Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-09
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


SECRETARY MCCULLocB's RECEPTION
The first card reception Of the season of Sec
retary and Mrs. McCulioch took place las,
evening, st the residence of the Secretary, ON
Il street, between 10th and 17th. The attend
ance was large, and the visitors were csrdiallv
received by tue Secretary and his accom- Mi an
ed lady, assisted by n iss Moore and Miss Lulu
McCulloeh. Among the many promne1t per-
sons present Were a majority of the rspresen-
tauyes cI the fcregn lesssons; Secretary
Browning, Senator'S Harlan, Dixon, DoolItti.,
and McCreery 0uarter.naster General Meics
Hon. Fernando Wood, Hen u. y. Cooley, X IN
J. B. Beck, Hen. T. L. Zones, Of Kentucky,
and cchers- The next reception Will De on the
evening of the I'D instant.
GES. GRANTS EISIT TO BALTNcRE-The
anE ual meeting ofthe board of managers OF the
Peabody ets1catioral fEnd takes place In BaIti-
more on W .duesdsy next. General Grant one
OF the meFrbe Of The board Of directors, IS ex-
pected TO be present, and during his solourn in
baltimore will be ,Ae guest of VIM. ]. Albert,
Esq. lis understood that during the VISIT Of
General Grant he will be rendered public
reception by the citizens of Baltimore. Among
the distinguished strangers WHO are expected TO
be present are Commodore r ragut, Gcyern
Clifford, Fish, Graham ard Aiken, Bishop
MeIiyaine, Messrs. Evsrts. Winthrop, Sears,
Wetnore, Bradford, Russell and McA lister.
SUPERVISOR CREECY who had seized large
amount of iceacco in New Orleans, s.ld placed
it in the custody ofths Marshal, was compelled
to return here some days since fer further
instructions. Mr.. Crcecy has recei. ed inteIli-
gpnce thai every pound OF the tosscco he had
seized had disappeared from TIE warehouse,
and that no trace Of !; could be szound. The
Marshal was entirely ignorant OF how it had
escaped bis custody. Mr.. Creeuy thinks the
LouIsianians hard customers. He had had oc-
casion to suspend Collector Tilsdsle at Alexan-
dria In that State. and in reply received a tele-
gram from TIlsdale in these wsrds: s.3o 10
he'll; don't know You. Ifyec want to sus-
pend me come here and do IT,"
The PRESIDENT FAs APPOfR-ep CHAUNcEY
SNOW. one Of the proprietors OF the Int iligen-
Ger, q Government Director of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad, rice Hon. James s. Rollins of
Missouri, resigned. Mr.. Sncw is a practical
railroad man. having surveyed and located
several OF the Western railroads, and been an
engineer for many years of the Philadelphia
Wilmington and BaltImcre Railroad The
statement in the morning papers that Mr. =
has been appOirted Commissioner of the U.
p. r. r., in place of Mr.. Cornelius Wendell. Is
OF course a mistake.
DOCTORS DiFFKRINs.-If Mr.. Kilbourne
whose name has been sent to the Senate by the
President nominee for Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury, relies upon newspaper reports
rs to his chances for confirmation. he must feel
slightly mixed as TO his oficial prospects lust
now. The correspondent of the World SAYS
.his confirmation is most probable" while he
OF the Times says 'he stands very little chance
of confirmation We might express a learned
rha hr,yI los
the existing muddle we forbear.
SENATOR SHERMAN gave select party last
evening az his residence. on X street, bet ween
18th and 14;h streets. Among those present
were Secretary McCulloch, the heads OF bu
reaus of the Treasury Department, the men,
bers of the Senate Finance Committee, Ways
and Mesns Committee OF the House, Appropri-
alton Committees OF House and Senate, and
House Committee on Banking and Currency,
making about nifty persons in all.
TIE CeSsIDKRATIoN.-Thec correspondent of
the New York H.rald states that the with.
draval OF Mr.. Grow from the Senatorial con.
test in Pennsylvania was based upon the
promise Of the leading Republican politicians
OF the State 10 unite in urging HIM for place
in President Grants Cabinet. His fitness for
the Department of the Interior is claimed to be
. weighty argument In has favor.
"USDIEK, or the Naiad Queen" is one of the
most beautiful creations of German literature.
and TO see the story illustrated with song dance.
rlch costumes, and splendid scenery, as il is
presented at the National Theater every night,
is great treat TO lovers OF the romantic
GEN. GRAFT was announced for a trip TO
Annapolis, 10 sttend the cadets ball last night
but did not leave the city. He and Gen Raw
lngs, (vho has returned here much improved
in health.l dined with Attorney Gen. Evarts
At the lat;er's residence, last evening
THE NEW NAVY REGISTER is undergo.ngrc.
vision al the Navy Department and will be
issued in q few days.
A DKSIAL-Dat0 says: A report Is gong The
rounds of the papers that the President pro-
poses 10 retire a number of army officers who
have been long IN the service and some of
those who are 10 be thus retired are narrei
There lie not one word of Truth the report
NELoCIPEDEs. the past few months
over sixty caveats and a large umber of appIl-
cations for patents for velocipedes have been
filed al The Patent once
GOVERNOR ARNY. or New Mexico. arrived
here last evening, and will remain in town
several days.
AMONG THE NAMES OF Americans registered
IN Paris for the week ending Dec. 7th. we notice
that CT J. q. Davis, VI ID , of this CITY,