Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-19
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RsvKHrE.-1he receipts to-day
from this source were sis91Cj.
MRS. CANrrELp, daughter OF the late General
Cas-, died in New York yesterday.
AProInTEp-J. p. Irvine. Of Illinois. has
beeu appointed nrst-class c3erk in the Pen
SION Office.
CAPTAIN GJsTAvUs Urban. fifth csva'y.
died al Fort MsP h T-on, Nebraska, on The 1ith
instant.
TEE L. :. STEAMER TCsCARokA, on dutv i'm
the North Atlantic squadron for the last two
years, has been ordered to return home.
The sIGNEIs TO the invitation TO NJ. FOrnev
70 accept complimentary dinner. are request
eel 10 meet tonight az O'clock, al the OIL &c
OF the Boston journal, Newspaper Row"
CAPTAIN j. ~. CRAIG, Of the tenth infantry,
is relieved from ddty ~ Ind an A gent at tho
Cherokee Agency, Indian Territory, aad
ordered 70 join his regiment.
SENATOR FgRRY.-Tne NJ chi gan Legislature
met at noon Yesterday and formally declared
Representative T. W. Ferry electei a su Gees
scr to Senator Howard.
AFTFR SUPERVISOR pREsEREY.-The Rich
mOnd correspondent OF the Alexandria Gd,eti,
says: committee o. radicals havs left here
for Washington to urge the removal of SuDerv:-
sOr Presbrey and the appointment OF X. W.
Hughes III his place.
THE PRESIDENTS MISSOURI NOMINATIONS.
The Senate went into executive session shortly
before two O'Clock TO act upon the Missouri
nominations to which Senator Schurz made
strong OppOsitions. The changes in the Federal
Officts in that State. At will he remembered
were made during the late campaign there.
NOMINATIONS To DAY.-The President sen.
the following nominations 20 the Senate to- dav:
Isaiah IIanscOmb, TO be Chief of Bureau OF Con-
structiOn and Repairs at the Navy Department
Henry Warren, of oregon. receiver OF public
moneys at oregon City, Oregon. owen Wade,
to he register OF the land Office at Oregon Civ
Oregon. ID. &. Rugg. Postmaster at Hunts
AZ Nottingham, Nd.
TIE SAN DoNINGo EXPEDITION MIR. Charles
Il. Douglass, SON OF Frederick Douglass who
has gone out with tie Dominica expedition in a
letter dated l. =. steam frigate Tennc> see. of
Staten Island. y. =, January l.tb, saws. The
commissioner. were not personally acquaiut d
with each other until meeting at the Aston
House yesterday. We are informed hv the o IL
GERS of the ship that with fair weather we may
expect To- reach San Domingo IN i've OF tx
days
The ALLEGED INDIAN FRAUES-A suh-com-
mIttee OF the Committee Oh Appropriations con
sIsting OF Representatives Sargent Beck and
Lawrence, have commenced taking testimony
AT the residence OF Commissioner Parker, that
gentle man being too Unwell TO appear before
them with regard TO the alleged Indian frauds
The principal points are. first-That in the
payment TO the tuapaW Indians General Blunt
was allowed TO receive thirty-three and third
per cent. commission Tor having their claims
passed Though Congress; and the second l. that
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs mas made
contracts tor supplying Indian goods without
consulting the Indian commission of ten. The
subcommittee met at his house last night ey-
Ee2ting to continue their invest CATION. hut
owing TO his indisposltiOn, adjourned further
proceedings in the matter until Tuesday next.
AT THE STORE OF Messrs. Philip Il SolOmons
may lie seen two tine pieces of sculpture by Or.
horatio Store, An American artist the excel
lence of whose productions We have already had
occasion TO commend, and some specimsns OF
which now very creditably adUrn the Capitol.
The pieces referred TO are life size ideal b;lsts
respectively of Daute's " Beatrice" and Mad
anne DE Staels = Corinne.' cut in pure white
Italian marble, end are well worth an examiua-
Ton both by lovers OF art and the public gener-
ally. The circumstances under which they are
| exhibited are not favorable, but We think a
view. even with the disadyanta geOus arrange
| ment of light under which they stand, will sat
Isty the intelligent observer that the spirit OF
| the two characters has been well preserved and
that as works OF art they will rank deservedly
high.
| Mr.. Stone, We may add, is now in the city,
for the purpose. AS We understand, CT closing
the contract for executing the monumental
statre OF Professor Morse, which the National
Academy propose to erect a. some suitable
point in Washington. It is calcuia tel that i
will take about two years to complete the work
after the commission shall be formally given.
| DISTRICT BILLS EEFoEE THE SENATE Com
NITTEE.-The Senate Committee OH the District
| Of Columbia met this morning and agreed to
! report iayOrabiy Oh the bill to incorporate the
Washington City Dime Savings Bank. naming
| Thomas Z. Connolly, l.. q. Hire, John X. II
vans John 4. johnson, p. IL. WEIGH, Robert
Dowripg, Il. Il. Clark. L. Z. Robbins, g. F.
French, George COwe, Thos. l.. Tul,och, b. II.
| Warner and ii. Il. Croggon.
| The committee also agreed TO report the bill
| Incorporating the Capitol Hin Savings Bank,
Naming As c0rporators George +. Gu!ick. VIM.
Mckee Dunn, n. q. Ordway. John Eaton,
Charles ii. Parsons, w. Il. Todd, ID. W. Mid
dleton, Jr., A. Richards, G.. IL. Holden, NJ. q.
Emery, n. p: Chapman, A. Grant, Peter Nc
Nsmara, e.. W. SHETLAND, &. NJ. Ford, John j.
sullivan, Nathaniel Page, I. T.. Clarke and j.
j McElhOne.
air. Lewis made favorable report on the bill
authorizing the corporate authorities OF Wash
ineton ara Geor getOwn to subscribe IL the
capital stock OF the Alexandria, LOudOn and
Hampshire Railroad Company. OF the Wash
ington and Ohio Railroad Company; and, after
some debate, the committee agreed to report
the bill to the House without Recommendation.
The bill 10 Incorporate the National Mi ming
ana Manufacturing S.hgtdg Company OF Washington,
ton Of it postponed until next week. It named
rs corporators Charles II. Howard, Joseph Il.
Brown, Octayius Knight, n. p. Chapman, A.
). Pratt, ID. p. Kicking, George W. Rothwell,
h. II, T&llmadge, W. Z. Stone, and l.. c. Tall
madge.
CHEAP TRANsPoRTATION.-Mr Hamlin in
troduced in the Senate to-day bill to secure
| cheap transportation OF breadstufis and provis-
| ions from the West to tho sea board at uni
form rates throughout the year, accom-