Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-23
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE-The receipts from this
aoarce to-day were s272, 10.
PERsorAL-Hon Charles J. Faulkner, %
Yves. Virginia, is at Wizards. -.-'Cien. Ru-
fIs Saxton. Caief Quartermastsr Departmen
of Georgia, is a: the Eob.tt Houze.
1T Is REPOETED that the negott a4on of Mr.
Seward with the Republic OF Columb bia. for tue
7 rht OF way to the Dsriaa Canal is future
end that Caleb Gushing Will return home with
out having accomplished his mission at Bogota
IN THE SENATE, this morning, Mr. Harris
from the Committee on the District of Colum
bia- reported adversely upon the bill increasing
the number OF notaItos public ia tie Di,t-ict of
Columbia.
GEsERAL GRANT accompanied by his lady,
General Dent, and Colonel ComstoCk arrived
here at 210 this al ernoon from Baltimore, and
the party were Immediately driven to the
Generals residence ir his own carriage, which
was III waiting.
MRS. CADY STANTON, who took so promi-
nent a part in the Woman's Suff-a-e Couysu.
ton at Carroll Hall, is a fine, gent,emanly-
looking parsonage, with a comforta BILE double
chin and white curly hair, reminding one not
Little of the late Senator Pearce, OF Maryland
HON ID. w. SrAMBAUGH.- Democratic Mem
Der of the OHIO Senate, died al his re7idenc, In
New Philadelphia, Ohio, Oh yesterday, of lung
fever. He was a brother in law of Hon. r. J.
Atkinson, of this city, having married the la:-
tsTSs sister about month age.
A DISPATCH from Austin, Texas, jan e.
says that the convention have elected Messrs
Davis, Flanagan, Whitmore. Burnet, Morgan
Hamilton, and VarnelI delegates to proceed to
Washington under resolutions favoring a
division of Texas.
THE FINANCE CoxNITrRR OF the Unitso
States Senate has reported adversely upon the
nomination of Moore N. Falls, ESQ as Col.
lector OF Internal Revenue for the Third Di =.
trict Of Maryland, in the place of VIM. A.
Wisong, Esq, the present incumbent.
TUESDAY EVENING next the President will
hold his first State dinner Of the season at the
White House. 1t Is expected that the members
Of the Cabinet. Foreign Ministers and Justices
OF the Supreme Court will be the guests in VIZ
ted. On the Tuesday evening following the
President and his daughters will hold their
second reception Al the Executive Mansion.
been received by citizen of Georgetown from
John II. Surratt, st Rio Janeiro, Brazil, where
lie arrived after a passage Of fifly.three days
nom Baltimore. He states that he made the
trip for the benefit of his health. and expects to
be IN Baltimore by the middle of March, He
had heard that the court In banc here had dis
charged his case, anu expresses the hone that
the authorities are now content
II. M. SLADE, Esq, Of tie Solicitor. Office
Treasury Department, was nominated to-day
by the President Secretary OF Wyoming
Mr.. Sla'e is a son Of the late Ex-Governor
Slade, of Vermont and belongs to a family who
have figured largcly in important Off cilI posi-
tons OF the nation. Mr.. Slade is himself man
of fine abilities and high personal character
The appointment will strike everybody who
knows him IS an excellent one.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ExPRN.
DITUREs had before them yesterday Mr. Mar
tin, whose testimony relative 10 the Alaska
matter has been paraded as being Of SO much
consequence From Mr.. Martins testimony it
appears that most of his information is second.
hand, being obtained from Mr.. Tasi stro, late
Clerk in the Stale Department. A subpeOa
was issued for Mr. Tasistro, and both he and
Mr.. Martin will be before the committee to-
day.
UNDER THE HEADING "a Cabinet of Broken
Crockery," the Springfield RepuLh aa Gays that
a pretty good Cabinet can be made for General
Grant from rejected Senators, as folio ows:-
Secretary of State-Lot NJ. Morrill, of Maine;
Secretary Of he eTrelsury-E1win ID. Morgan.
of New York; Secretary of War-Benjamin
+. Wade, Of OHIO; Secretary OF the Navy-C
&. Wsshburn, of Wisconsin; Secretary Of the
Int of
master General-Jobn b. Henderson, of Mis-.
seuri: Attorney General-Lafayetts L. Foster,
of Connecticut.
THOMAS H. CALLAwAY, Esq, President of
the East Tennessee and Virginia and the East
Tennessee and Georgil railroads-both of
which run from Bristol ria Knoxville and
Chattanooga to Dalton, GeorgIl-is at the Eb-
bitt House. His visit here is for the purpose of
confe-ring with James s. Barbour, President
Of the Orsnge snd Alexandra railroad, in ref
erenca to through sssengers and freights pass.
ing southward from New York over the roads
above mentioned. and to consider various mat.
ters Of interest TO the roads which they repre-.
,ent.
MR. HARLAN. in the Senate this morning.
introduceda a bill supplementary to an act 70
incorporate a Newsboy's Home in Washington,
dustriai Home School of the District of 20.
lumbia," and enlarges the power aud duties Of
the officers and managers as to embrace dest'.
tu'e, homeless, or vagrsut childr'n commit I'd
to their care. The corporators nim,d are H.
G.. Cook, A. M. Gangewer, A. X. Browne, s. j.
Bowen, H. Richards, j. S Brown, ID. M. Kel.
,ey, A. Chester, H. A. Risley, A. ]. Dietr,ck
G. M. Hunt, Jos. Henry, z. c. Robbins. s. A.
II. Mex I'm, and T.. s. Noyes.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRRsIDENr.-The
President to-day sent to the Senate the follow.
ing nominations
Matthew Pleasants, to be Governor, and H.
NJ. Slade to be Secretary of the Territory OF
Wyoming.
VIM. E Mathers, of Tenn, TO be Surveyor
General, Henry Il. Hayner TO be Chief Justice.
James II. Howe and VIM. f. Pigeon to be Asso-
late Justices, Lemuel JefYries to be Receiver Of
Public Moneys, s. X. N. Patton to be Register
Of Land Once. Smi.h p. Young to be Marshal,
Edward p. johnson to Be United States Attor.
ney for the Territory OF Wyoming.
RECEPTIONS LAST EvENING.-The second
reception of Speaker Colfax and lady took place
last evening at their residence, opposite La.
fayeste Square, and from eight until eleven
O'Clock the paIlors were crowded. The Wis.
itors were received by Speaker Colfax and his