Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-09
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue. 5000, 1854; customs. 1888, ,314.66.
TIRE SENATE EXODUS COMMITTEE on Saturday
attorney Of the districtin which is Shelbyville
Ind. and Samuel A. Perry, a mulatto, bu
nothing OF interest was erctted.
ARREST OF A MooNsHINER.-At telegram from
Deputy Collector S. NJ. Nealon, at Atlanta, to-
day informs Commissioner Raum that Deputy
Collector Baton seized yesterday morning In
Gwinnett county, two horses, two wagons, one
hundred gallons Illicit whisky, and arrested one
man.
ARMY ORDERs.-Assistant Surgeon NJ. X. Tay-
lor, United States army, Will repair to this city
for the purpose of settling his accounts with
the Treasury, and will then rejoin his proper
station. The order for cOurt-marGial TO meet
at Dayid'S Island, New York harbor, to-day Is
revoked.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS.-SenatorS Saunders,
Paddock. Morrill,, Burnside and Anthony, and
Representatives Valentine, Conger. Wills,
Neal, Frye and keifer, called on the President
to-day.
NoMINATIoNs.-T-he President sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate this afternoon
Edward E. White, of Virginia, to be United
States consul at Ponce. Porto Rico. Philip @.
Stoner, TO be postmaster at Ashland. Ohio
Charles T. Daley. of Virginia, to be receiver of
public moneys at Florence, Arizona. Assistant
Paymaster Rbah Frazer, L. S. N, to be passed
assistant pay master.
ANOTHER PLANEToiD.-The Smithsonian In
stitutiOn has received from NJ. Forester, Of Ber-
lin, the announcement of the discovery by NJ.
Palisa. at Pola. on the 9Th OF Febauary, 1850, OF
a planetoid OF the twelfth magnitude in ten
hours twenty-three minutes OF right ascension,
and eight degrees tHirty-one minutes north de-
cllnaton, with q daily motion Of six minutes
north.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE on railroads to-day
heard additional argument from Col. George
Gray. attorney for the Northern Pacific railroad
company, in advocacy OF the pending bill,
which provides for a six years extension OF the
time stipulated in that company'S charter for
the completion Of It's road The bill was not
acted on to-day.
NEW RULE.-'The Secretary OF the Interior
will not receive visitors after u O'Clock, except
members of Congress and o1icers of the govern
ment," is the new rule at the Interior depart
ment
THE WAR on SMMoNS.-Senator Gordon has
been so far successful in his effort to defeat
simmons for census supervisor in Georgia, as to
induce the census committee to agree upon an
adverse report All the democrats on the COM
mittee agree With Senator Gordon that simmons
is unfit for the position, and will so report at
the first executive session. While the republi-
cans on the committee did not agree in the re-
port, they will not antagoniZe it with minority
report, and simmons name Will very lively be
rejected.
REPRESENTATIVE ACKLEN'S CASE-It is under
stood that the House committee on foreign al
fairs will at their meeting tomorrow conclude
the investigation of Representative Acklen's
alleged improper submission OF report to the
House, and as a question OF privilege will imme-
diately report their findings to the House.
DEATH OF GENERAL SYKEs.-Adjutant General
Townsend to-day received a telegram announc-
ing the death of Colonel George Sykes, OF the
goth infantry, at Brownsville, Texas. Colonel
Sykes was appointed a cadet at the Military
Academy July /, 1S.S; was brevetted for gallant
and meritorious conduct at Cerro Gordo and
also for his conduct at Gettysburg during the
late war. He reached the rank of brevet major
general OF volunteers during the war. He was
brevetted major general in the regular army
March 18th. He was native OF Maryland.
TIE FlTz JOHN PORTER Built is the lnten-
ton of the House committee on military affairs
to bring up the bill restoring Fitz John Porter
TO the army this week. The consideration of
this bill promises TO provoke a protraCted and
acrimonious sectional debate General Gar
field VIII sound the key note. He is preparing
an elaborate speech on the subject and Will
take the ground that the movement in Porter's
interest is an inSidOuS attempt OF the confed-
crate brigadiers in Congress to reverse the ac-
ton OF [ MON generals more competent to pass
upon the case than the confederateS ever can
be. Others also are preparing speeches of like
tenor.
A FRIEND OF MINISTER HENRY W. IIuLIARD at
Brazil has received letter from him stating
that he viii return TO his home in Georgia dur
ing the coming summer. No mention of why he
returns is made. II has been stated that Mr.
Ililliard would be withdrawn. This statement
was at the time that 1t was made ascertained at
the state department to be Incorrect. Mr. Hill
lard will therefore be home on leave of alb
sence. He may find after he returns to Georgia
that II Will be fnconyenient for him to go back
to Brazil for the short time remaining to the
present administration. II is known. however,
that Mr. Ililliard, is exceedingly 1well-SatfStied
with his position and that he is not likely to re-
sign.
THE House COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS
agreed to-day to make a favorable report to the
House upon Representative O'Neil's bill, which
provides that the head OF the department Of
modern languages and the head of the depart
ment OF drawing at the Z. S. naval academy,
shall be commissioned in the navy as professor
OF modern languages and professor OF drawing
respectively at said academy under the same
provisions as 10 pay and retirement as profess
sors at the L. S. military academy. The COM
mittee also adopted the adverse reports of sub
committees Oil the claims OF Joseph Sawyer and
John B. SLACK and assraad to report to the
legged claim OF Andrew Jones.
THE DAVENPORT INVESTIGATIONS Senator
Wallace expresses himself well satisfied with
the developments OF his subcommittee in the
investigation of John l. Davenport in New York
last week. The two days were devoted to ex-
amining voters who were arrested by Daven-
ports orders for Offering TO vote at the last
congressional election upon naturalization
papers issued In 1865. over 80 OF these men
were examined. Senator Wallace says it was
shown by the original naturalization papers
that they were legal; that many OF them were
isSned to Union soldiers, and these men voted
upon them from 1865 to 1878 without moleSta-
ton; that in 1878 when the voter offered to vote
he was arrested and flrSL taken to republican
headquarters: II he was a republican he was
released, but ii democrat he could only pro-
cure his freedom by pledging that he would not
vote. Many OF the arrested parties testified that
they were confined in an iron cage without
food or water, but were finally released
when too late TO vote. and no subsequent move
TO prosecute them was ever made. An attorney
testified that he followed his client, who was
arrested, and when he demanded the warrant
upon which the man had been taken, il was not
signed; that many OF these blank warrants were
al DaVenport's Office ready for use. There were
10000 OF these naturalization papers issued in
1s6S, ana Senator Wallace thinks 10000 OF g. 900
voters were deferred from voting through fear
OF arrest by Davenport. The subcommittee
have not completed the investigation yet. They
will return 10 New York soon and intend to In
qure into the character OF the deputy marshals