Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-27
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GovERsMEST RECEIFTs ToDAY-Internal reve-
nue, s5i si1-as; customs, s568.5.5 81.
NATIoEsL bank notes received to-day for re-
Gemption. s29e, 600.
TIE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED the acts changing
the name Of the German Protestant Orphan ASy-
lum Of the District of Columbia; to authorize the
construction OF a bridge across the Mississippi
river, near kcithsburg, H., and to establish it as
lands to the several st lte5 ard territories which
may provide colleges Tor tbs benefit OF agrlcul-
tural and mechanic arts; for public building at
Frankfort, Ky., and in regard To mineral lands.
THE Secretary of the Treasury will hear those
interested in the subjects OF car-axles and hoop
iron on Friday, May 5th, from 10 to l2 O'clock.
MOVEMENTS OF U. s. NAVAL yEssEIs.-The Lack
awanna arrived at Callao on the 18th OF March,
feom Valparaiso, with Mr.. w. II. Trescott on
board. Both the Lackawinna and the Pensacola
would remain at Callao for tie present. The
Adams sailed from Panama to Acapulco On the
11th instant, on her way to Sitka, Alaska The
health OF all On board IS reported good.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES in the stations and
dnties of judge advocates, u s. army, ordered:
Major Guido N. Lieber will be relieved from duty
professor OF law at the L. 8. military academy,
West Point, New York, August 18th, 1882 ana will
the army for duty in the bureau OF military JUS
tice. Major William Winthrop IS relieved from
duty in the bureau OF military Justice and will
port IN person To the commanding general military
division OF the Pacific and department OF Cafor-
MA for duty as Judge advocate OF that division and
department. Major Henry GoodfeOw will be re-
eyeei from duty in the bureau OF military Justice
when Major Guido N. Leber shall have reported
f5 fSf duty therein and VIII then report In to
sourl fOr duty as judge advocate OF that depart
ment.
THE RESIGNATION OF Cadet Thomas r. Woods.
4th class, L. S. military academy, has been ac-
cepttd by the Secretary Of War, to take effect May
Isl. 1852.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BLISS, OF st. Louis, Is In the
city, for the purpose OF attending to the introduce
ton of bill in the Senate which will settle the
titles OF purchased graduated lands in Missouri,
about which there has been some difficulty.
TO-DAY there are As, 700 post offices in the United
states, and the same time last year 4s,512.
DEPARTURE OF THE PREsIDENr-The Tallapoosa
left the navy yard about midnight last night, with
the PrcS!d mt and party on board. She VIII reach
Fortress Monroe about noon to-day.
Mr. SEvELLoN A. BROWN, chief clerk OF the State
department. who is i'll at his residence with pneu-
monia, is reported TO be very sick to-day.
DISTRICT INTEREsT-Treasurer Gilhllan has re-
ceived s19.62O with which to pay the interest
the thirty-year funding bonds OF the District of
Columbia, which Ills due on the 1st proximo
THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS has decided that
no substitution OF an attorney by another will be
recognized hereafter without the written consent
ofthe applicant, and this substitution Will not
carry with it the term OF legal contract made be-
tween attorney and applicant.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE HEBREW PROSECUTIONS
IN NRUssIA.-Representi itive Belfori, OF Colorado,
had an interview with the President yesterday in
reference TO the persecution OF the Jews in Russia.
BY reason OF resolution on this subject recently
introduced in the House by Judge Beford that
gentleman has been selected by the Israelites OF
the United states to present to the President the
cause OF their cO-relg1OniStS in Russia. Judge
BeIiord laid before the President letters from Mr.
Meyer 5. 1saacS, and other officers OF the Union OF
character ana extent OF the outrageS referred to
and urging the President his kind Offices in
behalf of tie prosecuted Hebrews without waiting
10 receive SO-called official statements from diplO-
matte and consular officers. Judge BelfOrd re-
minded him that Intervention in such cause had
been practiced by civilized nations for the past
TWO centuries. In reply the President said that
while II was delica te matter for this government
10 interfere with matters between the government
OF Russia and Its subjects, yet he was determined
To do all that could be done with strict regard to
International usage and courtesy to obtain for
jews In Russia the same measure OF freedom and
protection that was accorded to others. In any
event, that he was determined American Hebrews
temporarily residing In Russia should receive the
care ana protection OF their government.
PERSoNAI--SenatorL Logan writes that he will
probably leave Hot Springs about the 9th OF May,
and reach Washington few days later-Ex-
Senator Platt, ex-Attorney General MacVeagh and
ex-PO5tmaster General James and wife are at the
ArnngtOn.-1t Is announced that Representative
RICE has declined the republican nomination for
governor OF Massachusetts,. expressing the desire
to continue to represent his district In the House.
jay Cooke, OF Philadelphia, is at the Ebbitt
Minister Sargent viii sail for his post at Berlin
from New York on Saturday.-Mr W. NJ.
Singerly, Of the Philadelphia Record, Is at the
Riggs
Blaine Before the Committee Oh For
eign Relations.
AN ELOQUENT WITNESS AND sYMPATHIz1NG AUDI
ENCE.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Ex- Secretary Blaine was
IN apparently perfect condition this morning when
he stepped briskly into the room OF the committee
on foreign aairs,accompanied by his youngest SOFA
a fresh-faced boy with his mothers countenance,
and one or two friends. He looked Just as we'll
two hours after, when, master OF the situation
throughout, the committee made its bo w to him
ana Ne stepped quietly out The ex-Secretlry
brought the program OF the days proceedings
half. He had arranged to occupy every moment
OF that time, and to occupy it his own way. He
fully as though he were about to make a great
speech In the Senate, and his eloguence of pres
ence and OF voice We're as attractive his remarks
stood at the foot OF the committee table (he de-
clined to sit down), head and shoulders above
every man In the room, was nicely calculated. One
statement fitted nicely into another, and the sew
eral dramatic StuitiOns succeeded one another
naturally. Everything that he said or did, from
the casting OF two broad blue envelopes abeled re-
spectively in German text "Blaine to Hurbutn and
"Hurbut to Blaine' on the committee table, TO the
latest pronunciations OF diplomacy" and t'sylla-
bus" convinced the careful observer Of that art
which cOncealS art from the ordinary auditor.
Mr.. Blaine had come to conquer; he knew the
precise effect OF every word and act He held his
END In view as he pronounced or performed each
one He was In the most captivating mood, and
ne carried everything before him. His eloQuence
rendered picturesque by dramatic situations and
piquant by apt charaCter.Zations OF the humbug
VINO was his chief topic, was Irresistible His
audience, @ made up. besides the committee, OF
TWO or three dozen congressman and Journalists,
together with four ladies, surrendered. with few
exceptions, at the first word. From the mo-
ment that he summed up Shipherd and his
claims, "traSh for the waste basket to the mo-
ment when he had slenced Perry Belmont, after
sharply reprimanding him, it was, on the whole,
In accord with him. The 'tentent cOrdiale" re-
mained unbrOken. The audience smiled when he
smiled, laughed when he laughed, frowned when
he frowned, would have wept had he wept-as it
Joined him In mOfnentaly sadness over the finger
prints OF the ghou-like Shipherd on the graves OF
Garfield and Huribut, as 1t had joined him In