Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-19
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,

ON Public Expenditures are still iayesti-at,ng
tne use made Of tie money paid for Alaskl,
out nothing Of special interest has beaa devel-
optd since our last report of the TESTIMONY
Mr.. Hinton, who, 1t is understood, in q ielter To
the worcester Spy, first gave Rewspaper pub.
nCI'y ia tan "a ble form 20 the rumo-z of COR
ruptfoD, was examined yesterday, bat his exi
deace revealed the i.Ict that all he knew of the
Matter was rom hearsay, and that he did not
and does not now,.kDow of the truth of the
reports 10 waict be gave currency
Secretary Seward was before the commit,ao
this morning "a a voluntary witnCss ana N, de
asiatement ID the effect that he knew noth;no
OF any money having been paid to secure the
passage of the Alaska appropriation b,u- aud
mat the expenditures of the Stale Dep lrtmeat
In toe matter were EoG over $500. He had in
st'gafed the publication of several articles ur,
Ing the pas. cage OF the bill, which were erstn-
ltously published in several newspapers ana
re was also consulted by MIR. de Stoeckl rs To
'fe proprieiy OF employing Hon Robert I
W2'kor, and be lad recommended that gept,e-
man rs man Of fine legal attaiuments. bpt ba
had TO knowledge of any payments made TO
q M, or 10 any one else without authorize or
law.
Mr.. James Rankin Young, the Washington
representative OF the New York T,sbsne ard
Evening Press
Association, were also before the committae
tnls morning; but, so far as we can learn. no
new facts were elicited- Mr.. Young testified
in substance that he knew nothing of the mar,
ter urter Investigation, excepting what be had
beard from irresponsible persons, and what he
read In the newspapers. He sand that he had
teen charged with having been paid $500 and
the paper with which he was connected the
sum OF $4,000. He denied having received
any money or of ever having been promised
any, or even approached on the sub,ect
he opposed the Alaska purchase bitterly
in his correspondence, as did also his nsvs
paper editorially. he said that a man named
Martin bad called on him at his oftic. and
presented list of names OF persons winch he
said he was willing to swear had been maid
money for lobby influence. He thought Mar.
tin an adventurer aud unrusiworthy.
Ii is Understood that the committee have sig.
Dified to the Department Of State their resdi.
rSzs to receive any statement the members of
the Russian Legation here might wish to maze
On the subject, but il is not likely that ANYTHING
Will be developed from that source
THE INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER
sHIP.-It seems to be generally understood
now that Mr.. Commissioner Rollins will 70.
main in oifce until after the 4th OF March next
OF, at least, that he will certainly not send in
bis contemplated resignation until Congress
shall have reassembled after the holiday VEGA
ticn. That he has long been auxious to retir.
from the pos s,tion, which at the best is an ex
csedingly laborious, vexatious, and thankless
one, is we'll known, and that he has not done
30 before this time is entire due, as his friends
affirm, 10 considerations of public character
and to circumstances which he was unable to
"A huf A he res lts nf NH
as an officer or a citizen, be blind.
This desire on the part Of Mr.. r. was based
on grounds partly private and partly public in
their character. He has long felt that his
family, in which i'll health has made serious
inroads, has just claim to more of h., tire
and care than an Official place SO eIs .ting as
the one he fills will allow hum TO give: bat
smother reason. not less potent, is to be found
IN the fact, always sirenuousIy urged by him,
that he has heen unlustly beld. by the public
not familiar with the circumstances Of the case
responsible for the shortcomings ana excesses
of his official subordinates, with the appoint.
ment Of whom he has had nothing TO do
and over whom, from the very pature Of things,
he could not exercise proper control,-a phase
of the case which was dwelt upon at some
length. IL is said, in his testimony before the
on Reirenchment ON Thursday
last. These considerations are as weIghty now
as ever; but, in Difference to the advice of a very
large number of gentlemen in public and pri-
vafe life, whose views are entitled to respectful
attention, and TO avoid complications which
would be as embarrassing as profitless, il is
likely that he will pursue the course indicated
above, and continue to hold the office until his
successor shall be appointed by the President
elect, after his induction into office.
mitted to the Senate the following nominations:
Thomas N. Stillwell, TO be Minister Resident
at Ecuador; Thomas Davis, to be Postmaster
a, Memphis, Tenn; T.. q. Megrue, to be Asses
sor Of Internal Revenue for the LIST District of
Ohio; T.. Z. Dana, to be Collector for the 5th
District of Massachusetts,; w. H. Russell, to be
Collector for the ID District Of Connecticut; p.
b. Spear, TO be Collector, and w. G. Tally, to
be Assessor for the 7th District Of Penus Viva
mia; A. ID. Markley, to be Collector of the 9Th
District of Pennsylvania; and o. H. Russell, to
be Collector of the ith District of V irginia.
GENERAL GRANT AND STAFF AND SRCRR.
TARY SCHoFIELD AHD STAFF left Cincinnati
last evening, and are expected to arrive
in this city this evening. Generals A. H.
Terry and George II. Thomas will remain In
the West for some days: the former at his
he ado uarters at ST. Paul, Mimi, and the latter
at his headquarters, Department of the Cum
berlaud.
A NuNBsR OF CoSeRHssNEs left for their
homes yesterday, and in the House there will
scarcely be a quorum on Monday next, as NO
business is to he transacted on that day except
reading the journal and adjournment to JAN
nary 5th.
The SENATE JUDICIARY Committee have
de ecided that there Is necessity for Congress-
ional action in reference to Georgia, and will
report blacks, with amendments, the bill of
Senator Edmunds.
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Commander w. N. LETTERS
and Lieutenant G. J. Train have been ordered
TO duty at the Naval Observatory in this city
NOMINATIONS CoNYIEMED.-The Senate yes
,erday confirmed the following nominations
Commodore Charles H. Poor TO be Rear Ad.
niral; Captains George H. Emmons and Edw'd
70 be Commodores; Commanders
Richard j. Renshaw and johnson Is. Creigh.
ton, TO bs Captains; Leutensut Commanders
Joseph r. Fife and Richard W. Meade, Jr.,
and Bobert Boy d, Jr, TO be Commanders; Lieu
tenants NV. Deyer, Francis ID. Green, Edw'd
Hooper, Henry X. Carnage. Alonzo w. Null
dam, and Charles O'Neil to be Lieutenant
Commanders; A. 3. Taylor and James M. 7.
Young, to be First Lieutenants; Edward T.
Bradford, to be Second Lieutsnant in the Ma
riDe Corps; Thomas O. Wottoa and The. VOL