Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-07
THE EVENING STAR.
DO u BL E. SH E E II.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GovERNMENTRE RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
nue., 1884, ,oO213; customs. $500, ,2539 90.
THE PRESIDENT, Secretary Thompson, Com
modore Whiting, Capt. English and others left
the city this morning for Havre- de- Grace, Md,
upon the invitation of Prof. Baird of the fish
commission, to witness the process Of Matching,
&C., used by the commission.
FIELD CoNGRATU1 ArEs EWING. The foil W.
ing dispatch was received by General Ewing
to-day:
"Ietroit, June e, 1s,9.-I hereby congratulate
you on your nomination. 1 Will go into Ohio
ana stump for you whenever oyeS you M deslFe
Mr.. Field will be remembered as the Michi-
gan Congressman whom s. S. Cox always deS-
1gnated as ''the gentleman with the elegant
toilet He is an ardent greenbacker and the
head Of that organization In his state.
THE LEGISLATIVE, ETC, APPROPRIATION BILL.
Chairman Atkins will not call up the leglsla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation bill
until Monday, when an effort will be made to
pass 1T under a suspension of the rules
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN
SwITzERLAND.-Mr. Fish, charge daffatres at
Berne, Switzerland, in late dispatch to the
Department of State, explains that the recent
vote In favor OF the restoration Of capital pun
ishment in Switzerland does not perfectly rep
resent the sentiment of the people. 1t was to
some extent political question The intelli-
gent and respectable cantOns OF Zurich, Berne,
Basle, Neuchatel and Geneva voted against
restoration. TO obtain true test, the vote
should now be taken by each canton separately
A question OF estate rights" seems to have been
involved in the recent ballot.
THE TALLApoosA arrived at Portsmouth, Va,
this morning.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Pay Inspector H. NJ. Den
niston to report for duty to the Paymaster
General, Washington, &C. Assistant Surgeon
II. G: Begen, from the training ship Ports
mouth and ordered to the receiving ship Col
orado.
IMMIGRAT1oN.-The chief of the bureau of STA
tistics furnishes the following information, de-
rived from official returns, in regard to immi-
grafton into the port of New York:-There ar
rived at the port OF New York during the month
OF May, 1879, q ,s67 passengers, s,lO9 OF whom
period Of 1878 the total number OF passengers
arrived at the port was 1921, Of whom 2,2l3
were immigrants. OF the total arrivals at the
from England, 1888; Scotland, 9Ol; Wales, $50;
Ireland, 3,142; Germany, 1920; the remainder
from other countries The arrivals at the port
o New 1sea 9o5k dng ne twelve months ended
ing period OF 1873, show an increase of over
10000 the past year.
AMONG THE CURIOsITIEs recently received at
the National Museum Is a lath-like piece of
wood from Samoa, covered with notches and
carved figures. 1t Is supposed to be q sort of
picture almanac, indicating the time OF the
occurrence OF the great feasts OF the year.
PROPOSALS for furnishing the rolled floor
beams, bolts, rfvets, etc., for the new National
Museum building were opened at the Smithson-
ian Institution to-day. The bid OF the N. J.
Ian and iron company was Of the Ph
q Noyes. Washington, 50, $50. The contract viii
be awarded on Monday.
CONTRACT TAwARDED.-Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, Hawley. has reported to Secretary
Sherman on the question referred to him (Haw-
ley In connection with the bids to furnish pa
per, which question arose between w. E. Hud-
son and the Hulburt Manufacturing Company
on the one hand, and Crane q Co; on the other
In presenting their objections the former parties
have united with them Henry Haywood ,,o
was also bidder. The assistant .e.=s:.far;S ~
after an elaborate review of ue Whole matfey
says !nat @ IN h,s SHgment Crane i Co. are en-.
unless the depa ument In the exercise OF its right
shall Determine to reject all bids. The Secre-
Jary has approved the report and ordered the
award OF the contract accordingly.
THE NATIONAL MUsEUM.-The work Of laying
the foundation OF the new National Museum
builning will be finished next week. In antici-
patton of the carpenters labors ground has been
staked of for frame shed In which to keep
Museum building Will be In place by next De-
cember. The work will need TO proceed rapidly
and without any serious drawbacks to be finish
ed before the cold weather sets in.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
met to-day but did not conclude the considera-
tion Of the appropriation bills. Another meet
ing will be held on Monday, at which time 1t Is
the legislative, executive and judicial bill win
be finished and ordered reported to the House
for passage. No contest will arise on this mea-
sure there being no political n Legislation at at
section agreed upon by the caucus, prohibiting
the use OF any moneys for the transportation OF
troops to elections, which was reported yester-
day for printing and recomm1tta1, as also the
"ludicial expenses" bill, are nearly ready for
re-reporting and will probably be completed on
Monday or Tuesday next. communication
additional appropriation of SIC, 900 for the con-
sular and diplomatic service, was taken up to-
day, and after some discussion Indefinitely
necticut, was authorized to report to the House,
with favorable recommendation, a bill pro-
viding for the printing OF $4,000 copies OF the
consular labor received by the
for. 1t was further agreed to recommend the
adoption OF a bill allowing certain parties to
construct an aquarium at Sandy Hook, n. j.,
and granting permission to them to build sea
wallis etc., in compliance with the recommen-
dat1On OF the governor OF that state.
PERsoNAL.-Ex-Secretary Robson sails for
Europe next week. 80. Sergeant-at-Arms
Thompson returned to Washington this morn
Ing Sadder and wiser man than before he left
for the Ohio democratic convention. Frank
Hurd also returned.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
to-day had under consideration the bill to pro-
vide for the judicial expenses OF the govern
ment, the bill being made necessary on account
of an item for judicial expenses having been
taken out Of the legislative bill, which has
already been reported. The committee expects
to get through ON Monday No appropriation
will be made in it for supervisors or deputy
marshalS.
A TREASURY CIRCULAR, just issued, sets fortl
that ''ofiicial information having been received
to the effect that the plague, which existed II
southern Russia, Is now almost extinct, the reg
ulat1Ons issued March 3, 1879, imposing certain
restrictions upon the importation OF rags, etc.
into the United States, are hereby revoked"