Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-15

IdhsUlueu 10 the Senate the following nCmi-
nations of members OF the Levy Court for
washington County: Col. J. A. Magru der
Tn mas Blagden, John A. Rowland, aud
Henry NayIor. All of the gentlemen above
named are N present members of the Court
except Col NayIor, who is nominated to m
me vacancy caused by the expiration of the
term of MaIcr Devere Burr.
Mr.. ALEN. DRLMAR, for the last few years
Director of the Bureau OF Statistics and who
has heen legIslated out of Office by act OF Con
gross. yesterday took formal leave of the heads
OF divisions OF the Bureau of Statistics. and
immediately thereafter started for New York
He will .tsure NO more at Government ex-
peLse.
The OBJECT of Senator Wilson sbiII In re-
lation to Judges of the Supreme court and in
cre1sing their number 10 fourteen, is 10 keep
al least seven Judges in circuit all the while,
hoping by this mems to preserve better order
In the South, by giving the people there more
frequent access to the federal courts
BILLS HAVE NOW been introduced in both
Houses of Congress TO repeal the law for q
meeting of Congress on the 4th of March We
apprehend however, that the proposition Will
meet with no little opposition, for rs-sous we
have heretofore stated.
GEN. VAN WICK is busily engaged in making
preparations to contest the election of his oppo-
nent He was defeated by only about three
hundred votes, and he feels confident of being
able 10 prove that the fraudulent voting I'm the
district amounted to nearly We hundred bal
lots.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN THE DIsrEICT-Mr
Ashley's bill for the relief of women in The
District of Columbia, introduced In the House
yesterday, provides that no person shall be de
barred from voting or holding Office in the Dis
triCt of Columbia by reason of sex
BONDS IssURD.-The Secretary of the Treas
ury yesterday issued to the Union Pacific
Railrosd Company S6iO,OO0 in bonds, being for
the thirty-second section Of the road extandinr y
from the eight hundred and sixtieth 10 the
eight hundred and eightieth mile post.
NAVAL ORDKEs.-Lieut. Commander Geo
W. Coffin has been ordered to the Naval
Academy, and Lieut.. Commander A. =. Crown
shield has been detached from that station l.
Second Assistant Engineer III ~. Phillips has
been detached from the Bureau Of Steam EugI-
neering and ordered to the Richmond.
GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINGS. Chief of
General Grants STAFF, left here last evening
for Danbury, Conn, 10 visit his family, now
stopping there
In THE SUPREME COURT of the United
States yesterday several cases for New York
involving the question whether certificates Of
Indebtedness are securities of the United States
and therefore exempt from taxation by the
States, We're argued.
CORNELIUS WENDELL, one of the Commis
sioners OF the Union Pacific ra' -oad, and F.
). Brooks returned TO this city yes erday from
a trip over that road. MIR. Wendell states that
the road is built in a first-ciass manner. HIS
report Will, ID few days, b. sent to the Secre-
taTy OF the Interior.
THE TARIFF BILL.-The House this after
noon took up the tariff bill which was pend.
ing in the Committee of the Whole at the ad-
iournment of the last session, and debated the
same al length: Mr.. Dawes Mass. in the chair
INCREASED FACILITIES ASKED FoR.-The
President pro t.mPors presented 10 the Senate
this morning a communication from the Secre-
tary of the Interior, recommending an appro-
prlatIOn for the purchase or rent of a building
for the accommodation OF the clerical force in
the Offices OF the Commissioner of Pensions aud
Commissioner of Patents.
TEE PRESIDENT yesterday sent 10 the Senate
the following nominatiOns.-WIlliam J. Cul-
len, to be Superin tendent of Indian Affairs for
Montana and Idaho: Ben njamin +. James, 10 be
Chief Examiner OF the Patent Office.
IT WAS RUMoRED yesterday AT New York
that Moses II. Grinnell Is TO be the successor of
| Mr. Smythe a Collector of the Customs al New
York, should the latter be sent to Austria.
LEAGURIsLAND, al Philadelphia, is al length
about to becoming the property of the United
| States, as depot for its iron-clads Attorney
General Evarts has passed upon the title As
clear eyond dispute.
TIE WASHINGTON Inst RANCE COMPAYY.-
Mr.. Patterson, OF New Hampshire, lntrodu uced
| bill IN the Senate to-day (w hich was referred
| 10 the Committee on the District OF Columbia
/ 10 incorporate The Washington Insurance
| Company of WashiD gton, ID. c. with a capi-
tai stock of sIOO,OO0, and names as Incorpora-
tors Messrs. W. b. Todd. John Purdy. Alex
| X. Shepherd J. w. Thompson, VIM. Wall,
| VIM. Orme, w q. Metzerott, X. b. Nohun, r.
| Il. Mcclure. James w. Barker ]. w. Myers,
| Charles EdmoLston. :. y. Brown. ii. X. Searla,
| J. II. Deirees, Francis III. Smith, Samuel ii
| kaufman, or any five of them.
| THKMETHoDIsTs OF MARYLND AND COLOR
| ED SCHooLs.-Cie ieneral o. o. Howard and Gen
eral Charles Howard, Of the Freedmen's Bu-
/ reau, with Rev. John kimball Superintendent
| of Colored Schools in Maryland. had an inter-
| view in BALTIMORE yesterday with over forty OF
| the Methodist Episcopal clergymen OF that
| city. General 0. o. Howard first addressed
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| the Methodist Church in Baltimore had stood
slOof from the work Cf educating the colorei
| people, and that the object of his visit was to
| see If he could not enlist the influence and ef-
forts OF II. ministry there in this great enter
| Prise Rev. MIR kimball said that there were
| over thirty schools for cOlored children now
| closed in Maryl land, because places TO beard
white teachers could not be found in the neig b
\ Dor rhCod of the schoolhouses. and suitable col
4 ore q teachers could not be obtained. Rev.
\ James Brown hoped the ministry of the Meth
1 odist Episcopal Church would engage IN the
\ good work Of edu ucation, and that his brethern
| would so far overcome their preiudices Qf they
| had any as to al once throw their influence in
/ layor of General Howard's suggestion Rev.
| Mr Blake spoke of large number OF school
4 houses that had been erected In the southern
| portion Of the State by the Joint efforts of the
| Freedmen's bureau and the colored people,
| W hich he said, ans cred the desirable purpose
| of D aces of worship and schools. The preju-
dice that at first existed against coored schools
| was fast disappearing, and many persons who
| had once opposed now en couraged their erec-
| uop Brief addresses Were also made by Rev.
1 Ur. Nadel, OF Drew Seminary, n. J., Rev
| samuel Wilson, Rev. John Bear Rev. j. A.
+, Prise, and other ciergymen OF Baltimore, and
| Gen. Charles Howard.
THi- REUNION OF THE iARMtRs AT CHIcAso,
| At Chicago to-day the reunion OF the soldiers
| Of the Western armies takes place, and Will, nc
/ i.ubt be a grand affair. Among the omcers 10
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