Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-10
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
JOHN p. HALE, OF y. H., our late Minister 20
Spain, is in town.
JOIN ". BELL, 81 the appointment oree o:
the Treasury, has resi- : ned bis p0s:tion in hat
offce.
CoNFTRNEn-The Senate in executive session
Yesterday cOhsrned the nomination @. John r
". P-tk.n ~ BE general appraiser O. me-chaD-
disc foF tic South, vice Lucius ID. Kellogg,
TesigDe0.
THsEBpCELICANs who favor the bill to reyeal
he income tax are anxious 20 have il passe+i a.
this sion, for the reason that tie next Con-
5ress viii certainly pass it il it goes over til
then, and the democrats will then CLAIM it as
tned Work, on account OF the additions to tina
side Of the House, and use it 70 advance The in
tsEests of that party in the next campaign.
SALARIES or THE JrpS Rs.-The Senate Com
Etsee on Appropriations has agreed to recon-
mend that the salaries OF judges Of the courts be
fixed as follows after Ju'y 1871, viz: salary OF
Chief Justice, $4,000 per annum; Associate
Justices, $1,000 each; Circuit Court Judges,
81 ,jOO; Chief j Justices OF the Court OF Claims
and OF the District of Columbia Court, $500
each; Asso cate Justices OF the Court OF Claims
and of the Supreme Court OF the District,
$1,000 each, and District judges $1,000 each.
A BREEZE IN THE HoUsB-Gen. Banks ere
ated qaite sensation In the House this morn
ing, il his speech upon the Senate bill to restore
Naval Constructor VIM. l.. Hanscom to the
navy. lie was very severe upon Admiral Pos-
Ter, and said MIR. UanscOm was as far superior
10 him as the Apostle John was to the traitor
Judas iscariot. He thought the Navy Depart
ment ring had pursued Mr.. Hanscom with the
ferOcity of the demons of hell, and the charges
against him we're as false as hell.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BrLL.-The
committee OF conference on the bill providing
Tor a new government for the District OF Column
bia was 10 hold final meeting this morning in
the Senai e District Committee room. The SEN
ate members OF the committee were all present,
but more from the House appearing. no action
was teken. The bill, however has been virtu-
ally agreed upon, as already stated in TIE
STAR, but formal meeting Will be held by the
conference committee to authorize the making
of the report to both Houses, and have the bill
pr mted.
NoAINATToNs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
A.P. isthrop, collector of internal revenue
+th district OF Virginia. b. W. Roberts. collec-
tor OF customs, Belfast. Maine. stephen Long
fe How collector of customs, Machias. Maine.
Postmasters-J. l.. Bryan, Lebanon, Tenn;
TheO. L.. Reynolds, St. Joseph. Mich: f. s.
Stackpole, Deer Lodge. Montana; s. j. Trott.
Gha1lesiown, $ C.: Phi,ir Lawrence. Mineral
a
Sewart. Kit Carson, Colorado; John kahl
Shelby, Ohio Mrs Ellen Sanderson, Spring
feid. Ohio. Jas. f. Vaughn. Lawrenceburg
Ind; VI. e. Woodruff. Iowa Falls, Iowa; II. j
Brown Andersen. Ind.
Also, the following 10 be third lieutenauts in
The revenue marine service John Braun,
AIthur w. Deveranx, Eli ID. Edmunds George
" GOOdirg, John W. HOwsOn, David A. Hall,
VIM. II. Hard, Oscar q. Hamlet. VIM. j. Her
ring Aaron ID Littleheld, Samuel T.. Maguire
George t.. Mcconnell, Fred. A. O'ConnCr, W.
ID. Roath. VIM. III. Roberts, Fred !. Simmord.
Francis Tutt'e. AIRED Weston, Thomas u,
Walker, owen s. WILEY.
Our STATUEs-THEIR Cost Rev Dr sun
dsrland has an article in the Ckroatcl. urging
hat the price paid Miss Ream for her statue OF
Lincoln lSl0,000l is entirely Inadequate to this
line and labor given to the work. and doe, not
'0TreSIond 10 the sums paid for other statues
ordered by government and made or second
lass tdiscOlOredl marble, and at time when a
Iollar would purchase twice much IS now.
Ana III almost every case the original appr0pri-
alton was largely increased. Thus the anpro-
citation for GreenOugh's "Rescue" was S2i 600.
which was increased to $50 600; the Columbus
y PeIsicO, received q like increase on the
IrigInal appropriation of s2i enc; tie appropri-
ton TOR Greenoughs undrRped Washington
s!s increased from S2o,0Co TO Sol eco; that tor
Mills jackson LON s.. uo TO SD 100; the husr
Il Lincoln bv Mrs Ames lin frst-clas. marble
but IN three pieces from sl.j0O to 50 COO, and
Don.
El> lie SIZE NihIue Nv MISS Ike &ln, tbT. SIM
der and says, lis real mOn0lIth- pure a. the
now, and perfect a. mortal art can make it,"
g, in Iis Judgment, the finest semblance OF Mr..
;incoln that :. or ~ be-" and cost the fragile
,ih<1ted family dependent upon her for sup
'ort-years OF toll and expense. He recon-
me nds that she should have an additional an
rroiristion, and Also All order fOf a statue OF
Farrsgut.
The INTERNATIONAL CoNulssIoS-The
President kant tn 81.
names OF Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of
state, Hon. Samuel Nelson, Associate ,Justics
~ the United States Supreme Court; Hon
l0bert =. Schenck, Minister TO England; Hon.
r. lockwood Hear, late Attorney General OF
ne United States, and Hon. George H. Williams
tnited States Senator from oregon; TO be Com
inlssioners on the part or the United States to
settle The differences between this government
and England. The Commissioners on the part
OF Great Britain have been appointed and are
as follows: Earl DE GREY. Prof Montague
bernard Sir Edward Thornton, Sir John A.
Mcdonald OF Canada, and Sir John Rose, with
lord Tenterden secretary to the Commissioners
On the part Of Great Britain. The commission
trs will meet here i'll March, and proceed At
orce TO the consideration OF the fishery ques-
ION, The Alabama questions, the Sar Juan
boundary questions. and all other claims
oetN cen American citizens and British subjects
growing ont OF eur late civil war. They will
NOT adIudicate tho claims, but amply decide
upon the nannsr OF settling them. It ir said
that Minister Thornton will present the Claims
var, tor damages and losses by the military and
naval operations OF the United States. A tele-
gram from London says that Earl De Grew
president of the commission will leave that city
Tor Washington to-day.
When the Senate went into executive session
Yesterday, Dir. Sumner moved that the entre
subject be referred TO the COMMITTEES OH Foreign
Relations. Senators Conkiihg, Nor on and
Others urged the immediate confr mat ION OF tue
nominations as the high character OF The gentle
men named set aside any cause for reference to
he committee rs In ordinary cases. After q
session OF two hours and Q half the Senate
adjourned without coming to any conclusion
The gentlemen nominated by the President
nave, ii is stated, all been consulted and will
accept the position.
TIE SAN DoHIyeo CoMhfssIoN-Ns 0cco-
SION for APpreAehsioa "A gentleman in New
York who has opportunities for procuring cor
rect information on the subject writes to Mr.. B.
ID. Whitney, OF this city, that it would take the
Tennessee seven days to reach Samana Bay,
where she would probably remain two
days; then thirty.six hours to San Domingo
City. He adds that the mail steamers Oh bsIh
sides OF the island have been hauled OF for two
uonths, and that the only chance to commuui-
4 bV the ANAL sphAauers ar fra da h.