Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-08

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Senaie this afternoon the following nomlua-
tons:
w. d. Spaudlng, OF New York to be Uaised
Stairs Consul At Yeddo, japan.
Thomas p. Smith, OF Massachusetts, now
Oop sui a, La Rochelle, to be U. s. Consul a,
Paris v.re John q. NIco,ay.
Edward Stephess. of New Jersey, TO be u.
Wells.
C,mmodore Andrew Harwood. on the re-
tired list. 10 be r. ar \ dmirai IN the Navy ou
the retired lis zoe services In comm md of the
Potomac Flo'illa
q orge kIug bury, 10 be Collector OF In
tsrDal Revenue for the Sd district of Massachu-
s't's, vice W. III. McC3r .nev.
Pa 'sed Assistant Paymaster Laona-d A
Frailey. to be q Pay mas.er IN the Nav vice
Edward Bellows, dismissed.
Assls.I1t Payma= ,er J. y. Loomis, 10 he
Passeo Assistant Paymaster 10 the Navy, vice
Frailey promoted.
Mr.. Ella, Of New Hampshire, introduced in
the House this morning the following Joint
resolution, which was referred to the Commit
tee on Printing:
Whereas William II Dempsey O; the firm O;
dempsey O'Toole, did make most brutal
and cowardly assault on Fric;y. February 5th.
In the Parent Office building, with a loaded
whip, upon Samuel A. Duncan, a witness in
the recent investigation of their contracts with
Inc interior department. for evidehce given
OF Tor statement contained ia papers on file
with the Committee on Printing, making il
maniiestty unsafe for witness to tessfy
against them; and wncrels IL has been prov "a
there is dishonesty IN the supplies furnished
by tn, m to the Inferior Department, ana good
reason TO believe they have practiced frauds in
their supplies to the Post Office Departnent-
Resotced, de-, That the Postmaster General
ana all other heads of Departments be direc ed
70 rescind and aunul any and all contracts
for each or Any of the Departments or Bureaus
tnereof existing with the firm of Dempsey
O'Toole, Of Washington, d.. G.
MR. W. SCOTT SMITH appeared before the
Committee en- Pubic Ex DE aditares this morn
ing to correct certain statements which had
o; en- given out concerning his evidence, to the
eject that he had given the names of witnesses
VINO mad given him Information coace-ning
charges made against Wells, Fargo q Co.. and
tnat when these witnesses were subpPnaed
they all testified they had had no con yersatiop
with Mr. Smith on the subject.
Mr. smith stated tnat his evidence would
snow, and that the Committee would recollect
that he stated distinctly that those witnes ses
whom he had named had talked with him
about other Irregularities of the Post Office De
partment. and about the Committee being a
white washing body, and not about Wells,
In this explanation OF Mr.. Smith two men,
bers OF the Committee co'u ,ded. and the ne,as.
sary corrections were made upon the records
MI Broomall aid Ia explanation thai hp had
examined the witnesses under a wrong i'm
pr ssion OF Mr. Smiths evidence.
PETITION FOR REPEAL or THE UsuRy
LAws.-Mr. Patterson, of N. H., presented IN
the Senate this morning petiuon signed by
John X. Elvans, Moses Kelly, r. E. Sumner,
II. Hulburd, w. Y. Todd, A r. Shepherd.
j. Z. McGuIrp, james Y. DAVIS, and over $50
well.known n business men and citizens of this
-riCt, praying the p.ssage Of the bill e
pf ahng the old Mary land la W relating 70 usnry
IN the District OF COLUMBIA or to provide su ch
m dihC az on OF that ancien Ut law will per nit
supply ana demand 10 regulate the rates OF in.
teTest IN thIs District They suggest rha. The
rave ne specifically stated IN each case by n
written agrtemeLt, and " hen no such ayrap-
Eehtexists me rate of lawful M tarest 10 D.. six
per centum per annum. Referred - the Dis
trict Committee.
The PRESIDENT recently approved the act
authorizing aud directing the Secretary OF tne
Navy 10 make the appointing a, Of midshpme,
10 the nited States Naval Academy on or ne
fore the itn of March next. from any State il
which tue electioa for me nbr OF tha House of
Repro sea .at'vCs to the Forty-frst Congress
does not nv law take place previous 10 the frs
OF July, cts, npOn he nomInn tou of ms,nbers
OF the House OF Representatives from such
> as's IN The Pre- sent Congress.
SENATOR MCCERERY and Others had an IL
terIiew Saturday with Attorney General
Evarts, relative TO the release of John G. Braine
81 The Cont; derate navy. Mr.. Evar,s express.
d some doubt as TO whether Brane's case could
DE reached under the President amnesty
lroclamatIOn.
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