Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-11

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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvEuI.-The receipts to-day
nom this source were 81 .s47 ,322.s9.
The SfNATK went into Executive session at
two O'Clock, for the purpose of considering the
New York nominations.
SENIOR ALMEIDArs will probably be appointed
Portuguese minister to Washington. So says a
cable dispatch.
BRKvET BRIG. GEN. WIN. MYERS, A. Q. M.
has been assigned to temporary duty in the office
OF the Quartermaster General, during the alb
sence of Col. M. /. Ludington.
GARRETT DAVIS denounces the Chinese as
race with q language without an alphabet, a re-
ligion without God, and death without an i'm
mortality.
Mr.. RANDOLPH CoYLR, Jr., of this CITY, who
has been acting as secretary to the Mexican
Claims Commission, this morning received the
appointment to that position.
SECRETARY FISH, according to the latest
newspaper reports, will remain in the Cabinet
until the LIST of October, but will take a two
months vacation after the adjournment of Con-
gress.
DIsTILLKRY SKlzED.-Supervisor Presbrey. of
Virginia, with Assistant Assessors f. M. Green
and Walter Burr, yesterday seized the distillery
Of Peter Pagan, near Alexandria, Va, on a
charge of fraud upon the revenue.
Dr.. WILLIAM MAxwKLL WOOD, Chief of the
Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery, has been Ap-
pointed visitor to the Government Insane
Hospital, in place of DR.. p. j. Horwitz, who has
been ordered to the West.
The FUNDING BILL.-The Conference Com
mittee on the funding bill had another meeting
this morning, and had q lengthy discussion, but
came to no conclusion. They will hold another
meeting this evening and the impression is that
they will agree upon q report. The principal
point Of difference has Been upon the interest
clause; the Senate Committee urging Az and
the House per cent. The Senate Committee
is also in favor Of foreign agencies to negotiate
the loan, and the House Committee is opposed
to that clause.
MORNING Contemporary is misinfOrmed in
announcing that Col. 8. B. Dick has been NOM
mated to Congress by the Republicans of the
10Th district Of Pennsylvania, which district is
now represented by Hon. e. W. GiItillan. The
nominating convention IN that district does not
meet until the latter part of August One-half
Of the conferees to the convention are ns 'ructed
for the present incumbent, and his renomna.
ton may be regarded as quite certain. Mr.,
Gilnllan is an efficient member OF the House
committee on the District, and his renomina-
ton would give great satisfaction here.
THK ARMY BILL, as 1t passed the Senate.
makes the usual appropriations for the support
OF the army, and has as an amendment a modifi-
cation Of the recently defeated bill to reduce the
army. One OF the principal changes Is the
restoration Of the old pay roll, 30 that the sa,a-
ries of Generals Sherman and Sheridan remain
untouched. The provisions for retiring and
mastering out officers are the same as hereto
fore, which will make the maximum Of the army
year hence about thirty thousand men, and
cut down the expenses of the military establish
ment four millions Of dollars year.
GEN. HANCOCK, just returned from a trip to
the northern frontier, says, in a private letter,
that he never insulted the President and never
had any such intention. He disclaims utterly
having had anything to do with the newspaper
reduce him In position by refusing him the com
mand OF the Missouri department
TURNPIKE ROADS IN THE DrsrRIcr-Mr.
Stone introduced in the House to-day a bill to
repeal certain provisions Of an act entitled "an
tain Turnpike Roads In the District Of Colum-
bia." The bill repeals that portion of the act
authorizing the construction Of Q turnpike from
the lime Of Of the the Is % Z, to
In the most direct and practicable route from
the Capital to baltimore. Referred to the Dis
trict Committee.
NoNINArIoNe-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
Consuls-C. B.Webster, Of Conn, at Sheffield.
Eng; +. Davila Garcia, at Santa Martha; Cha.
at Tahiti; Henry W. Diman, Of 4. L, at Lisbon
Charles Il. Fisher, Marshal OF the Consul, Ar
Court at Nagasski, Japan.
Vernon II. Vaughan, OF Ala, to be Secretary
Collectors of Customs-Ohas. A. waldron. at
Bristol and Warren, X. l.; James Shaw, Jr, at
Providence, h L Seth W. Macy, ct Newport,
X. L. &.
REDUCTION OF FORCE AT THE TREASURY
On Friday last there were upward of thirty
clerks ii spissed from the different bureaus OF
the Treasury Department. This reduction of
force had been contemplated for some time but
had been delayed until the oficials had deter
mined how 1t could best be accomplished II
was was finally determined to discharge those who
esa other means Of support and also t, as
employed In the Department. On or about the
loh inst. there viii be large reduction ct force
made In the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
The number dismissed win range from ffty 10
seventy. This reduction 10 made Imperative
ffom the fact there is not work 10 keen the prea-
ent large force employed.
The WASHINGTON MARKHT-Houss Con-
PANr TO BIZ lNvEsrIaATED.-Mr.V Van Wyck,
whose persistent opposition to the Washington
market-house bill viii be remembered, offered
the following resolution In the House this morn
ing. and 1t wae adopted:
Whereas II is currently reported that the
stock Of the Washington Market house Com
pany has been c0rruptly and illegally distrib-
uted; that the corporators named In said bin