Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-08
De Lesseps at the Capitol.

The select committee of the House ON the
inter-oceanic canal gave an audience this morn
ing to Count Ferdinand de Lesseps. Besides
the chairman and members of the committee,
several members Of the House (notably Joseph
E. Johnston, of Virginia,l called and paid their
respects to the great leveler. Capt Eads of
@ and aso
Commodore Lull, Lieut.. Collins and MIR. Memo
cal of the q. S. navy, who are jealous advo-
Gates of the Nicaragua route for canal In
preference to the Panama route. The appro-
priatiOnS committee cOurteouSly yielded 1tS
principal room for the holding OF the reception,
but after time the gallery recently opened at
the back Of the Speakers chair was put IN
requisition, only to be again abandoned for the
appropriations committee room on account OF
the pressure of spectators anxious to. see and
hear NJ. de LessepS, and who interfered with the
regularity of the proceedings. He gave his
views at much length, Mr.. Appleton acting as
interpreter. He had not completed his state
meut at the hour of adjournment, but, at his
own suggestion and in compliance with the
wishes Of the committee, he postponed his in
tended departure from the city, and will come
again tomorrow before the committee, when
Capt. Eads is also to have hearing Count de
Lesseps requested the committee to submit to
him in writing any questions ahect1ng the
or otherwise. they might desire to propose, that
he might be prepared tomorrow to accord them
the fullest information at his command
Important Decisions.
THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS SUSTAINED BY THE
SUPREME COURT.
A decision was rendered ia the United States
Supreme Court this afternoon in the case of
Albert Siebold ct al, election judges of the state
of Maryland indicted tried and convicted in
United States circuit court for the district OF
Maryland, at the November term, 1878, upon
the charge of doing acts unauthorized by the
state laws and by the laws of the United States,
and interfering with supervisors OF election and
NIT pd N M
ance OF their the latter's> duties. The peti;;
tioners here pray for writs OF habeas corpus and
certiorari. in order to bring their cases before
statutes under which they were in
dicted generally known as the ''federal
elections laws'D are unconstitutional and void
Bradley, atfirms the constitutionality and valid
l1y of the statutes in question, sustains the
jurisdiction of the circuit court under those
statutes, and denies the writs of habeas corpus
and cert1oran prayed for. In The case of eX
parte Clarke election Judge in the city OF Gin
cinnati, involving, substantially, the same
federal election laws, the court refers to its
opinion in the Maryland case. as decisive OF all
the questions raised, and orders the prisoner
remanded to the custody OF the U. S. marshal.
Justice Field delivered dissenting opinion
covering both cases.
AT THE REQUEST OF SECRETARY SCHURz, Major
II. Clay Wood, assistant adjutant general, will
report in person to Brigadler General o. o.
Howard for special duty to carry out such in
structiOnS as he may receive through General
Howard from the Secretary of the Interior.
During the performance OF this duty Portland,
oregon, will be Major Woods station. and on
completion of this duty he will report by letter
to the adjutant general of the army.
PROPOSED STEAMSHIP LINEs-Mr. Ellis, OF
Louisiana, appeared before the House commit
tee on post Offices and post roads this morning
in advocacy of his bill for the establishment of
system Of mail steamship lines between ports
of the United States and foreign countries. The
hearing will be continued at the next meeting
of the committee.
PERsoNAL.-Director CT the Mint Burchard
left the city to- day for Illinois, to be absent for
two or three weeks.-The inventory Of the es-
tate of the late ex-Secretary Borie foots up
something over 81 $50 900, exclusive of large
quantity OF stocks, etc., the exact present value
resently endeared himself to the Beefsteak Club
Of London by sending it consignment of Blue
Point OYSTERS Caribou yenison Florida oranges
and Bourbon whisky. The like Of these things,
it was confessed, were never before enjoyed In
that city.-It is said that Mr.. Nicholas Shish-
kin, the Russian Minister to this country, wishes
to be transferred to some European captal.-
Simon Cameron will celebrate his eighty y-first
anniversary to-day at his farm In Pennsyl-
vania.
THE PRESIDENT HAS READY TO SEND to the
Senate the Information and correspondence In
regard to the subject of inter-oceanc canals,
called for by the Senate resolution. In sending
the information asked the President will ac-
company it with message embodying
his views on the subject. 1t is thought that the
message will dovetail in very neatly alongside
the resolutions adopted by the House inter-
oceanic canal committee and will take nearly
the same position as is defined in those reSOu-
tions.
The KING OF THE MooNsHINERs MARRIED BY
MooNLIGHT.-A telegram from StateSville NC,
March 5. SayS:-lntelligence has been received
here OF remarkable wedding which took place
Wednesday night at twelve o'clock. Buck Sin
gleton. one of the braveSt and most desperate
moonshiners was the groom, and Lille Latour,
the pretty eighteen year-old daughter of the
celebrated Morgan Latour. called the ''King OF
the STILL was the blushing bride. Several days
past the gang of distiIlers have been SO closely
followed that it was inconvenient to stop in the
day time. When they reached the widest and
most inaccessible part Of Of. Alexander county
chief Of the band directed two others to go on a
scouting tour for a minister to perform the
marriage ceremony. They rode twenty-seven
miles and finally succeeded in finding Rev.
Daniel DamcIich, Baptist minister. They
begged the minister to go with them, stating
that they had very Ill friend who wanted to
be married, so that his affianced might get his
fortune in case he died. When be got to the
rendezvous he was asked to perform the cere-
mony as quickly as possible, and he did so. The
der and gave him $50 in gold, after which the
astonished divine was escorted back home after
three cheers for the parsen, boys"
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CouR1sHIP BY PRoXY.-Judge McAdam rem
dered decision In marine court, chambers,
yesterday, in a curious case brought by John
W. Boyle against Philip II. Ottman. The claim
of the plaintiff, which amounted to S414.5O, was
made up Of an item Of sl4l.5O; alleged to be dnee
for training two pedestrians 81 defendants re-
quest, and the balance for services in winning