Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-27

WASHINGTON.
THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SHEET.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue. 1920, 1851; customs. 1856, $780,
THE congressional directory list in TIE STAR
to-day, is corrected up to date.
THE TREASURY now holds 1868, ,2l5. $50 In U. s..
bonds to secure national bank circulation; q. s..
bonds deposited with Treasury week ending to-
day by national banks to secure circulation,
1861 800; withdrawn, $713, 500.
AT THE WHITE House. Representatives
Bailey, Berry, Horr, and Goode called on the
President to-day.
THE REDUCTION OF the public debt for the
present month will. 1t is estimated, be between
eight and nine millions of dollars.
THREE MORE NoTARIEs.-The President has
appointed James A. TAFT, James H. Lange and
E. II. May notaries public for the District Of
Columbia
CHIEF NIMMo of the Bureau of Statistics, has
gone north on official business for stay of a
week or ten days. During his absence Chief
Clerk Whitney will be acting chief Of the Bu-
reau.
THE IRISH RELIEF SHIP.-Secretary Thompson
to-day instructed Commander Potter, of the
relief ship Constellation, that he might land
his cargo at either Ktngstown, Queenstown or
Galway, as the Herald relief committee may
desire.
REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT OF REPUBLICAN
STRENGTH IN KENTUCKY.-Attorney General
Devens told Senator Williams, of Kentucky, the
other day, that the democratic party in that
state had better look to their majority. The
question Of the Kentucky judgeship had brought
cans, that it was evident that the republicans
might successfully undertake to overcome the
heretofore overwhelming democratic majority
In the state.
De AHNA's CLAIM.-The House committee on
claims has acted favorably upon the bill for the
relief Of Henry C. De Alma, and fixed the
amount of claim to be allowed at s, ,OOo 1t will
be remembered that De Alma was appointed
revenue collector for Alaska, and after remov-
ing his family and incurring other expenses, re-
cefved notice at San Francisco OF the withdrawal
OF said appointment.
REAR ADMIRAL RODGERS in dispatch to the
Navy department dated Panama, the 9th inst,
reports that he expected to sail on the 18th in
the Pensacola for Punta Arenas and other
Central American and Mexican ports. He eX-
pected to arrive at San FrasctscO between the
middle and end of May, and desires that all
communications for the Pensacola be sent to
The cadet midsh1pmen entitled to examination
for promotion took passage in the Colon on the
10th for New York. Invalids, men whose times
are out and cOurt-martial prisoners were trans
ferred to the training ship Constitution.
APPROPRIATION B1LLs.-The subcommittee of
the House appropriation committee are at work
to-day upon the array appropriation bill. The
commissary genera was before them to give
some information relative to the requirements
Of his department, 1t is expected that both the
army and the navy appropriation bills will be
reported to the House on TUESDAY next or as
soon as the consular and diplomatic bill has
been disposed Of.
THE ACKLEN CASE. - The House judiciary
committee held another conference to-day upon
the Acklen case without reaching conclusion
as to the character of their report
REORGANIZATION OF THE MILITIA.-The SUBJ
committee Of the House committee on the mi
litia have agreed upon report on the suhtao.
OF reorganizing the militia, which will be sub
mltted to the full committee at their next meet
ing. The report urges the Importance of ma
present system is obsolete and the annual ap-
preparations wholly inadequate; that without
interfering with the control Of the several states
over their militia forces the Federal govern
ment should take action in the nature of CO.
operation, and should make sufficient annual
appropriations for arming and equipping the
militia and to pay the men for service during
the prescribed periods of annual encampment
and drill.
REPRESENTATIVE HosrETLER, OF Indiana, is
very i'll, at his residence, in this city, and his
physicians have issued instructions to exclude
all visitors. There was report at the Capitol
to-day that he would not live the day out.
THE IsTHMUs PUZzLE.-The special committee
of the House on inter-oceanic canal gave hear
ing today to VIM. F. Charming, of Providence,
R. l., who advocated ship railway in prefer
ence to ship canal He claimed that 1t could
be constructed for onehalf, possibly one-third Of
the cost OF canal, and averred his belief that
even If a canal were constructed across the 18TH
mus by foreign capital ship railway would
eventually be built by American capital.
THE SENATE EXODUS COMMITTEE yesterday ex-
amined B. F. Watson, colored preacher from
Kansas City, NO., who testified that through
his own efforts and those of some private indi-
viduals aid had been rendered to about $500
cOlored emigrants from the south. The white
people VI lue SOuGu, ue Sdlu, are beginning TO
see that live negro is better than dead one
as they need his labor. j. M. Brown, cOlored,
OF Topeka, Kansas, gave an account of his trou-
bles and experiences while living in Mississippi
and figuring in the political sensations there
few years ago. Having to quit himself, he
believes that no negro's life is safe in the South.
JUMPING AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of sin.
gularly realistic construction placed upon the
customary polite reply to an application for
clerkship, was lately received at the White
House. A man in distant city had written to
the President for place In government employ
The answer was written according to the usual
formula in such cases made and provided:
SIR: By direction OF the President your ap-
pl1cat1On dated -, Is referred to the Secretary
of the Treasury for favorable consideration"
This was signed by the Presidents secretary.
In about two months came another letter from
the applicant, saying that he had Immediately,
on receiving the response to his application, In
which he was told the President had directed
favorable consideration OF that application, re-
signed his position as superintendent in rail-
way machine shop, and begun his preparations
to come to Washington; but although he had
waited very patiently no notification had been
received OF his appointment to the clerkshtp in
the Treasury department. He evidently con-
strued the formula as meaning that the Presi-
dent had personally ordered that he should be
appointed, and thought 1t only right to expose
the fact that Cabinet officer had disregarded
the Executive command.