Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-02
THE EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP,

INpr.ruNvSr-Tns caucusing 20 ascertain
hovr members are going 20 vote on me question
Of impeachment seems 70 show that its fate
resi-. Win the New England delegation. OF
hs- txenty-sight votes, only seven ara counted
On aS rel,abls BY these who advocate fmpeach-
mept. The I-PeacheTs still claim that they
can rely upon ninety five votes in the House
making 4 mAlority IN their favor. There are
now one hundred sn eighty; three names apon
the roll o. Monday live OF the Kentucky del.
sgs;ion will be admitted, making one hundred
and sigh-y-elght IN all, Of whom forty five are
Democrats. There are absent, on account of
sickness, six Republicans, aRd il is not likely
that one hundred sad eighty votes can be
polled when Il comee to n fizal issue. Ninety.
one will bs requisite 20 adopt the articles, and
should for-y-one EepublSans go against I'M
peachmsns II Will fail.
Those crposipg impeschme NJ IN the Repuo-
lican rasks bave gained confidence from the
fact tna- so many Of tte leading Republican
papers o. The country have declared agains:
impeachment So closely, however, is ths
question balanced in the Hcuse teat I, Will
require the sest of VI ednesda7's action 70 settle
the strength of impcachmeu+ IN tho House. In
the Senate an impeachment Evfction
gui-es tvo-thirds vote, ana the vote OF esgh-
teen memsers will defeat IL
HON. h WALKER mas presented his views
TO the pablo Upon fnsrciai matters. Mr..
walker advocates the immediate resumption
OF specie payments, and his means are through
a foreign loan of two hundred ana fifty mil
liens of dollars in gold, ct the rate of six per
cent interest He contends that we could, by
. foreign loan, have resumed specie payments
Two years ago; and that, win proper change
IN our IeveEae system, and the restoration of
the Union, We would now be in a condition of
unbound ded prosperity He urges the necessity
of preserving inviolate the national faith, and
rs opposed to curreRcy expansion, as well as
contraction.
COTTON CAsK.-Messrs. X. J. Walker &
Son. attorneys, have commenced suit IN the
Supreme Court OF this District for William
Bailey, of Louisiana agains: q. A. Weed and
J. Henry Mckee, doing business under the
name OF G. A. Weed & Co, and s. p. Griffin,
all OF Louisiana. for an Injunction and DIS
covery- The bill complains that in August
ls6i, Weed Go. received from plaintiff s3i
bales Of cotton, about AS pounds 10 the bale,
which they have sold, and which should
amount 10 over S7e0,O0O due plaintiff, and sub
ssquenuy they received different amounts
making the sum due Ss2O, go; that in addition
the agent or partner. Mckee, clandestinely
shipped from Dr.. Maddox's place, in April.
1864, about 100 bales, and he prays that the
firm may be required 10 disclose at what prices
they disposed of il. The bail charges that
although there was due the complainant
nearly sl,0OO,9OO. be has received but about
$4,000, and the firm have sent him an account
that there was still due him but about S39, go;
that the changes by the firm for commits sions
are exorbltant and false, and their aceoun.
OF sales do not show the weights but are merely
general. The complainant prays that the de-
fendant may be compelled TO disclose the exact
amounts received for each bale of cotton, the
weight OF each bale, &c., and TO account for
the said cotton, &c. He further says thai he
believes Weed & Co, are about TO become
fraudulently lnsolvent by conceaiing their as
sets; that Griffin has presented in his own
name to the Treasury Department a claim
amounting 70 over 100000 for cotton, the
greater portion Of which belongs TO the firm,
and they are Disgusting the fact 70 defeat their
creditors, ana asks that he be Joined from
receiving such money
PATENTS TO BE IssUED-For the week end
ing on Tuesday, December 10th, 332 patents
will Oe issued from the Patent Office. During
the past week 565 applications and - caveats
have been flied.
Hen MRS. 1ELvERToS is due IN Washing
ton for some readings, but it seems that her
novitiate reading in New York was so unsat-
isfaciory thai by the advice OF her business
manager she has gone into retirement to ge {
some eIocutionary training before appearing
again in public.
CONVICTED OF FRAUD ON THE PENSION
OFFICE.-A case Of much importance TO claim
agents was determined on the 2sth instant in
the U. :. District Court at Detroit, Michigan
Judge Ross Wilkins presiding. The act of
July 4, 1864, provides that an agent shaiI
-ra g.
duly executed a declaration for a pension, with
necessary afidayits. and for warding the SAM
TO the Pension Office, with the req isite cor.
respondence, and no part Of this fee shall be
due until the pensioner shall have received
bis certificate. J. j. CrandalI, OF CoIdwater,
Michigan. was charged, al the instance OF the
Commissioner OF Pensions, with demanding
and receiving from pensioner the sum Of s14:
81 IL excess of the fee prescribed by law. The
trial occupied part of two days, the defendant
appearing IN his own defense. The Jury
returned verdict of guilty, and The accused
was sentenced 70 pay fine of 500 and costs OF
the prosecU uon.
Miss TABBY BOLLINe, tAe bride OF FItzg gh
Lee, is the daughter Of the wealthiest man in
Petersburg.
CHIKF JUSTICE CHASE and the Judges of
the nited States Supreme Court this morning
called upon the PRESIDENT in a body and paid
their respects 10 MIN. IN aecordance with the
usual custom OF calling upon the Chief Magis-
trate al the beginning of the term.
The ENGAGEMENT OF Miss Kitty Dix, well
remembered in Washington society by her
queenly manner) youngest daughter OF Gen
DIX, our Minister to France, to Mr. Walcb,
formerly or Brooklyn n. Y, Is announced
The wedding is 10 take place sOon, ard many
eIegan bridal presents have already been sent
to Paris from this SIDE of the water.
The CLIMATE or RUSSIAN NANERTCA.-Lorin
BIodgett, Esq, author of BIodgett's ClimatoI-
ogy of the United States, has, a the request of
Cominiss icner Wilson, of the General Land
Once, examined into the meteorological sta
tistics Of Russian America, collected during
the past twenty five years, by authority of the
Russian Government. The west coast OF North
America, from Prince Of Wales Island to
Alaska. in climate, is equivalent in winter 70
the east coast of TIE United States from Bslti
more 20 PortIsnd. Maine. The climate OF
Prince OF Wales Island, in winter, is squiva-
lent 70 thar OF baltimore aud Philadelpai
the climate Of Si;ka is equivalent TO that OF
New York city, and KodIah is equivalent TO