Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-30
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
eIS1tRNAL RlvKNuE-Ths rsoeipls to-day
IRON this eosrce were sS50,36i,o
IRIS AssERrEp tha. one OF the very firsto
General Grants ofYicial acts as President wilt
b. TO order General Sheridin to the command
OF the Department at New Orleans
MR. SHsRMAN, in the Senate this morning,
presented the pet'tion of members of the
Georeesown Councils and others, asking the
passage of the hill te incorporate the Indus.
trial Home School for the District of Col moia
Mr.. CoNKLIrG introduced in the Senate this
morning a bill to promote the building OF
Steamships IN the United Srstes and TO provide
fOr the transportation of the U. y mails be-
tween New York and Europe by s.eanships
bIilt IN the United States.
GIN. KILPATRICK has succeed-a in inducing
The Senate COMMITTEE en- Appropriations to re-
port against the action OF the House, in con-
solidatins certain Soath American missions
The committee, in the consular aud diplomatic
bill repoi ed to-day, has restored tie origina al
appropriations for AL these missions.
THE IMPORTANT ELL red ucing the military
forces, reported By Mr.. Wilson on Monday
last. passed the Senate yesterday after the brief
consideration of twenty minutes. Mr.. Conk-
hngs amendment to prohibit the filing of two
vacant brigadier generalshiPs was adopted
without even a dt vision.
JOHN NJ. LANG sToN, OF Ohio, will be an ap.
plielnt for the MinistershIp TO Hayti, under
Grant. This Is the same position rendered him
by President johnson, bot declined for the
reason that he would not dim his political
Prospects by accepting an Of,ice under the pres
ent Ad ninistrstion.
A CORRESPONDENT inqCires Us not some
one throwing dust into the eyes Of members Of
Congress. by arousing their indignation upon
the second sestion Of the pension bill now
pending before the House, for the purpose @,
cloaking opposition TO the sections restricting
tae fees of agents !"
THs BILL 20 incorporate the National Rail.
the Senate on Thursday last by Mr.. vickers
and referred to the Committee on Railroads
was reported back by Mr.. VIckprs this morn
ing, aud referred TO the Committee on the Dis.
trict OF Columbia
THE HOUSE COMMITS ON NAVAL AFrAIr
held me citing this morning, and had before
them 'fe question OF alleged frauds in the pur.
chase Of machinery for the Philadelphia Navy
Ys-d. j. N. Couch. Esq, concluded his ar.
Cument for the contractors. The Committee
will PrOPbably make report In the matter
'arly next week.
THE THIRD RECEPTION this season of Speak.
Coiilx epd lady took pl?ce last evening, aud
IKE toe pre-. tIns oEe-. WIS largely at end. q
ne pa-iors icirg crowded from -ht urt'l
eleven O'Clock. The visitor We're cordially
r, ,e.vCd by he Spssier and his lady, a. sis d
by Hrs. and Mis- Matthews, his mother and
seer.
GIN. JOHN COCHRANE, of New York, As
been here IN consultation with prominent Re-
publIcars. HIS friends wart to m We i'm A
toraey General bxt by general consent tbet
place is now mortgaged in behalf of James r.
Wilson Of Iowa. At any rate, it Is corc-d d
thai Mr. Wilson 10 TO have place IN the Cabl.
net; and certainly ne better material for Cab.
met officer could be found in the country.
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If RuNORe are 10 be believed the flilure OF
the Merchants National Bank Of Litre Rock
one. with indications that ii. management was
characterized by extreme looseness, if nothing
worse Ii is said that depositors will lose
heavily, and that considerable amount O.
Government funds are swallowed up in the
smasn; but IL IL likely that 1t has some security
that W II prot CT il from entire loss.
In TEE SENATE. this morning Mr.. Conne.s.
from the Committee on Mines and Mining,
asked that the ComRaIttee be discharged from
the further consideration of the bill to incor.
porate the National Gold and Silver Mining
Company OF Washington, ID. O.. which bill
namss as corperators Chas. II. Howard, Jos.
T. Brown. Adam :. Pratt. A. X. Browne, d.
p. Hickling, Henry II. Tallmadge, L. q. Tall
macge. Warren &. Stone; and Octavius Knight.
The committee WIS discharged.
bellies TO ORDER New York parer
The C5ty, says. "Niss Nettie Fenton, daughter
OF our new Senator, will be the belle Of Wash
ington society. under he Grant administra-
tiOn."
1t is a pleasant thing TO nave bellies thus
r'ady made and selected Ia ad dvance. 1t saves
lockers on the trouble CT forming suy conclu-
sions on the subject: and saves the Iadies, also,
the labor and expense of aging 70 b. bellies
themselves.
TIE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE held a
meeting this morning, and examined one wit
ness relative TO effairs in Mississippi. The
committee will next week take final action
upon the questions before them as 10 the ad-
mission of Virginia and Mississippi and also
upon the resolution of General Payne, Of Wis.,,
Icstructipg rhe committee to inquire into the
''ieibilify Of rhe Georgia delegation IN the
House, that State not having complied with the
Reconstruction acts. IT is thought the COM
mittee viii report against the delegation. and
declare them ineligible TO their seats.
If statement ic the last issue Of The Spirit Of
the 7in,.s is 10 be- relied ON, there was race In
progress between the steamers Periere aud
HOlsaid from Hayre to New York when the
accident occurred on the first named vessel by
which several passengers lost their lives. in
clading Rev. Mr.. Callaghan. formerly Of
GergetOwn. 1t is not unlikely, therefore, that
the bursting OF the steam pipe, to which the
fatality was first attributed, was the result Of
too great desire TO win the race. At any rate,