Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-12
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GovERNMENT RECEIPTS STO-DAY.-Internalre reve-
nue., st4l ,69l.79; customs 1915 5554.l4.
THE TAlLAroosA sailed from Charlestown,
Mass, this morning for Newport.
The FOLLOWING NOMINATION was sent to the
Senate to day:-J. NJ. Bynum OF Rienzi, to be
supervisor of the census for the first district OF
Mississippi.
GEN. MILES, commanding ia the northwest, is
in the city.
Mr.. FELTON, of the House ways aud means
committee, has recorded his vote against the
Garfield proposition
JUDGE KELLY. of Pennsylvania. reached his
66th birthday to-day, and his friends presented
him with a handsome basket OF f1oTers which
was placed Oh his desk in the House to-day.
FaEEDNANs BANK DEPosIroEs. s.-Senator,Bruce
to-day introduced bill to appropriate two
million dollars dollar. to pay the deposItors of the
defuDct Freedman'S bank. The bill declares
that the government is responsible to depoS-
it0Ts.
Mr.. CLYMER, OF Pa, who is to be married this
week in St Louis, has turned over the charge of
the army bin to Chairman Atkins and taken
Horace Greeley s advice and gone west.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.-SenatorS Plumb and
Cameron, OF Wisconsin. and Representatives
Hubbell, Ward. Thompson and R0beson called
on the President to-day.
SENATOR growers IIINEss.-It is reported
that senator Grover. OF oregon. is seriously i'll
at Wilmington. Delaware. His ailment is par
dlysis.
IT IS SAID that Senator Hill and others Of the
Senate committee on priI ieges and elections
have threatened to resign from service on said
committee ii the caucus Of the democratic Sen
ators fail TO stand by the report made in the
kelI0gg-Sponord case
GEN GARFIELD is paired during his absence
with Randolph Tucker. OF Virginia lie trd
Mr. Tucker before he left for the west that if he
cluckefl desired 10 vote for the army bill order
ht could do So as lie tGafteld} would vote for II
| II ne were present when the House votes on the
! subject.
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS John Haywood has
been appointed internal revenue storekeeper OF
the lst Illinois district: F. W. Roberts. gauger
! for the ist Missouri. and W. f. Bearden store
Keeper and GaG9ei Tor the 9TH Tennessee dis
tflCt.
THE CAUSE OF DIsM1ssAL.-Jasper w john
son. who has been dismissed from the War de-
partment. was engaged in codifying the laws
relating 10 military reservations. lie had fin
Ehed that work. and his services were no longer
required. While there were charges agalHsf
him, the completion OF his work was the reason
OF his dismissal.
AN AWAKENED CoNsGIENcE-The President
today received the following letter enclosing
| one hundred and thirty dollars:-''My compl-
ments to your honor Dear Sir, was in the
afIna OF the late war; union soldier, and did
great rong by takeing a horse belonging to
the government and sold him and kept the
money became convicted for the deed Joined
the NJ. l.. Church, and asked God for mlIrcy
and had to promece him to pay for the horse
ana d1d SO. and he forgave my sins, and now
am able TO pay the money in to your hand. as II
belongS TO the government. Please ind en-
closed $40, which you Will please accept
The post marx on the enveiope e1J eo6tann l11iaE
ms ms letter IS so badly marked as TO be unrecog-
nlZabie The money was turned into the
treasury On account OF conscience.
LIVELY TINES IN SOUTH AMERICA-The Chill
ian Minister has received advices from Panama
stating that revolution has recently broken
out In Bovfa, headed by Coils. silva ana
hachadS. This revolution, the dispatch asserts
was brought about By the discomfort OF the B0,
1Vlan people on account OF the past reverses of
The BoliVtans in The war against Chill The
thiilan legation has also received the following
from fananld: IL is announced that Callao is 10
pt oiockaGed OF DOmbarded. The Peruvian army
OF Torato has been defeated. a counter reyolu-
non mas taken place in Bolivia, and Compero
has been restored.
GENERAL DICHMAS. L. S. minister to Bogota
the capitol Of ihe United States OF Colombia.
Will leave shortly to return to his post He has
been here for some months In consultation
win me administration, especially on the SUBJ
Ject OF lnter-oceanic canals. His testimony and
views nave been given at length TO the H6tI54
select lnter-oceanic canal committee General
Dichman will before leaving receive further in
StfucuonS from the department of State on this
Saot sO{ CT. IL Is proposed that he shall be sent
pack IN nlted states man-of-war. This has
not yet been definitely settled nor the man-of
war selected. He WILL il is understood, how
ever, have boom. He upholds, OF course the
views announced by President HAYES in regard
10 The subject or inter-OCeanic canals
BEFORE THE EXODUS COMMITTEE, Saturday.
Isaiah Weir (coIored), OF Philadelphia, testified
that he believed the exodus resulted from op-
preston of the coiored men by white men.
sOuth; that II the negroes should vote the deln-
OcratiC ticket there would be no trouble W. F.
Ford (Whltel. cotton factor, OF Shreveport, tes-
titled that there was plenty OF work for colored
men there AZ sl2 to SIS a month"; he had never
seen any Violence towards them. Witness had
been member Of the white league in "A; it
was an organization 10 preserve peace without
regard TO color. James Butler (colored) said he
owned IL or l3 city lots and considerable per
sonar sS property. which he had accumulated in
ShreVepoit since the war; said he voted the re-
publican ticket and had no trouble. Several
other witnesses, both White and co.ored. from
Shreveport. testified to the fact that friendly
Ieiatnohs tS I existed between the races, and that
tnt coioItu men. wherever Industrious were
prosperous Rev. j. Barnett, of Topeka Kan
sas, testlned that the general sentiment, eXcent
against. the exodus movement. j. C. Ueoberd
OF Iopeka, formerly secretary OF the Kansas
mee0nans relief association. testified that he
olu @ noL lHihk IL pest FOR large numbers OF col
0fed men TO comeO Kansas.
NAVAL ORDERs.-C g. II. Cooper. TO
command the navy yard, New York. may 1st.
relieving Commodore ]. ". a. Nicholson, who
is placed On waiting orders; Captain L. a, Kim !
berry, as captain Of the New I0rk navy yard.
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