Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-16

Nj. Morgan. from the COMMITTEES on Com
msres- reported in the Senate to-day Joint
resolution providing that there shall not be
carried on any vessel on a voyage q greater
number Of passengers than IN The follow iue
Proportion--On the second deck, mot being
an oriop deck,l one passenger for every one
hsndged and twenty cubic feet Of clear SPACE
and on the main and poop deck one passenger
Tor every one hundred cubic feet of clear space
contained herein, the space in each case TO be
sserris,ned IN the manner provided by law
penalty is provided Of fifty dollar. for
-Sery 'statute adult carried in excess of the
number allowable by this bill; and If the ex :
cess Is more than ~ per cent of such allowa-
ble amber. the owner or agent OF the vessel
shall be snbiect 10 a ine not ex ,eedins 81. .OO.
spd imprisonment not exceeding SIX mouths,
and the master, on conviction. shall bs I'm :
pIisons from six months 10 a year The hin
slso requires the Committees on Commerce IN
me TWO Houses 10 prepare a bill for the better
Protecuon Of emisrants on shlpooard.
NosISATIoSs.-TheP President transmitted IN
The Senate yesterday the following nomrna-
ticps:-1. J. Bowers, 70 be Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court OF Idaho, in rlace of J. X
Mcbride, resigned; Wm- N. Stafford, 70 b.
HssSc,a.e N"%,.a 1oss,ce % OF ths S1preme Court of
n hnowles- 10 be Associate Justice Of the
supreme Court of Montana IN place OF l.
W hhston, whose term has expired, and whose
name, submitted TO the Senate for reappo,ut.
Ioent on The 18th instant, is Withdrawn: A.
whIttlesey. Agent for The Chippewas of Lake
superior, vice D. L Webb, appointed Super
Neyor General OF California, vice L. Irpsep
whose term has expired: w. M. McCanley, 10
b- Agent for the Flat Heads and other Confed-
eTated Tribes of Indians in Montana Terri
tory, vice John w. Wells, deceased
toNTEACr ARARpED.-The contracts for
furnishing wood and coal 10 the Interior de-
Partm'st for the ensuing year, has been
awarded a. foilows;-White ash coal 10 Sp
Brown Son; red ash coal, To VIM. Guinand:
oak wood 10 Henry Nagle; pine wood, TO I. T.
Fowler.
PoLITICAL.-The New York Sun insists tha,
Gen Blair ls a strict temperance man and saws
II he used sixty-hve dollars worth of whiskey
and lemons in two days ~ Hartford il must
nave been FOR medicinal purposes.
Railroads will Joke sometimes. The rail-
roads from Cincinnati has quite a competition
Tor the contract OF carrying Pendletca's escort
20 New York. The Narrow Guage folks Tot
me JOB. but after the slaughter Of the Pendle-
ton interest in The Con vention. the managers
OF the Broad Guage Route telegraphed 10 Geo
n Offering 10 furnish ambulance cars 10 bring
home the bodies Of the Pendletonians
The New York Herald says: There are va
nous rumors afoet from Washington that cer-
tan Democratic liberals who do not like Sey-
mour, and certain Republican CONSERVATIVES
who do not like 70 play second fiddle 10 the
Radicals, have been sounding Mr. Chase upon
the proposition 20 run him as third Candidate
snd that he has no objection TO the movement
We guess, however, that this Is Republican
SeNice 10 Kill on both Chase and Seymour by
SHOCKING their heads together, and that the
thlei Jostice has no notion Of going into such
P,onless conflict BY holding on he may
eone up as the very man of all men for
the SEisls IN E7l, and this, We doubt
not y MS decision upon the subject
The ClevelsRd Leader says HIf You want
70 m~xs :, AN ONO Dsmocra: mad. say BLAIR to
rooster"
The Cincinnati Commercial says that Sew.
mour's nomination after his repeated deciina.
lions calls 70 miEd CoFwin's Observation at ne
noInananon Oh foik. AFTER this NO one is
safe. A man goes 10 bed a respected eitixsn-
and he rses IN the morning and Auds hlnsef
y candidate Of the Demoeratie Party for the
/ I'resideney." ~. = :,