Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-21
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
Tsx NEW si. legal tender note. are out.

TsE Sxw sice legal tender notes are out.
THE PREsinENr yesterday signed the u =
hc ency bill, for the year ending une 3sta, I5 :.
COMMISSIONER DrL ,xo says that the cane. l.
alton OF revenue stamps by writing the name
and date with pen Ia sufficient. - #
MR. j. 8UEsr KIse, recently nen,nateil fer
Collector of Customs at Annapolis has declined
the appointment. .'tt
THE NAVAL CouRr~MAErfAL for the tria, of
Commander John II. Upshur, on the charge OF
purchasing cadetship, met at the Navy De-
partment ct noon to-day. =
CAPTAIS HENRY CLAYroS has been assigned
70 duty in the War Depsrtment, in place ef Col.
car A. Mack, ordered on inspecting tour OF n l.
tional cemeteries. i-l .
The SAN DoNINGo TRRATY.-It is reportesl
that seven more Senators have gwen in their
adhesion to the San Domingo treaty, and viii
vote for IL, making two more than the requisite
two-thiIds.
The DEMOCRATIC MExBERs Of the House of
r presentatives called a caucus for last evening
in reference TO the Georgia bill. but owing to
the absence of several members who were with
the Ohio visitors, the caucus was postponed.
PAYMENT ON THE MAY CouPoHs-Secretary
Boutwell, has directed that the intevest on the
5-2O bonds falling due on the Ist proxmo, he
paid now without rebate. on and after Monday
next. =.
The GEORGIA BILL In THE HoUsH.-(eueral
rler, being compelled to leave here for Mas
sachusetts for few days, has requested that
consideration of the Georgia bill be postponed
for ten days, which request has been granted.
TIE KInBKELY-BUrLKR CAsR.-The case of
Messrs- Kimberly Bros. rs. General Benjamin
+. Butler, in the United States Circuit Court of
Baltimore, has been continued, at the instance
of the complainants. until the Noyem ber term.
THE L. ). SUPREME COURT will ad jeurn 10
the resent term on the 30th instant Chief
Justice Chase will preside in the United States
Circuit Court at Richmond on the first OF Nav
Justice Miller eO.s to Arkansas, and Justice
Eradey to New Orleans, to hold court.
Gov. AUSTIN, or MINNESOTA, and Governor
Fairchild, of Wisconsin, were before the House
Committee on Commerce this morning. and
urged the passage of the bill for water commu-
nication between the Mississippi River and Lake
Nichigan, by the Sac and Fox Rivers.
The BRIGNoLI OPERA TRorPE will COM
menee q brief season OF Italian opera at Walls
opera House next Thursday evening. and "a We
have had no Italian opera for some time mast
the attendance win no doubt be very large. The
nPany is said to be a very fine one
Coz. CASEY, OF the War Department. was
before the Committee on Appropriations TODAY
In reference TO the amounts required for for
hheatlons. During his examination he ex-
pressed the opinion that the present style of
forts are superior to any iron-clad system
CANNOT BE TESTED For YEAR-Owing to
the dismisssl of the appeals by the Suprem,
Court yesterday of the legal tender cases, there
Is no case before the court involving the consti-
tutiOnality OF the legal-tender law, and il win
take more than year to bring up a new test
case.
CANAED was sta ted to-day that dispatches
had been received indicating trouble with Spain
and that special Cabinet session was held in
consequence this morning. There was not a
word OF truth in the story either of the dis
patches or the special Cabinet meeting, and IL
apparently was set afoat by the New York
SPECTATORS.
STATE DINNER TO THE NEW JUDGEs.-Tbe
President gave a dinner last evening in honor of
the new Judges Of the United States Supreme
Court. Tte;e were present the members OF the
Cabinet; justices Nelson, Strong and Bradley,
OF the Supreme Court; Messrs. Curtis, Thomas
and Bartlett, Of the Boston bar; Senators Ross,
sawyr, Robertson, Spencer and Sprague, and
keprts ;ntatives Kellogg, Negley and Stiles.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
Posi- OFFICE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. Vose ia
promoted from temporary to second class clerk
ship in the appointment Office, and his pay in
creased from 81 100 to 81 400 per annum. vice
w. l. Rider, resigned; to take effect ist OF Nav
next. George 8. Bigelow is appointed tempo-
rary clerk in the same ONCE at 81 100 per annum
from LIST May, vice j. A. vose, promoted. John
II. Reid, Of Washington, ID. c., Is appointed an
additional route agent between San Francico.
California, and Ogden, Utah, at 81 200 per an
mum.
RHYME FOR SILvER-Editor Star. Promising
that for the rhyme In English verse it is not me-
alike Sus onV tseK snSSlS Be
the same, or very similar sound, and the same
measure, OFFER the following rhymes for silver.
Plenty more, no doubt, may be found.
Oh! how men are moved by silver i
Some 'tis good and others i'll for
Some work for IL and others pilfer. n.
Our correspondent must, We think, pronounce
silver with German accent to make it rhyme
with pifer. Another correspondent sends the
following specimens, neither of which win
pass: ~-t -
On the banks Of the Clyde dwslt Donald NcKilyer.
Who had plenty ef gold and bags full Of silver. :
No nan In tie world can com pare with earths tier
He reaps hsrvests VI gold which bring him much
sller.. ID. = f---.-E .r- - .tL8 z & IL Z
Yet another correspondent sugeests the Latin
.nilSer" ss the desired rhyme. This is better.
but OF course is not allowable, being in smother
,angusge. - - -, -, 3 -.
TIE GEORGIA BRisknY CBARsIs.-The in
vestigation into the alleged attempt to abribe
Senators to vote against the Bingham amend
ment % the Georgia bill was resumed by the
senate Committee on the Judiciary yesterday
morning. The first witness examined was
Judge Avery, president Of the Brunswick and
Georgia Railroad Company, who testined fn re-
lation TO one hundred thousand d0llars' worth
of railroad bonds sent by person in Georgia to
Governor Bullock in tkh city for the aiIered 1
purpose OF being corruptly used; that they were
sent to the Governor for his endersemen&, 20,
taey could be negotiated BY the agent in New