Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-16

1T is SAID that Secretary Seward has grau-
red leave of absence to several of our Ministers
abroad, and among them one for Reverdy
johnson, who II is understood desires to re-
turn TO the United States for a shsrt time
TIE PRESIDENT has signed a warrant of
pardon for John Devlin, Of BROOKLYN, New
York, who was convicted about year ago of
being Implicated in whisky frauds The par
don is strongly recommended and will be is
saed to-day.
WE HBAR that General and Mrs Grant are
about issuing cards Of invitation to a large re-.
ception TO take place within a few days of
inauguration. This, il Is understood, will be
the only occasion on which the General and
Mrs. Graz; will receive previous to the install.
lation OF the General as President of the United
States.
TALK ABOUT CHAMELEoN,- THAT change
able creature is nothing to General Butler if
newspaper correspondents writing from this
city are to be relied on. One OF them. de-
scrlbng him in the recent muss in the House.
says he "tuIned black with rage" Another
says he was .white with WRATH A third de
clares he .'shook with fury" and anothe- that
he "trembled with indignation Which, for
ar impasslve man, is pretty good variety tor
short notice.
IT Is STRANGE CoINCIDBNCB that the re
mains OF j. Wilkes Booth should Yesterday
have heen temporarily deposited in the stable
in the rear OF Ford's Theatre, in which he kent
his horse, and fronting on the alley through
which he made his escape on the night he
assassinatea President Lincoln The remains
were deposited in the stable by the under.
takers, as stated in our local columns, 10 order
to battle the crowd who had beseiged their es.
tablishment, on street, to satisfy their curi.
osty by q sight Of the body
A GOOD DEAL SURPRISED was Judge D.pt
the brother In-iaw Of General Grant, by the
action OF President johnson in sending his
name to the Senate for General Kilpatrick's
place as Minister TO Chill. Yesterday Mr.
lent sent 10 Mr. Sumner, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, a note, stating
tha, he is not an applicant for the position to
which he has been nomina ed, aud desires his
name withdrawn. Judge Dent has taken
house in Washington and prepared himself for
a four years soJouTn here, we are glad 10 note
THE MARKET -HoUss BILL-In the Senate
this afternoon, the bill 10 Incorporate the
Washington Market Company was taken up
by vote OF thirty -one yeas to nineteen nays
Mr.. Hendricks then moved that the hill be
postponed Indefinitely; which motion was
lost by vote of 20 nays TO ~
yeas. Mr.. Morton moved TO suspend the
bill for the purpose of taking up the
bill repeating the Tenure of Office law.
A lengthy debate followed as to the in. portauce
OF appropriation bills, &c, and without any
further action upon the market bill, the SEN
ate, a few mInuies before three clock on mo.
ton of Mr.. Fessenden, went into Executive
Session.
WASHINGTON GAS AND GAS OoMpANy-
Mr. Yates introduced in the Senate this morn
ing the follnwing resolution, which was
adopted:
Res0Ired, That the Committee on the District
of Columbia be instructed to inquire and report
whether the Washington Gas Light Company
have increased their capital stock, sGJ0,OOO, TO
Sl.UUO,OOU, and II so, whether said company
have expended the addition S5OO,OOO in ex-
tending the gas mans throughout the city,
as required by law. or whether they have
divided the additional capital stock
among the stockholders, share and
share alike in violation of the act of Congress
authorizing an increase OF said capital stock
for the purpose OF extending the gas mans,
&c, OF said company. And further, to inquire
how many persons have been urnished gas by
said company free of charge during the pas,
three years, and the amounts of gas consumed
by such persons, and that the committee he
authorized 10 send for persons and papers.
1MPRovEMEHT OF THE RIVER CHANNEL
Mr. Patterson. Of New Hampshire, introduced
in the Senate this morning bill to improve
the chapnel Of the Potomac river near Wash.
iRgton and Georgetown, which appropriatss
S3OC, COO, 10 be expended under the superintend-
ence of the Secretary Of War, for the building
of a breakwater for the purpose OF turning the
current of the river near Anacostia Island
along the river front Of the city OF Wash.
ington, and for the purpose of improving
the channel along said river front to its inter,
Eaa
near the arsenal, and for the dredging of bar
in the river near Georgetown, and also one be-
low the city Of Alexandria, and for other i'm
provements of said river and harbors, which,
IN the judgment Of the Secretary of War; will
render the navigation safe and con yenient for
large naval and commercial vessels. Referred
TO the Committee on the District of Coluyn bia
THE UNITED SrArRs SUPRlAR COURT YES.
terday announced that its opinion upen the
motion for q writ Of prohibition against Judge
Underwood. to restrain him from reieasing
prisoners convicted oy Judges holding ONCE in
violation OF the Fourteenth Amendment
would be withheld until q certificate Of thu
difference Of opinion between Chief Justice
Chase and Judge Underwood in the mater
had been uled ia Court
BILL TO PRIvRNT LoANIsG MONEY ON
UNITED STATES NoTEs.-Mr Sherman IN the
Senate this morning, from the Committee on
Finance. reported back the bill which passed
the House on the 18th inst, to prevent loaninR
money upon United States notes.
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GOING TO WASHINGTON Rev. 5. 5. Mitchell,
of the Old School Presbyterian Church, has
formally accepted q call from Washington, ID.
e.. Our citizens who have been accustomed to
hear him expound the Word of God will beck
ceedipgly sorry TO hear Of his intended depart
ure. He will assume the duties Of the church
over which Rev. Dr. Gurley, who preached
Precedent Lincoln's funeral sermon, presided.
Harrisburg (Pa.) onion.
- Mr.. Fenerstein committed suicide in s..
Louis tbs other day IN state Of intoxication
and possibly to avoid the subsequent head
ache. -,e..-. =. =
~ There are two Established churches in
LONDON, Wnere the congregation consists Of
two perpono each.