Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-08
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, SS6S 2a6 81: customs. S596. $50 81

GovERNMBNTRgcE1PTsT TsTo-DAY-Internalr rev.
enue, S36s, ,2s6.61; customs. 1896, ,4sO.S7.
SALARIES OF SENATE EMPLOYEs.-Just before
the adjournment Of Congress the committee on
contingent expenses OF the Senate were d.
rected to inquire into the matter of the CON-
pensation OF the various employees Of the Sen
ate. with view to the equalization Of salaries
and services and the reduction Of expenses
where practicable. The committee have already
made some progress in the investigation and
have taken some testimony Senator Hill, OF
Georgia. is the chairman of the committee. He
is now here, and he ard the other members OF
the committee Senators Davis, OF West Viz
conferences on the subject in advance OF the
meeting of Congress.
THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SUB-CoMMIT-
TEE on the water question, accompanied by
District Commissioners Dent and Twining, 1t
Hoxie, 1t. Green. Col. Casey, Col. Samo and
others left here about O'Clock this morning, in
carriages, for the Great Falls, to inspect the
line Of water works. They will return about
O'Clock this evening Commissioner Phelps did
not go, but remained in his Office until o'clock
when he went to the residence of Col Amos
Webster to review the visiting and local mill
tary.
INCREASE OF IMMIGRATIoN.-The chief of the
bureau of statistics furnishes the following in
formation, derived from Official lreturns:-There
arrived VI Ine poTG OI new 1OrK curing Gne
month OF September, 1879. 2l9,211 passengers,
1852 of whom were Immigrants. During the
corresponding period Of 1875 the total number
OF passengers arrived at the port was 1858, of
at the port during the month of September,
1879, there were from England, 4,3sS; Scotland,
1884; Ireland, 2ss2; Germany, 1886; Sweden,
1,1O0; Norway, 459; France, 352: Italy, 662; Rus
STA, 402. The arrivals at the port OF New York
during the twelve months ended September 80,
1869, were 154,6 $50; during the preceding twelve
months, liz, 124.
SECRETARY SCHURz denounces as false story
to the effect that Spotted Tail had accused him
of having Murdered great many Indians by
sending them to the Indian territory.
THE STOLEN $500 UNITED STATES BOND from
the Manhattan Bank, In New York, which was
recently offered for sale In Philadelphia reached
the Treasury yesterday for identification. The
chief engraver almost Instantly discovered the
original number, although several alterations
had been made IN order to dispose Of 1t Without
suspicion.
THE CONSTITUTION left the New York navy
yard yesterday for Hampton Roads,
SECRETARY THOMPSON returned from Indiana
last evening, and was at his desk at the Navy
department today.
THE CRUISE OF THE Observation-Disclosures
dore Shufeldt reports to the Navy department
from Cape Town, Africa, under date OF August
29th, that the Ticonderoga had been thoroughly
repaired, and would sail october lst, eastward
She will visit st. Augustine, on the southwest
coast Of Madagascar, then proceed to Tama-
tave; thence to st. Mary Island, Nos Beh and
other points on the island. On leaving Mada-
gascar she will proceed to Zanzibar, some time
between the 1st and 18th of october.
THE sPEEDwELL, the vessel of the U. s. fish
commission, expected to leave Provincetown,
Mass, yesterday for Washington, via Long
CROPS OF. PRUssIA.-Mr. Dubois, U. S. CON-
merc1al agent at Aix-la Chapelle, in dispatch
to the Department Of State, reports the condi-
t1on of the crops In northern Prussia. Germany
has not escaped the bad effects OF cold wet
season. The harvests OF wheat and barley will
be inferior to those of past years. This is the
case in most European countries this year.
PERsoNAI-Assistant Postmaster Genera
Tyner is expected to return to Washington to
morrow. 1T is not expected that Justtc
Hunt will be able to return to the city this WIN
ter and resume his seat on the Supreme Court
bench. IA. r. Greenwood and family, Of
Ex- Senator Mitchell, OF oregon; r. D. Loney, U.
S. A., and DR.. J. C. Byrnes, U. S. N, are at the
Ebbitr. Ex-senator Dorsey is in the city, at
Richards, Of KnoSVllie, Tenn, is att aG the " St.
James.
1dE LOITEh1 BUSINESS AND THE MA1IIS.-IQ6
Post Ofnce department has for the present
reconsidered its determination to refuse to
deliver mail addressed to agents of lottery
schemes. Meanwhile the law on the subject
will be carefully examined.
CONGRESSMAN FISHER, chairman of the Re.
publican Congressional committee, has been
sick for some days at his home in Western
Pennsylvania. He expects to return to his
duties here some time next week. He writes
encOuragfngly of the Ohio camDafpn and pre.
diets Fosters election.
SECRETARY SHERMAN left here last night In
the Sis pm. train for Columbus, Ohio, accom-
panied by his private secretary, E. j. Babcock,
and VIM. E. Curtis, the correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean. On the same train was
Huntington, the railway king, on his way to
Bellaire, Ohio.