Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-21

TO inspect The yard at that point. There will
also be others 10 The party. They will go down
on the Dispatch. and be away from Ine city
several days.
AMONG TIE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day were
Senators Cali. Bruce, voorhees,, Representatives
Hiscock, Mckinley, Johnston, Brigham, Dow
hey, HaZelt0n, RUSSELL Horr aHd General
Schenck and Governor Boutwell,.
INAUGURATION DAY LEGAL HOLIDAY.-The
Senate to-day adopted the resolution making
inauguration day legal holiday IN liz DIS
trtct.
A FULL BATTERY OF artillery arrived here yes
teTday morning from Fort McIIenry, and is
quartered at the arsenal.
The CENSUS OF SILK MANUFACTURING I'm the
United States shows 3S3 silk factories, with
81, 500 500 capital invested, S22 81 300 OF raw
material worked up, and s34,4l0 ,463 or manu-
featured products, "a 40 hands employed and
s9,l0 ,s35 paid annually In wages. New Jersey
is the largest manufacturer, having los facto-
rfes S12.S51,O45 OF products, and 13 1882 hands.
PennSy lyania has 40 factories, 81. .S531 65 prod
ucts and 1850 hands. Fifteen northern states
are engaged In the b lsiDeSS. Ohio has facto-
rfes ga, 200 in capital Invested and s53, 10 in
products, employing 142 hands.
CAPT. THOs. Il. BRADLEY, 1lrst lieutenant of
the 2lst Infantry, is On duty in the War de-
paTtment, In charge OF the redaiSition and
years. away from his regiment. Col. III. NJ.
Morrow, OF the 2lst infantry, has applied to
the adjutant general TO have Capt. Bradley sent
TO his company. Ii Is understood that the
adjutaDt general is In favor OF sending Capt.
Bradley 10 his command. It is also understood
that the latter has gone TO Mentor On personal
business.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT COMMISSION
The last meeting OF the joint commission on
the Washington monument during the present
administration was held last Saturday afier-
noon at the White House. There were present
President Hayes. Col Casey. Architects Hill
and Clark and w. w. Corcoran. There was
general talk OF the work done and the present
condition OF affairs. letter from Mr. Meade
was read, Offering to adorn the base OF the
monument with bronze work according to his
plan. This was referred to the House commit
tee On public buildings and grounds without
any action being taken on IL by the Joint CON-
mission. resolution was adopted regretting
President Hayes departure from the commits
sion. and thanking him for the interest he has
taken In the work.
NOMINATIoNs.-The President sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate to-day:-Lew1s
Richmond OF r. l.. now consul at Belfast, to be
conSul-geneTai al Rome; Jas. W. Wilkinson, OF
Mo-, to be receiver of public moneys at Ironton,
Mo. PoStmaSters-J. Frank Dalton, at Salem,
Mass; Catharine Singer, at Mecnanlcsburg Pa.
THE CHoCTAw CLAIMs.-The House to-day
pdSStu d DIll W dlltH Int SuOCIdN 10
Re considered by the Court OF Claims This
claim Las been before Congress for twenty
nine years.
THE RAYMOND I'LL SCANDAL REvIvED-N".
Phillip NJ. johnson, for Mrs. Belva A. Lo :kwood
recently wrote TO the proprietor OF the opera
house IN Atlanta saying that the latter who
acquired So much pronikt nee Dy her connec-
ton professionally with the Jessie RAYMOND
Ben Hill case, desires TO know whether or not
she would attract paying audience IN Atlanta
"a lecturer upon the following subject: Char
acterlSticS or congressman OF course Sne
would give her connection with the Ben Hill
scandal" Mir. Johnson also wanted TO know
what amount would be guaranteed Mrs. Lock-
wood The proprietor or the opera house, Mr..
De Give, has replied aS follows TO Mr.. Johnson:
''Iour letter re- sIVed. | would not rent NV
opera house for such a purpose for any amount
OF money"
REP0RT AGAINST A NEW STYLE OF LETTER
BOx.-A commission composed OF an expert
letter carrier from New York city, one from
Baltimore and an officer OF the Post Office de-
lining new letter box. 1t was claimed that
with this device letter carrier does NOT see or
handle the contents OF the letter box; that the
act OF fitting the letter bag TO the box unlocked
the latter and lifted the bottom lettii ,theletters
fall into the bag, and that the process Of re-
moving the bag, again locked the letter box
securely. IL was found that this apparatus
was partially success; that II the amount of
nail matter fell below the top OF the bag II
would answer II there were, however any
letters or papers extending above the top there
would be some difficulty taking the bag of.
The report viii be adverse, as was former re-
port.