Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-10

lehtL 4 vs. u H
| EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENuR-The receipts from this
source to-day were s2I7 ,S5L93.
SECRETARY DELANo will return 70 this city
on Wednesday next.
EX-SENATOR WARNER, OF Alab ANA, is an Az
p'icsnt for the Governorship Of Colorado.
SrCRETARY boutwell,, who has been on a
visit 10 his home IN GrOton, Mass, for the past
week, returned here on Saturday.
TIE NEW LoAN.-The subscriptions TO the
new loan amounted to-day at half past two
O'Clock (for the day. TO S235,5?5.
SECRETARY BELKsAP, who has been in Gin
cinnati for the past week. attending the re-.
union of the Army.of the Tennessee will re.
turn here this afternoon.
THE L. s. steamer Relief, now loading A,
Philadelphia with supplies for the suffering
French, has been ordered 10 sail direct for
Havre, and Will sail in the course Of day or
two.
THE WHITE HOUsE.-1be President received
but few visitors this morning. About 10 O'Clock
LIE went 20 the depot TO meet Miss DrexeI
daughter of the Philadelphia banker. who ar
rived this morning 10 spend a few DAYS with
Miss Nellie Grant.
Mr.. HENRY V. o'CoNNoR, late editor of the
National RGfab'icoR, leaves this evening for
New York, where he intends after a short while
TO start paper of his own. He Is a capahle
journalist, and will undoubtedly make his mari
with paper OF his own.
NoMINATroNs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to- DAWN.
I. Evans, assessor OF internal revenue 18th dis
trlet OF New York. ,Ino. Il. Strong assessor az
internal revenue 9th district New York Tbos
l.. Bond, register OF land on &c at Salina Kan
sas' Daniel X. Wagstaff, receiver OF public
moneys at Salina, Kansas.
AMNESTY BILL.-The House this afternoon.
by vote Of III yeas to 46 nays, passed a bin
removing the political disabilities frc m all per-
cons who were engaged in the rebellion, except
those who were members Of Congress, officers of
the army and navy who left to JOIN the rebellion
and members of State conventions who voted
Tor the ordinance secession. The bill was sun
ported oy all the democrats and MANY leading
republicans, among them Messrs. Banks Dawes
Esmes, Farnsworth, Garfield, LYNCH Hale
seohelJ, Kelley, FinkelnbuIg, and others.
Ihfee OF the colored members, Messrs. Del srgo
Turner and Walls, voted for the bill.
THR STATUE OF ROGER wILIIANs-Sepator
Sprsgue, in behalf of the State OF Rhode Island.
Saturday afternoon formally turned over to the
congressional Committee on Public BuIIdings
the statue of Roger Williams, which some ,lsS,
ago was placed in the old Hall or Representa-
tives IN the Capitol. The unyeilinr OF tie
statue was not attended with any formal cere-
mony, although quite large number OF Sena-
tors and Representatives were present The
statue, by Simmons, young Maine artist is
considered by good judges one of the most
ereditabIe pieces OF statuary at the national
capital.
TIE ENFORCEMENT BILL.-In the Sena..
tins morning, Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judicia-
ry Committee, reported back the bill which
recently passed the House to enforce the pro-
VISIONS OF the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United State-otherwi>s
known as the KukluI bill-with several amend
ments' TIE most important one of which con
tnues the act in torce until the end of the ne,t
regular session of Congress. instead OF urtil
June let, 1872, 80 provided in the House b.
An informal debate was had upon IL, during
winch the democrats expressed their deterui-
nation rot TO debate the bill st length As Tba
questions involved in it have alreadV been tho
roughly discussed in the Senate. The impres
sion Is to-day that the bill will pass abr,
Thursday, and both H0uses will adjourn ~.
die on Saturday or Monday next.
The PUBLIC PARK. Mr.. Burdett intro
lish public park in the city Of Washington. aud
TO sell certain reservations belonging to the
United States cot needed for public use. !,
provides that the public reservations now occu-
pied by the Botanical Garden, Propagating
Garden, Smithsonian Institution, ArmoIy
Building, Agricultural Department, washing-
ton Monument, and the one south of the Exec
utive Mansion shall be set apart for a public
park. The Legislative Assembly of this Dis
uict is authorized 10 make appropriations TO
lay out and improve the park, and levy a speci Al
tax for the same. The Vice President of the
United states, the Speaker OF the House of Rem
resentstiyes, Secretary of the Interior, Commits
sioner OF = ublc Buildings. Governor OF the Dis
trict and Board of Public Works are constituted
ac9mmlsslon to adopt plans to lay out the park
and supervise the work of improving it,
The Secretary OF the Interior is author
lZed 10 sell such lots or reservations IN tic
Territory OF Columbia as are not needed
for public purposes, after having been laid out
In suitable building lots, and deposit the pro-
ceeds in the treasury Referred to the Commit
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
JOHN AND JoNATHAN.-The indications nov
are that the business Of the joint High Commits.
sion, in session at the State Department for
several weeks past to determine upon a basis for
the settlement OF differences between the
United States and Great Britain viii be satis-
fsctorily terminated before the LIST of Nav, The
proposed basis for q settlement which it Is said
has been agreed upon, contemplates Ist,
the privilege of American fishermen to fisli
Wlthin Inc parts VI CdDauldn waters from which
they are now excluded. and to land and dry
their nsh and cleanse their nets ETC., for which
privilege the United States is to pay Canada a
certain sum Of money; I'd; certain general in-
ternational principles are laid down covering
those of neutrality, by which claims arising
from the depredatiOns of the Alabams and
Shenandoah, ETC., are to he adjusted; I'd com
missioners are to be hereafter appointed TO ad
Just these matters on the basis proposed. 1t il
further said that this basis has been cent %
England for approx nj, and q ia vorable reply is
expected in the course of ten days or two weeks
Should this be the case, the Commission will
close its session, and the basis will be submitted
to the Senate, which will be convened in extra
session in May for that purpose.
WAR DEPT, OFyIC1 CHIP SIGNAL OHPICBR,,
WAsHNeToH, ID. O., April $1,000 Q. m. {
synopsis for the past "A hoErs.-It Is probable
that on Sunday morning o storm was threaten-
ing in Kansas and Indian Territory which Sun
day nights reports as received this morning
show to have advanced into Missouri this
storm is now central In Illinois, ana In the Alb
sence of reports from the Northwest must be
vNa nod IN WI ix,<x,