Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-06

CoNSAsora CHARLES $. NORTON has bee.
on waiting orders.
TIE STEAMER PERRIwIrKL., now being
lifted out at the Washington navy yard for
Capt. Halls Arctic expedition, will not he ready
for Eaore than two months yet.
AT TIE ANNUAL MEETING Of the Washington
Gaslight Company, held to-day, the entire al
board of directors were reelected, as folio VS.:
ID. II. Bartol, VIM. Orme, John Bailey, Charles
A. Rogers, Henry s. Cav.
THE NEW LoAN.-Secretsry Boutwell, gives
notice that on March 9Th, books will be opened
for subscriptions to the new loan OF fifteen hun
dred millions Of dollars, IN pursuance of the
Funding bill passed 1t the last session Of Con-
gress.
To RRsIGN.-A Virginia paper announces the
probable resignation OF Samuel NJ. Janney,
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs in Nebraska.
and his brother, Asa NJ. ,Janney, who il agent
ior the Santee Sioux, in the Dor .hern part Of
that State.
CALLING IN THE THREE PER CRNTs-Secre-
tary Boutwell, has directed the sub-treasurer at
New York to call in an additional S2,5oO, 900 OF
the three per cent. certificates issued under the
acts OF March 9, 1861. AID July y, ISIS, and
dated October Is, 1867.
-
THE ELL "to amend the laws relating tn
titles in the District OF Columbia" introduced
in the Senate by Mr.. Patterson, in July last,
was reported 10 the Senate TO-DAY by the Com
mittee on the District OF Columbia without
amendment.
NOMINATIONS TO-DAY-The President sent
the following nominations TO the Senate to-day:
George z. Stevens, collector Of customs, Mil
waukie, Mis-.
Isaac II; Duval. assessor internal revenue, LIST
district, West Va.
VIM. p. winsate, collector customs, Bangor,
Me.
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THRPUaIIc
SCHOOLS IN TIE DISTRICT OF CoLrMBIA-Mr.
Patterson in the Senate day re ted back the
bill regulating the organization, and conduct
OF the public schools in the District OF Column
bia, and it was placed upon the calendsr for
considerati0n. The Provisions OF the bill are
given in full elsewhere.
The House COMMITTEE on APPRopgIA-
TONS this morning had under consideration
the Senate amendments to the Consular and
Diplomatic appropriation bill, and agreed to
non-concur in all the Amendments. Judge
Poland addressed the committee in opposition
70 the amendments.
AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURB of the lecture OF
Nr. Daniel Dougherty, at Lincoln IIau to-
morrow evening, will be the presence of the
President OF the United States several MEM
bers OF the Cabinet. and large number OF Con-
gre@men. But Dougherty's we'll known repu.
tstion a. an orator will be sufficient to crowd
Lincoln Hall.
GENERAL PLsAsoNToN had a banquet in his
honor, Saturday night last, in New York city
given by number OF capitalist. and merchants
VIM. T.. Dodge presided. Speeche. compli-
mentary to Gen Pleao ntOn and endorsing his
views in relation to the abolition OF the income
t1Y nv
Hubbard, Judge Edward Pierrepont, and
others.
CLERICAL CHANGES IN THE SECOND AUDI
TORS oFFICs.-Mr. Charles f. Herring has
been appointed chief clerk OF tn Second AUDI
tors Office, In place of Mr. 5. 4. Kimball.
placed in charge of the division Of revenue
marine, vice Deyerenx, resigned. MIR. Charles
II. MoultOn has been promoted to assistant
chief clerk in the Second Auditors Office and
II. y. Whallon placed in charge of the bounty
division in that office.
CoNFIRNATIoNs AND REJEcrIoSs-The
Senate, in executive session, on Saturday.
rejected the nominations OF Joel G. G.. Winch
TO he United States district Judge, and Henry
Q. Hicks, Attorney for Eastern district of
Texas, and coniir med Samuel Coulter Collector
Internal Revenue for Washington Territory
and NJ. j. Cramer, to be Minister to Denmark
The discussion on the last named lasted nearly
two hours.
1HE DILL FOR NEW GOVERNMENT FOR THE
DIsTRIcT.-The Conference Committee OF the
two Houses of Congress Oh the bill to provide
new form of government for this District will
hold another meeting tomorrow or next day to
perfect the bill, at which time their report will
be prepared and submitted Ia the House ard
Senate about Thursday or Friday. The princi.
pal features of the report were mentioned in
TBB STAR last week.
TIE BOSTON POST OFrICH.-Genersl Burt,
Ga
Twitchell, of Massachusetts, were before the
House Committee on appropriations this morn
ing. and urged an Immediate appropriation of
100000 tor the los ton post office IN addition
to the sllI 900 allowed on Wednesday last. The
appropriation, they urge, is for work upon the
new building, that allowed on "Wednesday being
fol payment for land. The subject will be dis
posed OF TO morrow.
RUMoRRD CHANGES IN THE INTERNAL REV
ENUE DEPARTNENT.-The Western Associated
Press papers have a dispatch from this city
saying that Commissioner PIeasontOn will re-
tire from the Internal Revenue Office at an earlv
day. on the ground that he is not in accord with
his official head on questions affecting the rev.
enue service, and because the gOvernm ent will
be deprived OF large amount OF money in con-
sequence Of some of his late rulings, which are
said to be directly in the interest OF New York
capitalists. Ii Is also intimated in the same
dispatch that the resignation OF Deputy Com
missioner Williams will soon be requested
The WEST POINT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sub
committee Of the House Military Committee
which recently visited West Point to examine
into the condition of affairs there, and the
causes of the recent troubles among the cadets,
to-day made . report to the Military Commit
tee, which was debated at some length, but no
action taken. A majority of the subcommittee
recommend that the three cadets who
we're driven ont by their comrades be restored
to the Academy, and that the whole first
class implicated in that affair be expelled.
IL seems to be the impression that the Military
Committee viii adopt the maj0rity report Of the
sub committee and report to the House to-mor-
roy. Ifso, the matter will be made the special
order ter Thursday. Among the cadets in the
hrst-clasg are . con Of the President, son OF
the late Admiral Farragut, Q son OF Adutant
General Townsend, and nephew Of the Presl-
dent The subcommittee did not report in favor
Of changing the officers on duty at the Military
Academy. 1t IL believed that the House will
ADOPT the report OF the com nittee.
RuMoR has gained currency that enbOr-
dinste In the ONCE of the Paymaster General
had signed che cks TO the amount Of SEC, 900, and
dec smped with the proceeds"
The above paragraph, from morning paper,
ia ipAovvacf Tho focfa in fha coao ara That