Evening star., 1868-07-27
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

TIE RicKPTIoN gwen AT the Metropolitan
Hotel on Saturday ri-ht by Hon. nson Bur.
hneame and lady, w tn Chin-Kaug and San
Cnia-K1, Associa;ed Ministers OF the Chinese
Legation, was unique and en- njoylble .ir
anortIng q very Distinguished rad lrilli-nt
company the opportunity to make the acquaint-
anee Of our Celestial visitors. Anon, the
throng OF mobiles pr ent were Pr 'ide 1t
johnson, s, c:etsries Seward, McCulloch.
Welles- Browni"g, Postms t General l.
dali, Mr.. Evarts, the Attorney General;
Mr.. Buckley, As7is'-nt Attorney Geo.
eral; q ne-al U. d. Howard Min's:er
TnornioL S:oeckel, Bron GGroIt, Mon
sieur Bc-thsm :, I'd other for izn Mi1Is ars.
Among the ladies pre- 'ent were Mrs. Stephens,
the authoress, and Mrs. Holmes. the brilli Ut
adyOcase of woman's rights in the ReroI lion,
The host ard hostess received the company
with great cord atty, ach person beng in.
reduced by General Banks. A large number
OF Leading members of Congress Were present
later IN the evening. About .wo hours we
spent IN pl'-SaIt conversation in the parlors,
and then lie company were d to the grand
dining hall, where a very com Die and ele-
CANT reP3-t Wa in waiti3g- AIR. and Mrs.
Burlingame did all IN their power for the
entertainment Of their gu ,ts, IN which they
were seconded by Ne rs. Brown and De-
rhsmps. II SCcTe.aTieS of l. z: ion.
"
NoNHLT1oNs, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND Re-
JFCTIoNs-The following nomina. OBS were
sent 70 the Senate las; night by tie Pre~ident:
Fletcher p. Cuff 10 be Reg ster of Deeis for
the ID. .Eiss OF olumb a: General William =
r. rcrauz 10 be Min rto Mexico; Alexander
NJ. Cur nincs- of Pa, 10 be Comnissonpr of
In erna. Reye1ue; 10 OF VI. Jonn on TO be
VI. A'fxa der 10 be Pos Master at WasnIng on,
ID g., William II. We sner, TO be Collector of
Customs al New Orleans
The PresideHt on Saturday sent 10 tie Senate
he following nomina, ions in atdi,ion to the
list published in saturdays STAE:-William J.
Cullen, Superintendent o. Indsu Affairs for
Ioaho ana MoP'sna; Francs A. Perkins, of
Conn6c. cut. 10 Ia Cor to T-hiti: Omar F.
RObeltN, Of1ndian-, 10 be Secretal v o. the TeI-
riiory of Wyoming.
The Senate Las. N hit cort n the follow
i'g:-A exa lder l.. Buffir on to be Receiver
Oi Pubic Moneys iof the ID triet of Montgom.
-Ty, Alab. ma: "a les G. W, 90 of IIIino:s
D be Chief Jusi-e OF tse Sdpreme orr OF
Jta5; ZepbSniah =. SpaItjng, OF Ohio to b..
con nj AT Ho lOiulG: S.nuel T. Crowa To he
Jn t ee o. he p ace for the Dist,ict of CoIum-
The followiDg We're confirmed SATURDAY in
adrIt.on to Tho heretofore publivhed in the
SrfR;-AlyIn Hawkins, OF Tenn. 10 be Con-
sol General Il Havara; l. II. Colt TO be Con-
sul at Nalenc a: Matthew Meigs OF Pa tn be
Consul AZ Pir;eus: J NJ. Clark, OF ILL.,. to be
CoIleeicr OF 1rterDal Revenue. SecoDd district
Of NIr.Ilia; ). Ferguson Be..ch, to " s. At
iorney, Virginia; Os a. Buckaiew, 10 be Re-
criyer Of public moneys al Arizona: I.yi,S -
mil, - be X -eiyer II public moneys in Uts1.
Nioholss Quints ma 10 be A yent OF Indians -
New VI xico.
The followIn- Were rejected William II
:>to1 N, OF ". u, Tor Consul az lie ds: Ch.rIas
Petels, 10 be- Naya' Oficer at New York: ".
r Goplt, TO :: additional PayTnqster in ". $
army; W. Wyatt. > be Receiver OF pub,ic
moneys at Montgomery. Ala
"A CELESTIAL SHOWER BATH.-Dur,pg The
d avg rain on FRIDAY last, ONE O the ats cbes
of tne ChIncse Emhns Were obseI we'd lean
ng olt OF the window II the Melropciitan
hot !. a. L -ss i due reyasi TO safe.y world
permit They were s.r.pP 10 the wa ct aad
seemed grizzly 20 -Ijov 'he pltterIpg of the
COOLING lain drops on their max bocu- We
90 not know whether this refreshir: style of
shower bath Is customary in the Flowery
Lard, but the C,l stials emed to consider il
All right Ii was novel sp 'c,acle on PennsyI-
yania avenue. however, a"d not likely % be
Introduced as n feature of rect life on this
side Of the globe
JEFFERSON DAyIs.-A disp.tch receivad
here from Savsnnah, Ga, this morning, says
that Jeffersoa DAVIS will soon sail fo- Europe,
10 be gone several months, and hat he will be
repres ented in the coming al by his counsel
NEWS FroN GKoT SIA Announcing that ex.
Governor Brown will probably be elected
4 nit'd Stitcs Senator by the Republicans of
that STATE, y lar rom being satisfactory 10
isadIDg Republi ans here, and il is probable
iha' pressure Will he brought to bear upon
the Georgia legislature to elect cne who was
nOt an original sec-ssionist
The FUNDING BILL agreed upon by the
Committee OF Conference, aud passed IN the
senate last evening, was taken up in the House
this morning, and the Democrats filIibu stared
over he same for more than aa hour, but tre
bill was finally pa ed ard sent U ne Pre,i
dent for his signature. We give it, provIsioIs
elsewhere.
CLERKS IN DEPAETN sNTs.-In the House
ihIs morning, few minutes before he hour CT
ssHs dis adjournment, Mr.. GARFIELD of Ohio.
introduced the following joiut resolution. which
was placed on the calendar without a yote upon
It's y: sSags-
Where's, II is reported that ninety.four CLERKS
were discharged from the u uart srmaster Gen.
rails dep irtment on the 18th inst, and hat
IEAty-tnree OF the number Were men who
served The Union army during the late war:
;iEd where - II has been the purpose of Con-
S-tss, Iepsateoty expressed, 20 give the prefer
aT- eq ually efficient: Therefore,
r. u TesOired, GEc., That the Secretary of War
re reg uested 10 amend said order as to retsIn
IA service by preference those efficient clerks
" ho have been disabled IN the military service
Oi the United States.
TEE FLOATING DEBT OF TIE CITY.-Mr
Harlan introduced into the Senate, on wednes-
day last, the following BILL W hich provides for
our floating debt. IL passed the Senate, and ON |
pa sd the House, and now awaits
the signature of the President. The measure |
wa warmly urged by Mayor Bowen as a means |
0i putting the city In proper position finan- |
,ialIy:
Be Il enacted, de-, That the city OF Washius.
ton be, and hereby Is, authorized 70 ISSUE, by 1
vote of its councils registered or coupon bonds |
IN the denomination of fifty dollars, one nm I
irsd dollars, nye hundred dollar ana one
thousand doiiarS, payable N ten wears from
he date OF issue. oearng interest al the rave of
SIX IeS cSGi. per annum, payable semi-an- |
and interest payable q law. |
'Gl money Of the United States. Said bonds
sha I'll be signed by the Mayor aud counters, gned
by the register Of Tue cIty, and shall be payable
AZ such plsce or places as may by them be |
deem expedlent, aud may be IssuSd and DIS
pos OF 10 az amount sufficient TO pay snd
discharge the pr sent floating debt OF the CITY,
not howe yer, 10 exceed he sum OF eiZht hun.
drcd Jhousand dollars: Pro-ided, That sand |
HOnds shall not be sold for le. than their par |
value In iswiul money of the United Safes, or
IN exchange for said matured and iiquidated
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