Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-03
Lyons velvet, trimmed with folds OF black
satin; head dress of white lace.


silver trimmings, white flowers in her hair.
Mrs. Judge Knott was attired in a lavender
sIo grain silk with point applique lace trim
mil 6 and black lace point; hair dressed with
black velvet and roses.
Mrs. Demas Barnes wore white illusion skiri
with green satin unique, lace trimmings and
whi'e lace shawl.
Mrs. General Michler wore Partisan green
tafeta, en- yasier, low corsags, AMI black Ia.
trimmings.
Mrs. Martin. of Auburn, Wore a lavender
gros grain silk, trimmed with narrow folds o.
satin of the same hue
Mr.. Secret ~ \ Culloeh was attired in
PLAIN nut brown silk; head dress of white lace
ard single japonics.
During the evening the Marine Band per
formed the folio wing selections HAL COlum
bis; Quickstep, WaIkIag Down Broadway.
Overture Martha; Medley, Fra Diavolo;
Waltz. Baroe Blen; South Side Gaiop; Duett.
Norma; Waltz, La Belle Helene: Duet. Mari
tana; selections from Faust; Bridal Schottishe.
selections from Elixir Of Love; National airs
TRRSrATIoNERY CONTRACT or THE ISrR.
hIoR DEPARTMRNT.-The report of the Il lus ?
Committee on Printing, to whom was referred
the resolution dlrecting them TO investigate ID e
stationery contracts ofthe Interior Department
was submitted in the House by Mt. Ella to-day
The report says:
1.-The stationery contract for the Interior De-
par tment Tor 1865 was awarded TO me b CHEST
bidder instead of the 10 west by the knowledge
Of how 10 bid which made the column of UNITS
lowest, while the aggegats was highest
at was by this system of bidding the sta
tl0nery contracts were given to Dempsey &
OTooie, whose bids aggregated s}2,o51.s6.
instead Of Blanchard Il Monnu, whose bids
aggre gated s., ,616.g7.''
Another method has been to have a good
understanding at the source of orders, and
have them shaped fer your benefit. calling for
few, If any, goods where your bid is below
cost, and for large orders where the profits are
large. The great reliance for profits however,
sche dule, which. for the Interior Department
excluding the Patent ONCE, } has been about Is
per cent. and IN the Patent Oaice rs per cent
All articles not in the schedule are charged at
fabulous prices. though the contract provides
that they shall be turn the lowest mar ket
rates. The greatest abuses have been III the
Pa.ent Ofhce, where heretofore Congress has
exercised no control over the expenditures
"Forty-slx coveat books have been charged
and paid for since February, ISIS, a. SO and
Sii each, while not one OF them can BE- found
an the omce. Five hundred and eighteen
thousand printed blanks, consisting of letters,
decisions, &c., were charged and paid for,
when less than 2OO,LC0 could be accounted for
by the requirements of the Office OF file
wrappers, 10000 We're charged and paid tor al
cost OF s5a per thousand, and after making
liberal estimates for those used and on hand.
i0,'tU CdunOt De ted Tor. Of manila aud
large brown envelopes, . by II, ii5 600 were
charged and paid for, while the quantity on
hano and used could no. exceed 10000, leaving
uaccounteo for lU5,UUO. OF cards for models.
l5n.UUU were charged and paid for AT 40 per
thousand. while but $4,000 can he accounted for
as used and on hand, leaving llU,0CU unac-
counted for
The prices charged were as extravagant a.
the quantities We give a few cases Books
worth 50 are charged at S45: cash books worth
80, charged at SD. cards, worth about S3 per
thousand, are charged at $40; printing envei-
opes, worth about - 81 per thousand, is charg-
ed at $40 and $40 ruling. worth about ~ 30 per
thousand sheets, IS charged at S50; printing
$1,000 blanks, worth perhaps 81 per thou sand,
charged at SO 81 and Sl1. To give them ali
would become tedious"
In reference TO the purchases of bond paper,
furnished 351,OOI sheets of bond paper. ana
been paid So $50. Its highest testified cost was
S7,o2O; add Is per cent. for profit. Si,u53, and
you have 5000. Deduct this from the amount
paid, and il leaves them over $4,000 above a
fair profit on a bill of S2s,0SD.'
The committee, in con ciusion recommend
the passage Of Joint resolution directing the
SECRETARY ofthe Interior not 10 receiv or make
payment for 3iO,O0O sheets of bond paper
Claimed TO have been ordered of the stationery
contractor for the Interior Department AT a
cost OF N24, o.; and also that he withhold pay.
ment on any bills claimed TO be due to SAID
contractors the sum of 81 so charged and r--
eeived for printing l. 900 patent heads, which
work was not performed by them; and also the
value CT 5000 sheets of bond paper at eight
cents per sheet, now in the custody of said con-
tractors unless the same is returned: and that
he also decnct from their unpaid bills the
amount charged for goods mot included in their
contract above the prices at which like goods
are sold in open market.
The BILL TO AMEND THE JUDICIARY Act
with the amendments as reported in the Senate
this morning by MI TrumbuII, from the Ju-
dietary Committee, enacts that the Supreme
Court of the United States shal hereafter con-
sist OF the Cbief Justice OF the United States
and eight Associate Justices, any SIX OF
whom shall constitute a quoTum: aud for
this purpose there shall be appointed an ad-
dliiOnal Associate Justice of said Court
For each of the nine existing judicial circuits
there shall be appoiRted a circuit Judge, who
shall reside In his circuit, and shall possess
the same power and jurisdiction therein as tbe
justice Of the Supreme Court allotted to the
CIRCUIT. The circuit courts in each circuit shsiI
b. held by the justice OF the Supreme COurt
allotted TO the circuit: or by the circuit judze
OF he circuit; or by the district Judge of the dis
ulcf, sitting alone or in or by any two of them
sitting together. And such courts may be held
al the same time in the different districts of the
same circuit, and more than one such court
may be held at the same in the same district.
The Circuit Judges shall each receive an an
nual salary OF live thousand dollars. Nothing
in tbls act shall affect the powers of the Jus,i-
ces OF the supreme Court as Judges of the
Circuit Court, except in the appointment of
clerks of the Circuit Courts, which, in each
circuit, shall be appointed bv the Judge Of tn al
circuit, and the clerks Of the District Courts
shall be appointed by the Judges thereof re-
spectlvely. 1t shall be the duty of each Justice
of the Supreme Court to attend at least one
term OF the Circuit Court in each district of his
circuit, during every period Of two years
GINERALs PORTER AND BABCcCK. of t}en.
eral Grants stah, have returned from their
tour Of inspection through the Southern States,
and will make an extended written report to
the General. They represent North Carolina
as in the best condition and next to that State is
Alabama. The worst state Of affairs exists in
Georgia, and some legislation by Congress to
secure the rights Of the loyal people in thar
State will be recommended. They say the
negroes were in the right during the Ogeechee
troubles, and they shouldbe protected.
DIsLoYALrY IN rHH DsPARrNENTs.-Editor
Star: My attention has been called to the article
in your issue OF the LIST inst, headed as above,
and noticed with pleasure your comments on
the extract from an article on that blect taken
from the New York Sun.
In 1884, the writer hereof was clerk in the
War Department, and was directed by the Hon
y. A. Dana, then Assistant Secretary Of War,
now editor Of Tie SHn,) to ascertain the names
employed who were either openly disloyal or
were known as rebel sympathizers. As the
retu ult OF my investigations eleven clerks were
disc scharged, and have in my possession the
original list Of disloyal clerks, copy OF which
l handed to Assistant Secretary Dana, and out
Of that number bat one obtained an appoint.
ment in any other Department, and that was
the "Bread and Butter Department"
! make this statement to refute the assertion,