Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-23
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
HON. WIZ. n. ARMSTRONG, member of the
Herse irom the Eighteenth District, is men
toned by Pennsylvania papers as q possible
candidate ssr Governor OF that State.
The FFrKENTH HAMxEDMENT BILL-OoMgrr-
TEE or CokFKRKzCK.-TheH House to-day non
coucurSed in the Senaoe amendments 10 the bin
to enforce the fifteenth amendment, and ap-
pointed a committee Of conference, consisting
of Aessrs. Bingham, Davis, and Kerr.
THE Louisiana contested election case O.
Newshem versus Ryan in the House on Satur-
day, was decided in favor OF Newsham, repub-
licsr, by vote of 70 to o71--ssventy-eight mem-
bers not yosiBg. A reconsideration was moved
and it was finally decided TO take up the
question sssin this Afternoon at O'Clock, BY
which tlsessme Of the absentees are expected
to arrive.
WEST POINT MILITARY AcADKMY.-Breyet
Briga6ier'Genl. T. A. McParlin, Brevet Lieut.
Col. D. Il. Huntington, and Breyet Major Van
Burea Hubbard, Surgeons q. s. A, have been
designated as q board to meet at West Point
Point Military Academy on the 1st Of June to
examine the physical qualifications or the mem
bers of the graduating class and the candidates
for admission to the Academy.
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NoMINATIoNs--The President to-day sent to
the senate the following nominations:
Henry A. Badham, to be- Consul General at
Tsmpico.
Geo. ID. Smith, Assessor Internal Revenue 9Th
Howard M. Rundlett, Assistant Surgeon in
Navy.
Postmss B. Jaeger at Hudson.
Misconsin: ID. p. Strong at Beloit, Wisconsin;
Calvin r. Taft. Williamstown, Mass; Andrew
v. Tinkham, Middleborough, Mass; Franklin
Williams, Stoniuston, Conn.,; Edw. r. Gates
1homastOn, Conn.
A DESERVED CRNsURK.-Secretary Boutwell,
this morning directed that j. Fred. Myers, a
clerk in the Treasury Department in charge of
printing, be dismissed, on account OF articles
which appeored in the Cioil Service JossTnal on
Saturday, weekly paper, edited and owned by
said Myers, denunciat0ry of Hon. Henry L.
Dawes, OF Massachusetts,, and Hon. Themas L.
Tullock, Collector OF Internal Revenue for this
Dis rict. The latter gentleman was truculently
Denounced by the Department Journal because
ne has not come out In favor of the reelection
of Bowen.
THERE WAS QUITE SCENE in tie Ho1se
to-day when the Consular and Diplomatic Ar
propriation bill was taken up. Mr.. Dawes sent
10 the Clerks desk an had II a extracts from
speech Of Mr.. Brooks, delivered during know
nothing times, denunciatory of the Catholic
Church. Mr Dawes said he had the speech
read TO show that he did not wiIlfully mis-
Tspres slo ent the gentleman from New York, tMr.
Brooks,9 when he accused him, on Friday last
Oh sympathizing with the know-nothing party
ana requested the gentleman from New York
70 withdraw his language accusing him (Mr.
/ DaWeSl utflrlnO a a kraaur f0 ha fors
friday last. Mr.. Brooks, in reply, thought the
speech had not been correctly reported and
sgain sa deTied having been know nothing. but
chusetts (Mr. Dawesl did not wilfully make the
statements he did on Friday last, and Therefore
Withdrew the words used by him then.
COMMODORE JOHN p. GILLIs has beea order
cd to DUTY as Light House Inspector OF the 4th
Light House District, in place of Commodore
VIM. II. Gardner who has been detached from
that DUTY and placed on waiting orders.
The L. 5. STEAMER BENICIA, Commander s.
Nicholson, arrived at Rio de Janeiro On the
10th of April, after passage of forty-fve days
from Portsmouth, n. II. Officers and crew all
well. James Powers, a seaman, died AZ sea on
the 10th Of March. Commander Nicholson re-
ports that on the evening of the 18th of March.
when in latitude 100 deg. % min. south and ion,
shocks OF an earthquake were felt. Two large
meteors were observed to fall, and Immediately
after the shocks were felt.
MEDALS TO THE DEFENDERS OF THE C.pr-
TAL.-Mr. Cameron, to-day, in the Senate, re-
ported, without amendment, a Joint resolution
appropriating the sum of 80 900 for the purchase
OF silver medals, to be presented to each of the
surviving officers and soldiers, and the families
OF such as may be dead. OF the PottsviIle Ma
ton Artillery, the Reading Ringpold ArtilIerS
the Lewistown Logan Guard, and the AIIentown
Alien infantry, who were the first troops to
and alco to the surviving officers and soldiers OF
the Sixth Massachusetts, Volunteers who were
the next to arrive at Washington on April 10,
District volunteers, who preceded the military
organizations above-named in coming forward
for the defence of the capital.
The NAVIGATION LAws.-We have re-
ceived little circular strongly advocating
partial repeal of our prohibitory nayiga-
ton laws, as the only remedy for our
inability to compete with the foreign monopoly
Of ocean traffic. The arguments and statements
are certainly presented with force and clear
ness from the writer's standpoint. He re-
marks
To this (the cheapness of shipbuilding abroad
or bounties to equalize the cost OF materials
Will you consider that more than one half the
cost of steamship with her engines is labor
tudt idpof COst al IcdSJ lUU per cent. more here
than in Scotland? In fact, the difference n
much greater.
Therefore a steamship of 5000 tons costing
Si00oC0 there, and $500 900 at least being labor
will there not still be deficit OF $500 OO0P
This is nearly $40 per ton after all duties are
removed.
How does Mr. Lynch's bill provide for that? |
Byprospeettre returns Of "a per annually for 10
years! l
What man in his senses will undertake to build |
steamer on these terms to compete with those |
now enjoying the monopoly of our foreign trade? i
The bounty allowed to ship builders will ONLY |
help them to build coasters cheaper where no /
pl election is required.
They deny this; but facts and figures are of /
more value than the assertions Of interests and l
aprejudice.
Therefore give them $40 per ton outright be- |
sides free materials aloU to ban sedmers of
a large class as cheaply As Germans can obtain |
them. '
Does it not occur to you that the ocean has /
row supply Of ships equal to the requirements |
of commerce.?
II we should build more ships than are needed.
and at higher cost than the ships of foreo oners