Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-13

Ter and bill, and Representatives Pound,
Pacheco. Anderson, Belford, Hosmer and Whit
called on the President to-day.
THE ARTILLERY SCHooL.-The War depart
ment has issued orders for a new detail of
artillery officers to report at the artillery
school, Fort Monroe, for duty May 1St next, re-
Eevfng the officers who graduate in artillery.
The new detail is composed OF 1St and I'd lieu
tenants of the different al tillery regiments.
INTER OCEANIC CANAL CoRREsPoNDENcB.-The
House this afternoon adopted resolution call
ing ON the Secretary of the Navy for all cores
pondence In his possession touching the subject
Of an mter-oceanic canal.
ARMY oRDERs.-First Lieut.. Eugene Griffin,
corps engineers, as soon as he can be spared
from his present duty in the division Of the
Atlantic. will report at Willett Point, New
York h6rfor. for duty with the battalion of en-
gineers. The acceptance Of the resignation of
Fist Lieut.. E. S. Chaplin, 4th artillery, to take
effect Feb. 18th, is revoked.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Master o. f. Lasher, to the
Franklin. Ensign c. B. F. Moore, to the Frank
lin. March Sd. Cadet Engineer H. H. Stevens,
to experimental duty at New York. Comman-
der q. L. Coffin, from the command OF the coast
survey steamer Hassler, and placed on waiting
orders. Lieutenant Henry W. Nichols, from the
coast survey Office, and ordered to command the
HasSler. Civil Engineer NJ. F. Eudeth, from the
Portsmouth, n. H., navy yard and placed on
waiting orders.
GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF BoNDs.-Secretary
Sherman has issued circular giving notice that
proposals for the sale to the government of
81 OOOOO of any of the bonds of the United States
known as the 6'S of 1880, 6'S of 1881 and SIS of
1881, will be received at the office of the assist
ant treasurer OF the United States at New York,
at noon OF Wednesday OF each week hereafter
until further notice, on which days the bids will
be opened and awards declared, the bonds thus
purchased to be applied to the sinking fund.
THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION
Fish Commissioner Spencer F. Baird calls for
contributions for the American exhibit at the
international Fisheries Exhibition at Berlin,
which opens April goth next. Exhibits will be
transported at government expense, and will
have to leave New York by the middle Of March.
Six hundred and fifty feet of space has been al
lotted for the American exhibit. and the Ger
man government desires especially samples of
fishery products, and fresh fish, living or packed
in ice.
COMBINATIONS AND REJECTIoNs.-The Senate
in executive session yesterday confirmed the
following nominations: To be supervisors of
cenSus-Louisiana, Norman w. TreZevant, Sd
district; Hyde A. Kennedy, 4th district. George
Walker OF New York, to be consul general of
the United States at Paris; James r. Howard,
of New York, to be appraiser OF merchandise at
New York; G. L. HolStein, of Indiana, to be at
torney OF the United States for the district Of
luuldud, UdultS NJ 1dWOIU1, VI hdISt1S, W Uc
an Indian inspector; James E. Spencer, of New
York. to be agent for the Indians of the Nevada
agency in Nevada; also several postmasters,
&C. The nominations of Harrison Reed, to be
census supervisor for the district Of Florida,
and VIM. ]. Patton, for the ID district Of Arkan-
SaS, were rejected.
EDUCATION IN THE ARMY.-Chaplain George
G. Mullins 25th infantry U. S. A., has been de-
tailed to report to General A. Med. McCook for
duty as his assistant in charge Of education in
the army. Chaplain Mullins will make a tour
schools already established with view to
bringing about better system and enlargng
the field of operations. His present headquar-
ters will be at st. Louis, Mo.
LIQUOR TRAFFIc.-The select committee of the
House upon the alcoholic liquor traffic held
meeting yesterday, and received and adopted
the report Of their subcommittee to whom was
referred the question of the feasibility of ap-
pointing commission to inquire into the alco-
holc liquor traffic, and investigate the subject
In all its bearings. The committee instructed
Representative Brewer, OF Michigan, to report q
bill to the House providing for the appointment
Of a commission of ten members to serve with
out pay, and to be selected irrespective of their
views upon the liquor traffic. The bill also
appropriates $4,000 for the expenses of the
commission.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MINES and mining,
at their meeting yesterday. discussed Repre-
seat OF government bureau OF mines and min
ing, and will resume consideration of the sub
Ject at their next meeting. Hon. Clarence
King, director OF geological surveys, addressed
the committee on the mineral resources Of the
United States, and will conclude at the next
meeting Of the committee.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PosT OFFICES AND
PosT ROADS, with view to relieving Congress
from the consideration Of large and constantly
accumulat1ng number of bills for the relief of
postmasters from liability for losses by fire or
burglars, have appointed Senators MaXey and
bill, after conference with the Postmaster Gene
raj, which shall empower the Post Office depart
ment to make allowances to postmasters for the
loss OF stamps and money order funds when
stolen or destroyed without carelessness or other
fault on the part OF the postmasterS.
THE EXODUS INvEsTIGArIoN.-The Senate ex-
odus committee resumed the examination OF
witnesses yesterday. Mr.. Hughes East, OF In
danapoliS, Ind, was called and identified
statement written by himself and subscribed to
by Silas Isler, North Carolina colored emil
grant, on January 10th, and also another writ
ten statement subscribed to by Lewis Williams,
another colored emigrant, on the same date.
These statements he admitted were reduced to
writing With view to producing them before
the committee, but stated this was done with
out the knowledge OF any member of the COM
mittee. The papers in substance state that
these two colored men were induced to come to
Indiana by representations made by Sam Perry
and Peter Williams, the North Carolina agita-
tors, who said there was plenty Of work in In
diana for colored emigrants; that men would
hire them as soon as they arrived in Indiana
and pay them from $3.50 TO 50 per day; that 400
or 500 furnished houses were ready for the emil
grants, and that they could purchase land for
from 81 to $1.50 per acre on seven years time
and in quantities to suit the buyers; and also
that Perry and Williams told them that Indiana
was a democratic state and they wanted the
em1grants to vote the republican ticket, be-
cause the democrats were using the Offices for
fraud and corruption. Perry In particular said
1--WE want no democrat negroes-none but
strong hearted republicans to go to Indiana"
Mr.. East testified further that In conversation
with these and several other cOlored emigrants
they all expressed q desire to return to North
Carolina. In relation to the demand for labor
he said he was sorry to have to state that Indi-
ana has great number OF worthy poor people
who cannot get employment now; that for
lew years after the crash Of 1873 there was less
hardship among this class than now, and per-
haps less now than a year ago. and that this
immigration, however used was woeful cruel
crime. as the condition OF most of the emf
grants is pitiable.
Gen. L. d. Manson, prominent democrat
from Indianapolis, and state auditor of Indiana.
was the next witness examined. He testified
that some of the colOred emigrants in Indian
apolis seem to think that democratic state OF.
fcials have q fund which they can and Will use
to send the emigrants back to North Carolina,
so as to get their votes out Of the state but he
had invariably told those who had come to him
for assistance of this kind that the democratic
patty had nothing whatever to do with bring