling of the
court after the summer, but this year the PreSi-
dent was absent at that time.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Capt. W. E. FitZhugh, from
the command Of the Monongahela and ordered
to proceed home and wait orders. Lieut.. Com.
j. B. Coghlan, Lieuts. Wainwright Kellogg. j.
C. Irvine, Webster DOty and G. Berry, En-
signs H. F. Halsey and c. J. Badger, Surgeon E.
S. Bogert, Passed Asst. Surgeon M. D. Jones,
Passed Asst. Engineer c. J. Mcconnell, Asst.
Engineer L. w. Wooster, Cadet Engineers w. B.
Dunning, II. II. Stivers and r. l. Read, Boat
swain Alexander McCone, Carpenter P. S. Craig
and Sa1lmaker j. W. Wfngate, from the MOnOn-
gahela, at the navy yard, Mare Island, Cal, and
ordered to return home and wait orders. Pay
master G. W. Beaman, from the Monongahela,
and ordered to settle accounts. Chaplain j. r.
Matthews. from the receiving ship Colorado,
and granted eight months leave Chief Engi-
neer j. r. McNary, from duty connected with
the naval board OF examiners, and ordered to
the Kearsage 9th instant. Chief Engineer W.
G. Buehler from the Kearsage on the 9th in
Stant and ordered to hold himself in readiness
for orders to the POwhatan.
MISSIONARIES AMONG THE FREEDMEN.-At las
Thursdays conference OF the Evangelical ALL
anCe in Edinburgh, Rev. DR.. White, of New
York, gave an interesting account OF what l
being done in the southern states among tn
freedmen to prepare them for Christian work.
IL is expected, he said, that in a few years they
Will be able to DrOyi6p Such q SJnply nj mission