Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-20


from Pittsburr 70 The mouth thereof, and as to
what span SAID bridges shs'l be, 10 prevent
them from being ob~trUctions 10 navigation.
The only law now upon the sub act relates TO
the bridge AZ Steub-r S3a, requiring II TO De OF
three hundred feet spau. Tae Senate, AZ the
last session. passed = bllireqUiring such bridges
10 b. Of five hundred :e't span, and rhe Honss
Committee Is now considering substitute tor
said Dill.
Mr. SUMMER l. gain has own successor. H.
was elected frs III l~ji, and II ne serves out
the term for which he has now been ch osen
Will have sat in the Senate twenty-tour years.
length OF continuous service which has no
parallel, with. we believe. The single exception
OF John G. Calhoun, who was kept in public
hfe for more than forty years by the State of
>uu;n Carolina. Mr.. Sumner was first elected
as the candidate of a small minority, but is "
sustained ny one Irres istible wave OF popular
feeling and If any have found il impossible 10
reconcile themselves Ia his elevation. they have
10 stand aside from public affairs instead of
-"t:inE hin a ide. The Boston 4IrertiSer Justly
,ays this Is the reward gained by steady hard
hgh'inS, which never counts he cost, never
coinproIniSes even with prudence. and which
never >hrinks from receiving blow nor for
gets 10 give one.
The PRESIDENT to-day transmitted 20 the
S'nate the following nominations
ROber, G.. Buchanan and Alvan g. GilIem to
be RriCadisr Generals u. :. Army. vice Hook
er rerIrsd and Rousseau deceased.
John l.. Deem, TO be Naval Officer for the port
of New York
Morgan l.. Smith. 10 be L. ). Marshal for the
eastern district OF Missouri.
Felix Reeve, 10 be United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Robert Flint, Of Wis, 10 be Commissioner to
ascertain the amount of money expended by
Indiana in equipping troops.
He also withdrew the nomination OF Perry
Fuller to be Collector of Customs at New Or
leans. La, and nominated has stead ". ii
Wissuer.
number of other nominations, principally
for Deputy Postmasters, Revenue On GERS, &c.,
various parts of the country. We're sent in.
RECErTIoN AT THR EXECUTIVE MANSION
The first evening reception this season of the
President and his daughters, Mrs Pattsrs On aud
Mr. S'oveI, took place last evening. From
eight until eleven o'clock there was a coutInu-
al stream OF visitors arriving aud depaTtin 2.
The President occupied his IA uaI position, IN
The Blue Room, with Marshal Goodlng on his
right, who presented the guest while General
covering had been removed from The carpets.
giving til. rooms more cheerful appearance,
which was heightened by fina display OF
DCqu-tS. distributed through th- parlors and
halls.
MI. Patterson was attred IN Lyons black
silk velvet, trimmed with narrow folds OF
black satin; low corsage and pufied illusion
waist haIr adorned with a single camelia.
Mis-. Stover wore white corded silk with
black stripes; Trimmings OF white silk fringe,
describing bertha upon the waist: hair orna-
menJed with a white Iaponica.
Among the many distinguished persons
present Were Secretary Seward and Miss Oar
p-nter, OF n. Y; Secretary Weiles and lady:
Secretary McCulloch and lady, Secretary
Schoiirld and lady: Secretary Browning ana
daughter, Attorney General Evarts and lady
Postmaster General Randall and lady Assis-
tant Secretary r. W. Seward; Chief Justice
Chase; Judge Casey; Judg- DIN and lady;
Sir Edward Thornton, Mr.. Freeman and lady,
Mr.. +. ID. '. Fane, Hon. Mr.. French, aud
Henry Howard, Esq, and lady, OF the English h
Legation; NJ. Berthemy, the French Minister:
the Commander Marcel C-rruti, Italian Min
istsr; Mr. Billie, the Danish Minister; Baron
Non Gerolt Minister from the North German
Union. lady, and daughter; Count d'Aerschok,
Ot the Belgian Legation: General Acosta, Nj n
ister from the United States of COlombia and
Don Cortes, his Secretary; Senator's Nickers,
Ict resry, Doolittle. Norton, Whyte, Patterson
OF Tenn. Dixon and lady; Representatives
Phelps and lady, Carey, Golliday, Getz Beck
Van Trump, Archer, Jones, Woodward, Ran
dali, Niblacx, Ross. and thers; Col W. q.
Moore and lady; Hon. Thomas N. Sullwel
AID lady; Generals George IL. Thomas Rick
etts, Over, Miller, and Swayn-; Governor Cav
anaugh. OF Montana, Rev Dr. J. e.. Lewis;
Colonel Mcdonald, Chief Clerk OF the Senate;
General Jeftries, Register of the Treasury;
Admiral Farragut and lady; Hon. NJ Blair:
Ex-Governor Sharkie, of Miss Hon. q. II.
GacGis, Of England; Prof John Spicer, OF
Germany, ana many others.
PROPOSED LIEN LAW FOR TIE DISTRICT
In the Senate, this morning, Mr.. Harlau, from
the Committee OF the District OF CJlumbia,
reror,ed back the bill recently introduced by
Mr.. Patterson, OF n. H.. authorizing ma gIstrates
III hr District 10 file a transcript OF judgment
when An execution issued by them has been
returned unsatIsiied, with the Clerk oi the
Court, and such judgment shall then become a
lien upon the property OF the debtor, with an
amendment providing that no execution or
other process shall be issued thereon until said
Judgment shall he affirmed by the Supreme
Court of the District, after a hearing on the
merits, the defendant having had sufficient
Y,
when so affirmed.
REDUCTION OF TIE ARMY.-Nr. Wilson in.
troduced in the Senate, this morning, bill to
provide for the reduction OF the military forces
1T abolishes the grade of regimental commits
sary in the several cavalry regiments; also, the
grades OF regimental commissary sergeant,
regimen tai hospital steward, veterinary sur
geOn, and reduces the number OF cOrpOrals in
each company of cavalry and artillery to four.
II discharges IA OF the bands, and provides that
the term Of enlistment for all arms shall here
after he f1ve years. II fixes the corps OF the
nudge advocates Of the army at eight members,
and authorizes commanding officers TO dispense
with parades on the Sabbath day, and provides
that enlisted men shall not Be held in confine-
ment without trial for a longer period than
commissioned Oficers would be held under
similar circumstances. 1t provides that NO
officer or enlisted man who shall be UNIT for
duty by reason Of the habitual use Of intoxica.
ting liquors or drugs, or by reason OF disease
cretion, shall receive any pay for the period
during which he lie SO unfit fQT duty.
from the District Committee, in the Senate this
morning, reported back the bill 10 arch litter
Creek, north of Pennsylvania avenue. 1t au-
tnorizes the corporation OF Washington TO reg
ulate ard determine the course OF Tiber Greek,
from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania avenue,
and for that purpose 10 condemn. in the same
manner as other alleys are condemned a street,
which shall be of the width of fifty feet TO be
called Tiber street, to extend from Pennsylva-
MIA avenue to the south side of Massachusetts
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