Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-30

national BANK NOTES received for REDEMPTION
to day. Sl61 eco.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY Is expected to re-
turn to the city ON Monday next.
SENATOR WALLACE, chairman Of the Demo.
cratic congressional Campaign Committee. has
gone to Pennsylvania for few days.
SECRETARY THOMPSON is not exoected to re-
turn to Washington before the 1st of Septem-
Der.
TIE BoAED to eXsmine applicants for promo.
tions in the army as second Heutenants Will
convene in this city in september.
MOVEMENTS OF US. NAVAL vEssELs.-The
Navy department Is advised of the arrival Of
the U. S. steamer Dispatch at New York yester-
day. The I. s. steamer StandtSh left New
York yesterday for New port
The HANCOCK SHERMAN CORRESPONDENCE
| Gen. sherman, who has returned from his west
ern trip, does not deny that there was a CORES
| pondence between himself and Gen. Hancock
| ante dating the Inauguration OF President
/ hayes. The purport OF this correspondence,
! he says, however. has been grossly misre
resented and exaggerated. He declines to give
/ copies o. any OF Gen. Hancocks letters for pub
| Hcatton. If Gen. Hancock desires such public.
| ton he v Ill mail him copies or any letters he
! may require and If he then sees fit to make the
/ same public. 1t Will be bis own and not Gen.
| ShefmanS act.
/ SAbiNET DiStIoS The SPANISH OUT
| RAGES-The regular session OF the cabinet was
held today, Secretaries Sherman and Evarts
| being the only two heads OF Departments pres.
| ent The principal subject discussed was the
| hF'ng upon American merchantmen on the high
sea oy spanish war vessels Despite the report OF
| Admiral Nyman the State department is In
| posse ssion OF sufficient testimony TO show that
| there is reasonable cause to apprehend that
| the indtgnfty did not take place in Spanish
| waters. 1t was decide to fully Investigates the
| matter, and IT, as is believed, the vessels fired
| upon were. outside Spanish jurisdiction a d.
! mahd for reparation VIII be made upon the
| Maurl0 government.
| CAPT. GEORGE D. WISE, who has been nom,-
| mated for Congress by the democrats of the
| Richmond, Va, district. was born In Accomac.
and is the son of FULLY r. Wise. who was First
| Auditor OF the Treasury under President Tyler.
| HIS youth was passed In this city, where be
| flled The position OF page in the House of
| Representatives from the age OF ten years. At
! the beginning OF the war he resigned his place
| and went south and received an appointment
| In the confederate army, and was. as adjutant
! severely wounded at the battle of ReSaca In
| Georgia, on the 14th of May, 1864, being shot
| through the body While leading the charge OF
| regiment OF infantry In the Reynolds brigade.
GEN. EPPA HUNToN has addressed card to
the people Of the eighth Congressional district
| OF Virginia, in which he states that he is not a
candidate for the nomination for Congress- and
| does not wish MS friends to antagOnize the
aspirants now before the district. He advocates
| united support OF Hancock and English and
! the democratic Congressional nominees. Gen.
| HuntOn's friends consider his withdrawal as
| final. and will not urge his name. Gen. Payne
| ofFauquier county, one OF the most Influential
| democrats OF the district, and warm friend OF
| Hunton, says he regards the 1atters pledge,
given at the last convention, not to run again as
binding, and that he Payne will not help to
nominate Hunton; that he has pledged himself to
another candidate, and that Gen. Hunton is out
| OF the race.
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| the Tennessee and as paymaster OF the North
| Atlantic station. Detached-Lteut.- &C C1mman Ter
Edwin. White from the command of the Dale.
| 10th August next and ordered to resume duties
| at the Naval Academy; LeutS. E. d. f. Head,
a. b. speyer and j: V; BIeecker, and Passed AS
| SiStant Surgeon Geo. B. Lumsden from the Dale
| On the 10th OF August and ordered TO resume
| duties at the Naval Academy; Paymaster L. A.
| tTa1ley from the Dale 10th OF August and Or
| dered TO settle accounts: Pay Director C. P.
| Wallach from duty as fleet paymaSter OF the
| North Atlantic station on the 10th OF August
| and ordered to settle accounts.
PRRsoNAL--Father Walter, OF ST. Patrick's is
| guest at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point.-Mr.
and Mrs. Allison Natlor, jr., have gone to Sara
toga:-Pay Director Horatio Bridge and wife
| jr., and Charles Richardson, jr, are booked for
| TIP through the mountains of Virginia.
Gen. Emory is at Brighton Beach for a stay of
! few days.-Mr. d. L. Gitt, of the pension
| Office, has gone to Jordan's White Sulphur for
| his yacation.-Dr. Otis and family OF Corco-
| ran street VIII spend The late weeks OF summer
! az the sea shore OF Observation-Disclosures s. s.
| Guthrie OF Buffalo, director of theEiie rail-
| way. and brother>1n-law OF its president. Hon.
II. ): JeWett, is lying dangerously ILL at Old
Point omfoIt.-Wagner, the composer, has
| written TO Boston gentleman that he Is willing
10 spena the remainder OF his days In this coyln-
Try II little purse OF million dollars is made
| up lor bun here-Capt. Samuel Gedney and
wife returned TO the city this morning after a
prolonged stay On the Hudson.-George Alfred
Townsend, Nathaniel Paige, John NJ. Carson
and ). l. Scott, OF Washington. were repi cred
In Paris yesterday.-Mr. George CoWie, OF the
5th Auditors Office. accompanied by his son.
Assistant Paymaster L. J. Cowie L. S. N, has
gone 10 Virginia for yacation.--C Councillor
Borges. Brazilian minister CHIEF Engineer
Shock. L. S. N. and Col. McCawley, U. S. NJ. C,
were registered in New York last night
representative Hawley sails for home from
! Ton correspondent OF the Tribune, Is travelling
| In Colorado.
THE WEEKLY STAR, now ready, contains AL
! the News Of the Week, home and foreign; the
Maryland Outrage and Lynching; overland
Notes; Edward Mills and George Benton:
True Tale from Life" by Mark Twain; Oliver
Wendell Holmes new poem: 1.-The Archbishop
ana Gtl Bias" "a Plantation Witch" described
by Uncle Remus; the Presidential Campaign;
Sporting Notes: Political Affairs; White House
and Department News; Local ftemS Proceedings
" the Courts; Household and Religious Notes;
Choice Stories; Poems and Sketches: Agricultural
and Household Matters.
Trims: 81 per annum In advance, postage pre-
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IHk THIRD AND LATEST SPANISH OUTRAGE
/ captain oE.aS NJ. Parsons OF the schooner
GtoIse washington, who arrived at Baltimore
JuIy z'th IRON ManchIoneaI Jamaica reports
tbat s Oh his outward passage when OF Cane
| 2id9I, lLe eastern point OF Cuba he was
b9aI9ed Dy spanish gunboat, the officers OF
@ mnlch maze ib3de forced search Of his vessel in the
| SAINT manner as in the recent cases of rhe
| SchooheTS Ethel A Merritt OF Philadelnhia
| ana EGIlCe T. New combe OF Boston. Al Inc
! tline ne was I1,een miles from shore or nine
! miles beyond the extreme limit OF inrisiiction
| Claimed oy lhe Spanish government In Cnnsn
! waters, and III tue direct course of the WsaT
| India traders. Manchioneal, TO which nont he
| was bound, Is at the eastern end of JamaJra
| about 90 miles east OF Port Antonio and on tIce
| opposite side OF the island from Kingston. n is
| & small by-port, only frequented hy vessels in
! The iTuit trade. Captain Parsons mas made an
/ affdaEit TO the facts, which affidavit Will he
| forwarded 70 The State department
GEN. CHANT IN NEW MExICO.-It is to be noted
| that Gen. Grant did not remain long In Santa
| Fe but that he hurried on from the capital of
| New Mexico, leaving his ladies there, like man
| or business, 10 the mines which are owned by
| the san Pedro company. He spent two or three
| days looking over the property. aud altogether
gave it such attention as no other private enter