Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-26
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington NEWS anu d0SSlp'
INTERNAL RRvENUK-Th' receip.s To-day
from this source Were Sl9&Si7.5S.
TIE CONVENTION in Virginia TO receive the
repOr. OF the committee now here has been
POSTPONED un Il Wednesday, the l. n Of March
GENERAL GIANT will leave here for New
York on The 3ta of Fcbrdarr nexi, and remain
in thar city several days. The - eneraI visits
New York on private bushes, and while
mere will be the guest of Hamilton Fish, ESQ
TIVE WAsHINGTON CoRRRsPeNDHNTs' CLuB.
Nt ihsir annual dinner Saturday evening. will
entertain Vice PresIdelt Colikx, Ssuasor An
tbony- Representatives Brooks and Robinson
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Faxon. Mr
McPherson, Clerk of the House aud Others O E
ne cram who now occupy Rish positions.
A FORMER CoLLpcroR oF CUSTOMS, having
dIsbur 1 two hundred thousand doIIa-s for
the erectie1 of a custom house and marine
hospital al Chicago, claimed one fourth of oae
per cent for his services. The Supreme
Court disellows -he claim, on the ground that
no compensation can he allowed where there
is NO provision by law for 1t, and where the
s.-,aIy OF the officer is expressly stated.
THE PUBLIC PRINTlNG.-Tbe Senate Com.
m"tee on Printing this norning opened the
lids for paper to be uscd for the public print
irg during the year 1s69. over ffty.seven
thousand reams, of various sizes. being re-
CURED. Fifteen b.ds Were received from the
principal paper dealers in the coantry The
cOutr .ct will be aw Arded in the course oga +,
days.
TIE REPUBLICAN MENREgs OF TIE SENATE
h vi a me- eting this morning. and agreed to take
no action upon any nominations which are now
before them or may hereafter be sent in, except
such as are absolutely nee, ssary for the public
sood. This settles the question in regard 70
Mr.. CImminss for Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue, Henry A. Smythe, Minister to Rus
STA and several others now before .he Senate
THE NEW TAMMANY HALL BUILDING. en-
18th street, New York, which was dedicated
with 50 much ceremony last summer, and IN
which Mr.. Seymour declined himself into a
nomination for the Presidency, ha- been trans
formed into a regular place of amusement aud
is now being run by Leonard Grover as a sort
of enlarged and improved Canterbury" The
attendance so lar has been very large, and the
enterprise is regarded as a success.
Tag HOUSE COMMITTEES ON ELECTIONS held
a mCeipg this morning and heard the cenClud-
irg e~gums1fs in the Louis ana contested elec.
on case tor the scat OF Col. Mann, dscea ssd
Mepdrd, the negro claimant, first spoke i'm be-
half OF his clr'm, smd was followed by DR.
Pre-, IN favOr OF the claim of Col. Hunt, who
was not able 10 sddro.s the committee hircseI T
Oh account OF an attack of the asthma The
commit = Will now prepare their report and
.f,s III.
THs VIRGINIA DFLEGATIoN-Mo,te @. the
NTs sria committee, conmonly known as the
=. Gomnittee of Nine" are now absent from
the CITY, but are expected 10 ret1rn this after.
noon. Tomorrow, John Il. Baldwin, ESQ.
who, with Hon. A. II. H. Stewart, il at tue
head OF the committee, WILL by aPpoiutnent,
appear before the Reconstruction Committee of
the House OF Representatives, and present the
views entertained by the party which they
represent as best calculated to settle the diff
f"ultIss which q. pres Mt asitate he political
mind.
ATTORNEY GENERAL EvARTs, has Just ri ven
Al opInion that " here a captain in the army has
bi Ell sentenced by a court-mart;al 70 redp ctIon
in rank by having his name placed lower down
on the list Of officers of the same grade, r.mrs-
SION of the prnalty by the Pres dent in the
exerciCe Of the pardoning power will have the
effect of restoring the Officer TO IS former rela
tive rank and position on the rolI-the officer
losing OF course, such opportunities for pro-
moron as may IN the meantime have occurred
This opinion is al important one, as it is one
not in accordance with the uling and practise
of the Wer department hith'ro o.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRTsIDgNr-The
President to-day sent TO the Senate ne follow.
nom iDatIOO-.
Edward ID. Neale, 10 be Commissioner o.
Education, in place OF Henry Barnard, the
present incumbent and Simeon johnson, to ts
Commi. soner 10 Cctify the Laws OF the Unit
States, in place OF Hon. Caleb Gushing, re-
= .nCd.
MIR. Nesle was the Secretary under President
,reo,n TO sign land warrants.
Mr. JObreon was ap point a Com sioDer
Ia pla,e OF MIR. Gushing during the recess OF
COngr' -.
"GRACE GREENWOOD MRS. LippincotD
and ssOhvIa' are spattDg it in the CIr0ci-ie
upon the female suffrage ques ion. ..OIivil"
says that the solid women" refuse "to shock
their own delicacy or soil their spiritual gar.
ments by joining those women who, like mob
OF fishwomen, are cIamoring at the doors OF
"uctcupou WouAs " AuOW
if Lucreua Mott Elizabeth Cldy 81 tinton. Luz
ty stone, Mrs. Child, Mrs. Stowe, the Cary's,
MIS-. Beecher, Gail Hamilton, aud Harriet
Hosmer are "fsh women" 'Oh via" protests
against being dragged to the polls" by the
" woman's rights women. ssGracer tells her she
needn't 60 to the polls unless she wants to, bat
rather thinks she will want 20 "when her
honorable husband stands for Congress next
time"
Ii ls very smar, lille set-to between the
ladiGs-
DEATH OF AN Ex.MEMB.R OF CONGRESS.
We regret TO hear Of the death Of Hon. Edison
B. Olds, formerly a member of the House of
which event occurred from
neart disc ase n Lancaster, OHIO, on Sunday
evening last.
Mr. Olds commenced life as practicinx ply
siciau, bat, having . taste in that direction. he