Evening star., 1869-12-13

Vol 34-No. 5.22S.
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
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NoTTCE.-we have again TO rcl:est those w,o
r-rchase TgZ STss from dealers aI., newsboys
ser,fG,e 10 psy more for il tsSn THREE CENTS
FeE copy. Il is furnished 70 them at a cost
Shi~h :ifNyts N ample profit II that Price,
az. with the understanding, also, that no more
shall be a.ked or charged for It; so that those
who pay more merely aic in perpetrating an
imposition upon themselves and a fraud upon
the 0H;cs.
ISTERSAL RKvESUE-rhe receipts from his
source to-day were S.09,css.
SENATOR FESToN, ef New y0rk, hss arrived
here. and i at the Arlington.
TIE House has agreed 20 aliourn from tho
ed 70 the 5th ot January. The Senate will
probably eonesr in the action Of the House.
APrOIETxEST REvoEEp-The President has
revoked the appointment OF Major Jacob Ii.
Smith, Judge Advocate in the army.
REs-CNATINS ACCErTEp.-The President has
accepted the resi- gnation OF 2l Lieutenat Delan-
eey 4. Kane. 1st Cagalry, and j. Harrison Hall.
1st Cavalry.
Mr.. CALEB b. HYNEs, Of Baltimore, has been
appointed Route Agent on the Baltimore ami
Ohio Railroad, between Baltimore and Cumber
land.
THE INDIAN BUIEAU has issued orders that
Indian delegations shall not visit Washington
any more on business, but that such business
shall be transacted by ther agents.
TIE Secretary Of State and Mrs. Fish, General
Sherman, Baron and Baroness Gerolt, the Rus
sian Minister and wife, and other distinguished
persons, dined Saturday at the Argentine iega-
ton.
On DIT-That Ben Holiday, of overland ey-
press and Pacific coast enterprise fame, will
open heuse here shortly, and dispense hospi-
tality on a truly regal scale. 1t takes those oc-
cidental boys!
RAIIEY. the sculptor, is erecting studio on
the White House lot, in which TO medel '.Cincin-
natus," the Presidents favOrite trOtter, for his
colossal equestrian statue of Grant, to be erected
before the south front of the Treasury Depart
ment.
The COMMISSION, of which General q. q.
Howard is chairman, appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior to investigate rumored charges
against DIR. Nichols, have concluded their
examination, and will in few days submit re-
port 10 Secretary Cox entirely generating the
Doctor.
DIsN1ssED.-Mes,rs. Kidd and Welsh, the
two clerks in the Pension Office who were re-
p 'rted a. having assisted in giving circulation
20 tie story OF annie Divine, regarding the Com
missioner OF Pensions, were removed from their
positions on Saturday by the Secretary Of the
Interior.
CoGMIET1-E MsEFIs.s.-Yi.s Senate Com
mittce on Finance, Nr. Sherman chairman,
ard tine Committee on Foreign Relations, Mr..
sumner chairman, hold their first meetings OF
this session Tomorrow.
The House Committee Of WAYS and Means
met this morning, but had no important
measures before them.
The NAVAL RANK QUEsTIoS.-The House
Naval Committee will shortly take up the ques-
ton or the rank OF line and star officers, and
settle il at once by reporting a bill upon the
subject. The committee will probably call
upon Secretary RObeson for the report of the
board recently in session at the Navy Depart
ment, the findings OF which were noticed in
THR STAR a few DAYS since.
THE ACCUSATION AGAINST THE PUBLIC
PEINTER.-An anonymous pamphlet having
been circulated to the prejudice Of Mr.. Clapp,
the Congressional Printer, in his official capacity,
that gentleman has published a card challenging
the most minute and critical examination into
the manner in which he has conducted the af-
fairs of the Government Printing Office since 1t
came under his administration.
TIE New POSTAGE STAMPs.-The Post Office
Department has made the selection Of designs
for a new series Of postage stamps, which will
be third larger than those now in use, or
the size Of the old stamps, and consists entirely
OF profile busts. The series will comprise heads
OF the following distinguished Americans: IL
cent, Franklin; cent, jackson; 3 cent, WASH
ington; cent, Lincoln; 10 cent, jefferson; II
cent, Clay; Is cent, Webster; "a cent, Scott 30
cent, Hamilton; 80 cent, %. II. Perry.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PREsIDENT.-The Pre-
sident sent the following nominations to the
Senate this afternoons:
Second Lieutenant David G. Swaine 20 be
Judge Advocate L. ). A, with the rank OF
Major.
Charles a. Tweed, of California, to lie Asso-
ciate Justice for the Territory OF New Mexico.
MahlOn Chance to he Consul at Nassau, n. B.
Edgar Stanton, Of Illinois, TO be L. s. Consul
at Bristol, England.
Albert Grau, Of Norway, to be L. S. Consul at
Bergen
TostmeStsTs.--A. y. Swain, Bellows Falls, Vt;
Rufus {. Wood, Canton. Mass; VIM. ii. Gilbert,
Chieopee Falls, Mass; +. E. Pennman, Homes
dale, Pa; VIM. l.. Bivins, Goshen, Ind; II. H.