Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-23
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
nue. s462, 2,s4o.1 70; customs. k,4, lo245
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEvENs will return to the
city tomorrow evening.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERs.-Senator Platt and
Representatives Aldrich, Bennett, Mckinley,
Ketcham, Wood Valentine and keifer, called on
the President to-day.
| THE Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT Is readjusting
| the salaries of presidential postmasters on the
! basis Of the years business.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL which pass
ed the House yesterday contains no riders Of any
kind. The bill appropristes in all sl4 3S5, 197.07,
which is S2lS 900 less than the estimates OF the
! Navy department,
THE APPLICATION Of Water Registrar Cox for
| pardon will hardly be granted. He stated in
! his application that he was unable to pay his
fine Of $50, imposed by the Criminal Court for
his assault on ex-Water Registrar Crane.
SOME SHARP WORDs.-Senator Hill and the cor
| respondent of the Baltimore american had some
| sharp words On the floor of the Senate to-day
about the item published In that paper to the
| effect that Mr.. Hill was trying to compromise
| the Raymond suit.
THE SPRINGER UNPLEASANTNESS.-Spea
Randall has not yet appointed the special COM
mittee to investigate the Springer Donnetly
controversy, and The rumOr is that the matte +
is TO be dropped.
THE PRESIDENT approved today the New
York international exhibition bill, the bill
amending the act In regard to the removal of
certain Indians in New Mexico, the joint reso-
luton iOan1ng flags and camp eQlipage to the
soldiers reunion to be held in Milwaukee in 1888.
and number OF pension bills.
THE L. S. STEAMER PowHATAN will arrive at
Annapolis in day or two from Hampton Roads
She will be used during the summer for the
annual cruise OF the cadet engineers. The Con-
StitutiOn will very likely be used for the practice
| cruise OF the cadet-midShisnen.
| JUDGE MACKEY AND GEN. GRANT.-The state
| ment that Judge Mackey, of South Carolina had
declared his intention to support Gen. Grant for
| the presidency has been repeated recently. This
| morning STAR reporter asked the Judge about
| II. He denied having said so. He had said he
| would vote for Grant rather than Tiiden, and
| he added that thousands of southern democrats
| would do the same. He will support any man
as the democratic nominee except Tilden.
MRS. CUsTER's PRoTEsT.-The House commits
| tee on the 1ibrary.to whom was referred the bill
providing for the erection in this city OF a statue
| Of the late Gen. Geo. a. Custer, which shall be
| q counterpart of the one recently erected at
| West Point, have received from Mrs. Custer a
IT,,
| the West Point statue has no merit as work Of
| art and bears so little resemblance TO her late
| husband that his friends shudder upon looking
| at it.
| ARMY ORDERs.-The resignation Of Captain E.
| B. Gibbs, assistant quartermaster, u. S. A. Of
| bis commission as first lieutenant 9th infantry
only, has been accepted by the President, to
| take effect May 30th next. Leave for three
years, with permission to go beyond the sea. Is
| granted First Lieutenant f. r. Lemley. Sd artil-
/ j. S. Billings, Capt. Frederick Van Vliet, Sd
| cavalry, and I'd Lieut.. S. A. Cherry 5th cavalry
will assemble In this CITY, May lst next, to
| examine into and report upon the qualifications
of candidates for appointment as superlnten.
dents of national cemeteries.
| COMBINATIONS AND A REJECTIoN.-The Sen
ate In executive session yesterday confirmed
| the following nominations: To be census sup
| ervisors-H. N. Richardson, OF Portland, for 1st
| district OF Maine; w. l. p. White. of Philadel-
| phia, for list district of Pennsylvania: Cyrus
Leeds ST. OF Pleasantville, for 5th district of
Ohio; j. NJ. Bymun OF RienZ for 1st district of
mississippi; VIM. II. Gibbs, of Mississippi, for
Sd district OF Mississippi. Tobe Indian agents
| Agency, Colorado j. C. Tiffany OF New York
| for san Carlos Agency, Arizona; also number
| OF navy promotions. The Senate rejected The
| nomination of JnO. B. Stickney as L. S. attor-
ney for the northern district of Florida.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Master III. w. Schaber. TO
4 I'd
| from special duty and ordered TO the coast sur
| vey. Medical Director A. L. Gihon, member
| OF the board or inspection, Passed Assistant En-
gineer H. s. Ross, and Cadet Engineer r. |.
| Reed. to the Michigan. Passed Assistant Engi-
neef G. Ii. P. Hunt, from the Michigan, and
| placed on waiting orders. Assistant Engineer
W.O; Chrisman, from the Monocacy. and Or
dered home. Assistant Engineer W. n Little.
| rom the Pensacola navy yard, and ordered to
the Monocacy per steamer 22d OF May. Cadet
Engineer Ii. H.. Stivers, from experimental
| duty, and ordered to the Iallapoosa. Leave Tor
| one year, with permission to go beyond the sea,
| is granted Capt J. FL. Upsher.
The SENATE EXODUS COMMITTEES resumed the
examination OF witnesses yesterday, Horatio
Ruby, colored man, who until recently was a
| resident of BurleSon county, Texas testified
| that he had emigrated TO Kansas several months
since, and enumerated the usual variety OF
| "cauSeS" to Which the exodus Is traced. Among
| other things the cOlored people cOmpained of
he said, was the insecurity OF colored women
| from the insults OF white men. Decent colOred
| women were sometimes insuited In the streets
| by white men with such remarks as ''HullO
| Sally" This, OF course, was a trivial OfenSe
| but the witness thought If any cOlOred man
| should pass such remarks to white women
! there would soon be colored funeral in that
| locality.
THE BUSINESS BEFORE CoNGREss.-The con-
dition OF the public business In Congress Is such
that Congress may, after ALL get away before
the middle Of July. The army bill was passed
| by the Senate yesterday and now only awaits
| The signature OF the President to become law
| The naval bill was disposed of In two hours yes
| terday by the House. To-day the Immediate de-
| fciency bill is being considered by the House
| and 1t Will be passed before to-day'S adjourn
| ment. The House has already passed the IN
| dian, consular and diplomatic, fortification and
| military academy appropriation bills, and they
| are with the Senate The bills yet to be reported
| by the House committee are the legislative, the
| Sundly civil, the river and harbOT the postal
| the District OF Columbia and general deficiency
| bills. The District OF Columbia bill is now
| ready so Is also the river and harbor bill. The
| sundry civil bill will be ready within a week.
| The next bill which the committee will report
| VIII De the District OF Columbia bill.
| THE GEORGIA INDEPENDENTS land SENATOR
| HILI--In the executive session OF the Senate
| yesterday afternoon Mr.. Hill, of Georgia, made
| motion to remove the Injunction of secrecy
| from the executive proceedings upon the nomi
| nation Of Simmons to be q census supervisor In
| Georgia. Senator Hill made a long speech upon
that occasion In favor Of the confirmation of
Simmons, In the course of which he spoke In
very complimentary terms OF the Independents
| In Georgia. The snppositiOn Is that he wanted
10 give tnlS speech circulation with the view of
commencing himself to the independents and
| gaining their support; His motion was beaten
| however, as nearly all the democrats and a
| NUMBER or republicans voted against it. Senator
| Gordon, who opposed Simmons confirmation.
was not present when the motion was made
| and for this reason good many Senator'S voted