Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-04
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,
INTERNAL REvHNUE.-The receipts nom the
source to-day were S4s7 ,l2i.

INTERNAL REvNCR.-The ece,pts fire. an the
source to-day were S4s7 ,l2i.
Hon. A. c. HAKNER, Representatives elect
from the fifth Pennsylvania districr. .. in this
city.
IT rs SAID that Minister Blow, II ,.s,v a-rivsd
from Brazil, is on the point OF res ,vpinp, ,, .ake
an active part III Missouri polite A. a rs-cnciHa-
ton between him and Senator 5 ehIry is sneasi-
ly promised.
IBE PATRONS OF the ~ teu,n bsva a rare
treat in store for them o's TUESDAY evening
next, when Daniel Doughe fty, OF Ph.lade,p,ia,
4eaNers ms lecture on OF itoJ at Lincoln Eall.
erty IS one OF the best fNJIg imitators of other
orators.
ULYSSES, Jr., the PRESIDENTS son and a
student at Harvard, Ias been visiting Governor
otearns al concord. D. private theatrical en-
tertainment was g cell in his honor, snd he sub
seiuentiy waited with the pretty Concord girls
until midnight, And attended Church ike
good boy ON Sur day.
NAVAL ORDF ss To-pAY.-Mas.er Edwin s
Jacobs has bee ordered to the photographic
onfce IN TINS ATTY. Chief Engineer Thomas A.
Shock has cen ordered to the navy yard at
roItsmouth N II. Masters W. +. Burwell u NJ.
f, al. anu ,ba Shn Q. Rich, have been detached
orders. s
at the astionaI Theater next week indicates
that th' performances will be attended by large
ana % f1iant audiences. Seats should be Sc
cureu IN season by those who desire to see the
d mos Fitted actor Of the age in some Of the finest
Mon Say evening is 4" The Lady Of Lyons"
T. m Assay At THE PHILADELPHIA MINT
The President has appointed to make the
am Gsl assay at the Philadelphia mint on the
Iva of February: Professor Joseph Henry,
- saIhsopian Institute. Professor JOHN Torrey
I 5: Assay Once; Rev. F. A. P. Barnard,
Hilgard, Assistant Superintendent of
Re ights and Measures; Hon. Fl. Il. Inderman
Ipo FaiT%am Rogers
Currency; Hon. John r. Putnam, Boston; E.
y: Elliott, Eco. Washington; Horace Thonp-
soal, Esq. ST Paul, Mimi; NJ Z. Read, Esq,
4 Hudson, Ohio.
"ZETA" writes to the Baltimore Sun. tina,
| "Gen. Reynolds, district commander OF Texas,
| who has been elected to the United States SEN
| ATE, will not, according to the precedent estab-
| lished in that body, be permitted to take his
\ seat. Mr.. Hamilton, the sitting Senator whose
| short term expires on the 4th of March. was
elected also for the long term, which commences
/ on that day. This Is precisely the Florida case
| where the Legislature deemed il prVper 10 elect
successor to Mr. Gilbert, after it had slec ell
| MN once 10 MI the short AMI long terms. The
Senate decides that his credentials for the long
term were Just as good as those for the short
1 q he
| Florida Legislature was invalid"
| NOMINATIONS To-DAY.-The President sent
| TO the Senate the following nominations to-day
| A!exapder Rives, district judge OF L. s. west
| ern district of Virginia; Robert W. Hughes. y.
| ditto. ma"
| Postmasters-Robt. A. Cameron. Grea,av
| Colorado; h. NJ. Orahood, Black Hawk Colora-
\ do; John ;. Clemmer, Salem, OHIO H. W Fleet
| WOOD, ST. J0hnsbuTy, Va; j. +. Odlin, Laco.
MA, \. IL d. IL; Helper, salisbury, y. g; I'd
| win Il. Brink, Wilmington, y. c.; ira Godfrey,
| Lima, y, v; H. y. Sykes, Grass Valley Cal
| Jos. Taylor, Fort Howard, Wis; II. r. Gates
Ltchf'id; Conn; Silas NJ. Norton, Bristol,
1 Young, Camden, Ark; A. Il. Spencer. Pine
| Blum. Ark; John ). Fay, MARLBOROUGH Mass:
Edwin shaw, Eau River, Mass; Josiah Pickett,
Navy-Paymasters F. II. Swami and /. G..
| Billings TO be advanced l. numbers and Paw
| master Caspar Schenck 70 b. advanced ~ num-
| bers in their grades.
AWARDS FOR PAPER FOR rHx PrEIIq
PRINTINe.-The Joint Committee on Public
| Printing have made the following avn ards on the
bids for furnishing paper for public printing
Glass $50 900 reams OF line printing paper
| uncaiendered, weighing - pounds to the ream
! OF 700 sheets; 15,0o0 Ia John A. Shober, of Lam
| caster, Pa, at II I5-l0o, and the remainder in
| lots OF 600 and 900 Teams, To II. III. Clarke &
| Co., or Boston; Wheelwrght, Nudge 4 Co.
| Of Baltimore anu Francis H. Smith OF New
| II 23-l00.
Class 2.-2O, 300 reams calendered printing pa-
Clarke Co. G sGT e f tss Ts.m to H. M M
| Francis H. Smith, at prices from i6 5J-IO0 70
| I. la-l0o 900 do, ~ pounds to the ream, to
Mullin * Parker, at IL so-le0; 200 do, at 20
| pounds to the ream, TO the same at Il i0-ioo;
| 800 reans do, At 80 pounds to the ream to
| Francis IL. Smith, at /, 39-I00.
Class3.-Sized and calender ed printing paper
| go reams went TO q. Magargee & Co., Phil
| adelphia, at Il 2-l00
Glass 4-Msppaper, no reams was awarded
| TO Woolworth & Graham, New York city. at
/ ~ JD-lO0. '' "
Glass Writing papers. e4,75O reams, to
Campbell, Hail * Co., New York, at n. $40
reamS cover paper, to Seymour Paper Co. AT
| ~ 25-lO0. Manila paper, 20 reams. to Wool
worm x Graham, and the same amount to Ben.
| r. French, At IL 2j-1nO.
Glass 6-Coiored writing papers Ia Sevmour
Paper Company and wheelwright aud Mudye.
prices from = i0-lO0 TO - % 100
Wheelwright. Nudge & Co and Mullins and
| Parker, at prices from II 3i-1OO to 10 Cf-lO0
| Class s.-Sized and calendered tinted print
ing paper 10 ri. A. Clarke 4 Co, At l, 69-IOO
| and u I0-100.
DISTRICT MATTERS BEFORE TIE SENATE
! Communicable Senate Committee on tho
| District OF Columbia met this morning and
had under consideration the bills to incorpor-
ate the National Mining and Manufacturing
| Company OF Washington, ID. g., and the bill to
| incorporate the Washington National Life In
| sufance Company, and after a long discussion
the committee decided that they would NOT
favor the incorporation OF companies proposing
10 do business outside OF the District OF Colum,
bia Nor would they favor the passage of any
specla act Of Incorporation where the objects
could be attained under the General moor nora
ton law now in existence here
The bills we're therefore indefinitely post
poned.
Senator Harians bill to incorporate a fra
university in the District of Columbia WAS post
p0ned, and will not be considered Mt this session
The committee then resumed the cousidera-
ton OF the bill regulating the organization and
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT or
COLOMBIA,
and perfected the same. 1t win be reported TO
the Senate next week. The COMMITTEES have
made number of verbal alneudme nts Also
added TO section the following:
And no distinction On account Of race color
or previous condition OF servftude shall be made
IN the admission of pupils 70 any of the schools
under the control OF the Board OF Education |
or in the mode OF education or treatment OF
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